The West Is Caught In Middle East Chaos Terrorism is just one manifestation of religious wars that will have no quick end WASHINGTON – The Paris terror attacks lead to Syria, to the Arab Spring, to the Sunni-Shia conflicts, to al...
Will The Fed Raise Interest Rates? May Be Not New headwinds suggest no action in December WASHINGTON – Until a couple of days ago, most economists bet that the US Federal Reserve would finally begin to...
After The Paris Terror Attack: Focus On The Caliphate Eliminating this stronghold of jihadi power in Syria and Iraq would hurt morale and recruiting power WASHINGTON – Regarding the large-scale terror attack that just took place in Paris, the worst thing that we can...
EU Money To Stop African Migrants? The latest European plan is a sign of despair or stupidity WASHINGTON – The EU-Africa Summit just held in Malta was supposed to lead to some kind of understanding between...
All Is Well In China? According to a major consultancy, nothing out of the ordinary in the Chinese economy WASHINGTON – A detailed report prepared by a major Western international economic consultancy pointed out that the doomsday predictions...
Solar Energy Coming to Africa The revolution is underway WASHINGTON – A few months ago, a photograph of a little Asian child sitting next to a city lamp...
The Republicans Should Coalesce Around A Modern Pragmatist May be Marco Rubio is the only electable Republican, since voters reject all the establishment politicians WASHINGTON – I guess I am also part of faulty conventional wisdom when it comes to US presidential politics....
Obama Will Not Fight ISIL This cancer will foster radicalism and terrorism throughout the region and beyond WASHINGTON – The Obama administration Middle East policy can be summarized with this proposition: “Let’s do nothing, hoping nothing...
Keystone Pipeline Is Dead – The Triumph Of Politics Getting more oil from Canada would have enhanced US energy security WASHINGTON – Now it is official. President Obama announced that he is against the proposed Keystone pipeline that would...
Italy Still In Crisis, But Some Media Are In Denial Headlines about declining public debt are delusional or deceptive WASHINGTON – Sometimes I wonder where is the boundary between self-deception and willful manipulation. Are some media in free...