With reference to my previous post “Latin America – a crisis in the making”, I submit the following recent article from The Economist, an article which reflects both my previous comments and […]

The Prescience of George Kennan George F. Kennan (1904-2005), a distinguished US diplomat and historian, was one of the primary architects of US strategy during the Truman Administration. Kennan was one of […]

Asian century: West is watchingLONDON: The West is getting anxious about the possible impact of India and China’s pledge to create an ‘Asian century’.[via The Times Of India – India]

I refer to previous postings, namely “Wanted – a Political Oculist” and “US, NATO, Europe and the China-India Axis” In both those posts, now republished I pointed out that the US has […]

As Gerhard Schroeder posited last week, NATO is passé. It has served its purpose, one overtaken by world events and a “New Europe”, comprised of both old West and East Europe, should […]

With elections in Iraq due on 7 March I reprint below a paper I wrote in April 2005, now right on five years ago. I believe what I wrote was, and still […]

Reference my previous post of 22 March – Pakistan a Powder Keg. See the following article from The Asia Times. Pakistan approaches boiling point Revitalized religious-political opposition parties in Pakistan are stepping […]

Reference my previous post on Latin America, 23 March – see the following article from the Washington Post Chavez Uses Presidential Summit to Chide U.S. By Silene Ramirez CIUDAD GUAYANA, Venezuela (Reuters) […]

Since the invasion of Iraq, I have been warning that Pakistan is potentially a far more important geopolitical linchpin than Iraq, Iran, or North Korea. Now,following Rice’s pronouncements lauding Musharraf and his […]

In an earlier post I wrote of America’s alliances burning while it fiddles in Iraq. In yet another, I observed that China is busy building alliances around the globe, including in the […]