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Armenia, Azerbaijan: The politicization of Genocide: Is there a “genocide”in Karabakh ?

NO, there is not. I’m comfortable suggesting that. Though there was previously an ethnic cleansing of Azeri’s from their own land and country. Let’s go back to 1993- 20 yrs ago Up to 100,000 Azerbaijanis Reportedly Fleeing Armenians : Transcaucasia: Iran is said to be refugees’ goal. They were displaced by an Armenian offensive launched […]

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Ukraine’s Grain Embargoed by Poland, Romania and Hungary going to WTO

I’ve mentioned this issue previously. This dispute is a challenge to the centralized overlord in the EU BNNBloomberg (Bloomberg) — Ukraine will file a complaint to the World Trade Organization over an import ban of its grain into Poland, Hungary and Slovakia “in several hours,” according to Deputy Economy Minister Taras Kachka.  Kyiv also plans […]

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Win or Lose, Ukraine Will Not Join NATO

Geopolitical Monitor It’s an interesting opinion piece. Some excerpts below- Share some thoughts The NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, ended with the alliance rejecting Ukraine’s membership once more. The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, expressed his dissatisfaction with NATO’s lack of a definite timeline or standards for membership. The summit’s final statement merely stated that Kyiv […]

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Armenia and Eurasia; Who Will Fill the Russian Power Void?

This is from 2022- Since Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh are back in the news.. Old dependencies and regional security After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia continued to act as the guarantor of regional security for the local regimes in Central Asia and partly in the Caucasus (Armenia): on the one hand, by organising […]

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Gabon Coup Celebrated- Ali Bongo Under House Arrest

Hattip over to Gallier2 who left us all an interesting comment The western backed Gabon government has been overthrown- There was a recent election, the results showed the challenger Ondo Ossa had won. However Ali Bongo overthrew the results and claimed the win and the power! Gallier has extended family present in the area. Gallier’s […]

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US urged to clarify simultaneous campaign for Russia and China

No such thing as too much war for the US Naval Technology The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) issued new research on 22 August, presenting a framework for how the US might discourage China and Russia from aggression in the short term using current troops and resources. ‘Campaign of Denial: Strengthening Simultaneous Deterrence […]

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Alas, poor Prigozhin….

WOW, the headlines and news coverage is simply astonishing. Progozhin headlines are running the gamut. He’s being lionized, which is quite a change from the usual. We’ve got conspiracy theories galore from the main stream media who are the biggest promoters of conspiracy theories on the planet! Let’s consider these points of interest while thinking […]

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Erdogan Warns of Black Sea Crisis

Rio Times Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has expressed concerns about a regional crisis should the conflict between Russia and Ukraine expand into the Black Sea. Speaking at the annual Turkish ambassadors’ conference in Ankara, he emphasized, “If the war extends to the Black Sea, it would be a complete disaster for our entire region.” […]

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Europe Must Lead Ukraine’s Reconstruction

Diplomatic Courier Who should pay for Ukraine’s postwar reconstruction? Shortly after Russia’s invasion, my co-authors and I estimated that it would cost roughly €200-500 billion ($220-550 billion) to rebuild the country and called for Europe to spearhead the recovery effort. After more than 500 days of death and destruction, the projected costs have probably at […]

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Pashinian.. Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing

Pashinian is a western stooge- That’s my starting point when addressing him at any time- There are many reports on him and his western backers at the old site. The idea that an Armenia led by this man is allied with Russia, is crackers. Link The Russian Foreign Ministry bristled at Pashinian’s remarks, saying that […]

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