Obama has announced a strategy to “degrade and destroy” ISIL and calls it an example of American Leadership, while Al Gore maintains that the lack of such Leadership is making it difficult for the world to deal with critical problems …
Pay attention or go to the beach?
Something special happens on the Mediterranean coast in August and perhaps we should let world events fade into the background for a few weeks.
Can Egypt offer Gaza a future?
As Israeli begins to withdraw from the latest incursion into Gaza, perhaps Egypt is the only actor who can overcome the current geopolitical stalemate to improve the lives of the people of Gaza …
Tony Hayward’s Bet on Kurdistan
Tony Hayward’s investment in iraqi Kurdistan appears to paying off as the region pushed for independence from the rest of the country which appears to be at the brink due to the advance of the ISIL …
Time to Partition Iraq?
Perhaps the wisest thing the international community could do would be to give up on a map drawn by Europeans and use its influence to create stable countries for each of Iraq’s three parts …
