Attacks on Academic Freedom, the Times of London, and MI6

This article is also published at UK Column. Once again, The Times newspaper is attacking academics who speak truth to power, with a new hit-piece. What the latest...

Schrödinger’s novichok: 12 points from the Dawn Sturgess inquiry, part 2

What happens when official evidence about a nerve agent death exists in impossible dual states? Part two of a three-part report on the Dawn...
Biden and Zelensky

Long and Windy End to December 2024

(Written on September 26) Along with some other non-mainstream analysts, I had formed the impression earlier in the summer of this year - taking into...

Will US Hegemony Persist?

Russia is indeed winning on the battlefield. Yes, progress has been glacial relative to Hollywood standards of military success and to the pre-drone era....

The Johan Galtung Approach to Taboo Topics

Published simultaneously with The International Center for 9/11 Justice A topic that is virtually never allowed to be addressed within the hallowed halls of academia...

Hong Kong is Unrelated to Taiwan’s Fate

A common theme in news cycles related to Taiwan is how China’s ruthless response to the Hong Kong protests in 2019 and 2020 demonstrated...
Jurgen Habermas Portrait

Cancelling Habermas

On Feb. 15, 2023, left-liberal newspaper Die Zeit published an op-ed by Eva Illouz with the meaningful title ‘I long for a total victory’...
Biden and Jinping

American Hegemony, the Real Obstacle to Taiwan Peace

There is a condition known in psychology as folie à deux, “a madness of two,” in which a closely related couple experiences a conjoined psychosis....
Israeli Flag and U.S. Flag

The War Against Iran: 30 Years in the Making

There is a grim inevitability about the developing war aimed at overthrowing the Iranian government. It might not seem this way for the millions...
Zelensky, Merkel, Macron, Putin

Peace is a Process

There is a growing crescendo of chatter as to the possibility of peace in NATO’s proxy war against Russia over the bodies of hundreds...