To 21st century ears, the very concept of a “great Arab leader” sounds more like a paradox than an earnest phenomenon. After the death of Nasser, the Arab world gradually lost any cohesive political identity and by the 21st century, it had descended into a chaotic political quagmire of internal […]
Tag: Libya
Libya is Now a Failed State Within a Failed State
Ever since NATO’s monstrous invasion and destruction of Libya in 2011, the country has failed to have a single government. Instead, the country is home to lawless bands of terrorists, slave traders and desert pirates whilst multiple pseudo-regimes continue to compete for power in the country’s largest cities. For approximately […]
Is Chad Losing Control Of The Central African Pivot Space?
The geostrategically pivotal Central African country of Chad is dangerously losing control of the region after recent developments despite having one of Africa’s most powerful militaries, with Boko Haram’s deadliest-ever attack against its forces last Friday proving why the government of long-serving leader Idriss Deby depends on being a joint […]
Korybko To RT Deutsch: “France & Italy Are In A Proxy War In Libya”
The following is the full English-language interview that Andrew Korybko gave to RT Deutsch about the latest developments in Libya, which was published by the outlet in an abridged form under the title “Colonialism 2.0: France & Italy Are In A Proxy War In Libya”: General Khalifa Haftar’s army has […]
Marco Rubio Doesn’t Understand The Difference Between Romania in 1989 and Libya in 2011
The extremely militant US Senator Marco Rubio has been widely criticised after he Tweeted photos of former Libyan revolutionary Muammar Gaddafi speaking to his supporters, alongside a photo of Gaddafi taken seconds before he was assassinated by terrorists. Rubio later Tweeted a photo of former Romanian leader Nicolae Ceaușescu speaking […]
2019 Forecast For Afro-Eurasia
The fast-moving and full-spectrum paradigm changes catalyzed by the emerging Multipolar World Order accelerated in 2018 and are poised to continue dramatically reshaping Afro-Eurasian geopolitics across the next year. The Significance Of End-Of-The-Year Strategic Forecasting 2018 was the year when the New Cold War – which had been percolating since […]
The Wholly Unnecessary War in Syria - an Assessment of Facts at The Close of 2018
Every war has an objective ranging from the noble to the wicked. Turning to some clearly wicked examples of wars that succeeded in their objective, in 2011, the US, UK and France sought to undermine and overthrow the Libyan state and subsequently did so. Similarly, in 2003, the US and […]
Assad and Macron: Driven Apart by Ideology - Driven Together by Circumstance
Macron’s 2018 olive branch and Assad’s 2011 olive branch Yesterday, a feeble looking French President made an address to his nation after over four weeks of protests, demonstrations and riots from a de-centralised opposition/agitation group known as the Yellow Vests. In his speech, President Macon offered the public concessions on top […]
Understanding The Surreal Spectre of an American President Endorsing a Riot Turned “Uprising” in Europe
The so-called Yellow Vest protests in France have entered their fourth week as heavily militarised police continue to clash with protesters in Paris as well as other cities throughout the country. While the initial protests were conducted as popular demonstrations against an unpopular rise in the fuel tax proposed by […]
From Vietnam to Afghanistan: A History of America’s Shifting Goals in Similar Confrontations
America’s War in Vietnam remains a signpost signifying a moment when America’s own exceptionalist myth of invincibility began to falter in open sight. The watershed moment of the last helicopter leaving Saigon in 1975 became emblematic of a lumbering, highly equipped by deeply demoralised American armed forces that ultimately could […]