Posts Tagged ‘realities’

Geopolitical realities from an astute Russian observer

Dmitry Orlov lived in the US for a decade or more after the collapse of the Soviet Union He left Russia to avoid the worst of the Russian collapse Later on he saw which way the wind was blowing in the US, and he saw the progress that Russia was making So he came back […]

2022 Review: When “Conspiracy Theories” Turned Into Obvious Realities

2022 Review: When “Conspiracy Theories” Turned Into Obvious Realities 2022 was an intense yet revealing year, where many realized that the topics discussed on this site are all too real. Here’s a look at the events that marked 2022. Published December 21, 2022 By Vigilant Citizen As I look back at the year 2022 and […]

War Realities, Top Gun Romantics, Mercenaries, the reality of a wall socket. — UPROOTED PALESTINIANS: SALAM ALQUDS ALAYKUM

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Ex-CIA Analyst On Hidden Realities Of Syria War

 And new novel ‘Damascus Station.’ Former CIA analyst David McCloskey, who covered Syria from 2008 to 2014, on the roots of Syria’s war, the US role, and his new novel set during the conflict’s early years, “Damascus Station.” As a CIA analyst, David McCloskey covered Syria from 2008 to 2014. He draws on his experience […]

The Crisis, the Pandemic, and the Realities of Tunisia

After its president, Kais Saied, ousted the prime minister, dissolved parliament for a month, and stripped deputies of their immunity, the situation in Tunisia remains a top story in the media landscape of the country and the region. These decisions were announced against the backdrop of public protests on July 25, as the population at […]

Saudi and Western Ponzi-Scheme vs. Regional Geopolitical Realities

The more you read, and read again, the same material but with the titles changed, the more disillusioned you become. It is as if the pundits just don’t get it, even to the extent of calling the South Caucasus part of Europe. In that particular case even Wikipedia is more accurate than most: Transcaucasia, also […]

Both the British and the Americans Are Having to Confront New Realities

Brigadier Mark Totten of the British Royal Marines recently gave an interview to the Times newspaper of London. In the interview he revealed that the British were going to embark on covert tasks focusing on Russia and China. The British SAS and SBS forces were planning on new missions directed against both Russia and China. […]

The British Are Having Trouble Adapting to the Realities of the 21st Century

Reports are coming through of an incident in the sea off the coast of Crimea involving a British warship and fighter jets of the Russian Air Force. The British denied that they were doing anything wrong, and similarly denied that the ship had been fired upon by the Russians. To counter that latter argument the […]

Mindscapes And Altered Realities Of The Ancient World

From Australia to Alaska, and from South America to Europe, ancient cultures responded to their environments and developed particular belief systems to interpret reality. Although all of them inhabited the same globe and looked up at the same sky, there are technical differences in how ancient people interpreted their world, its place in the universe, […]

Why Non-Alignment Movement Needs to be Strengthened, Keeping in View Also New Important Realities

 In certain circumstances of the world the non-aligned movement was born in 1961 ( although the Bandung conference  heralded the effort as early as 1955) and quickly gathered strength, before moving into a state of relative stagnation. Now in different circumstances and for somewhat different reasons the movement is becoming even more relevant and there […]

Land May Be A Deeply Philosophical Issue But Must Face Practical Realities of This World

The more one thinks about it, the stronger appears the case for distribution of land based on equality, justice and actual need. Tolstoy, one of the greatest philosophers but by inheritance also a very big landlord, thought a lot about this issue and the more he thought, the more convinced he became that the most […]

On Contact: Realities Of War

On the show this week, Chris Hedges discusses the realities of war, its appeal for young men and its destruction of them, with Salar Abdoh, novelist and essayist. Abdoh’s new novel, ‘Out of Mesopotamia’, considered one of a handful of great modern war novels, tells the story of Saleh, a jaded, middle-aged Iranian reporter who […]

2 years of India’s #MeToo movement and its outcomes:  Realities of Power or Patriarchy  

The court’s verdict in favour of Priya Ramani who was acquitted of defamation in #MeToo case must be acknowledged as a strong salutatory effect rather than a victory for India’s #MeToo movement as victim had to stand up in court as an accused. The outcomes of the India’s #MeToo movement after more than two years […]

Realities of politics and Palestinian aspirations حقائق السياسة وأماني الفلسطيني

**Please scroll down for the Arabic version ** Palestinian politician residing in Jenin, Occupied Palestine Saada Mustafa  Arshid_ Many Arab and Palestinian policies are built on the fact that Joe Biden’s presidency will  be a natural extension of the policies of the Obama administration, in which Biden was vice president, and president Biden is the same […]

Brain Science from Bench to Battlefield: The Realities – and Risks – of Neuroweapons

In this briefing, neuroscientist and neuroethicist Dr. James Giordano of Georgetown University Medical Center discusses how new developments in brain science afford potential utility in military, intelligence and warfare operations, addresses implications of neuroweapons, and details the need for improved identification, surveillance, guidance and governance of brain science that can be used in military and […]

Conflicting dreams and realities: Amos Oz in Rochester

I read Amos Oz’s “A Tale of Love and Darkness back” in 2009. The book was a special gift for me, from a little boy I went to school with in Brussels many years ago. I remember he lent me a copy of “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” (a French translation of course) over a […]

Dealing with the Realities of Nuclear Violence

Iran, Japan confer on expanding medical coop.

Iran’s Health Minister Hassan Hashemi held talks with the chairman of Japan’s Sasakawa Peace Foundation at the Ministry of Health in Tehran on Monday evening. During the meeting, Hashemi hailed the role of NGOs in Iran which, free of any political or religious leanings, are making tremendous efforts to provide humanitarian medical assistance to the […]

Video: Concussion, Stitches For Man Beaten By Cops Over Phone Call

Video has surfaced showing Arizona police officers slamming a man to the ground and punching him in the face for not putting up his cellphone when they told him to last week. Arthur Velazquez was stopped around the area of Main Street and Sycamore by Mesa cops who said he matched a description of a […]

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