Steven Sahiounie Western media have described Sunday’s presidential election in Turkey and the most important vote in the world in 2023. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was first elected Prime Minister in May 2003, and since then he has also been elected President. The election on May 14 is between the incumbent Erdogan and Kemal…
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US Blocks China’s Effort to Condemn Israeli Attacks on Gaza at the UNSC
The Cradle For seven decades, Israel has skirted any responsibility for rampant human rights abuses against Palestinians thanks to Washington’s unwavering support US officials blocked an effort led by China at the UN Security Council (UNSC) on 10 May to condemn Israel’s latest onslaught on the besieged Gaza Strip, according to senior Israeli officials that spoke with…
Von der Leyen, Borrell and the 75th Anniversary of His Colonial Garden in Palestine
Daniel Lobato ‘Israel’ only has a countdown of less than twenty years ahead of it. The sooner it decolonizes its structures, the less will be the suffering for the natives, and the less the price to pay and the suffering that will grow day by day for the settler society. On Wednesday, April 26, Ursula…
Russia Accuses US of Forming Army of Extremists in Syria
The Cradle As the Arab world continues to rebuild ties with the Syrian government, Washington has been on a scramble to cement its occupation of two thirds of Syria Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on 10 May accused the US army of recruiting members from extremist armed groups – including ISIS – to form a so-called ‘Free Syria Army’…
Iraqi Finance Committee Deputy Calls for Diversification Away from US Dollar
Zaher Mousa The Cradle speaks to Iraqi parliamentarian Hussain Mouanes on the various economic, financial, and political challenges facing Sudani’s government. Parliamentarian Hussain Mouanes is a member of the Finance Committee in the publicly-elected Iraqi Council of Representatives. He has been politically active through many different stages of Iraq’s recent history, including the Baathist era, the…
‘Operations Against US Troops Will Continue’: Iraqi Resistance
The Cradle Some of Iraq’s resistance factions have vowed not to adhere to any political agreement which would put a stop to military operations against Washington The Secretary-General of the Asaib Ahl al-Haq resistance faction in Iraq, Qais Khazali, said during a speech on 6 May that the group has carried out 5,000 military operations…
The Beginning of the End of US Dollar Hegemony
Rabi Sankar Bosu If a common reserve currency, be it the Chinese yuan or Indian rupee will be announced at the forthcoming BRICS summit in South Africa in August 2023, it will undoubtedly remove the US dollar from the throne of the international economy. Washington Post editorial board member and columnist Anne Applebaum noted in an…
How the US is Destroying the OPCW
Bakhtiar Urusov A major international event in disarmament and weapons control is coming soon. At the Fifth Review Conference of the Chemical Weapons Convention, which will be held in the Hague from May 15-19, 2023, countries will sum up the results of another five-year cycle of state compliance. But it can already be argued with…
US Needs a Junior Partner in the Gulf
M. K. Bhadrakumar US President Joe Biden is dispatching one his top aides to Saudi Arabia to meet with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman The Biden Administration is in a persuasive mood, won’t take no for an answer. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan disclosed at a think tank conference in Washington on Thursday that he…
The Emerging Multipolar World Order is Good for International Peace
Azhar Azam What has forced Europe to review its perspective on Beijing is Chinese President Xi Jinping’s role as a “global statesman” after facilitating the successful peace talks between Saudi Arabia and Iran. Beijing is becoming the center of global diplomacy. In the last couple of months, it has hosted a number of international leaders…
The Dollar and Imperial Rule
Atilio A. Boron The unexpected and irresistible rise of China shook the world economy to its foundations. One of the most eloquent signs of the epochal changes that are transforming the structure of the international system is the declining weight of the US dollar in the world economy. A recent Bloomberg report warned with alarm that dollar-denominated…
A Decline in US Middle East Power Results in Regional Unity
Robert Inlakesh Iran-Saudi peace has been subsequently followed by Saudi negotiations with Yemen’s Ansarallah government, to end the war that erupted back in 2015 and has claimed the lives of around 400,000 Yemenis. Ever since the 1940’s the United States government has opposed and eventually thwarted all attempts for Middle East nations to unify towards…
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