Azerbaijan
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The Mecca Joint Defence Agreement – the pact between Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkiye signed in August – has been described inaccurately by Andrew Korybko and others as “the Muslim NATO”. This is nonsense, since the orientation of it and the reasons for it have little to do with Russia. Tariq Ali has described it…
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The 19/20 September 2026 marks the third anniversary of the full liberation of Karabakh by Azerbaijani forces from the Armenian occupation of nearly 3 decades. It was the culmination of one of the most successful examples of statesmanship and effective military action that has been witnessed in the world for many a year. In November…
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It has been fashionable to talk of the World War of 1914 as having resulted from sleepwalking by the European powers. This, of course, is complete nonsense. Any reading of British accounts, including the insider memoirs of the illustrious Cabinet Secretary, Sir Maurice Hankey, shows that there was a well-worked out and purposeful plan for…
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The Guardian reported on May 4 that: “The EU is sending a team of experts specialised in combating Russian propaganda and interference to Armenia, as it increases its support to the former Soviet republic in a tense political period. In a highly symbolic sequence of events, EU leaders will hold their first summit with Armenia,…
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Available Now available from Amazon UK in e-book, softback and hardback editions. A 436 page book of 10 chapters on the causes, course and consequences of one of the most consequential and catastrophic events in history – The Great War on Ottoman Turkey. Contents Introduction Chapter I. Britain and the Ottoman Empire p.5 Chapter II.…
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“Caught in a trap, I can’t walk out, Because I love you too much, Bibi!” President Trump is caught in a trap – very much of his own making! In being the leader of the Western Hemisphere, Trump has also ensnared the West in the trap, laid by Netanyahu and Israel over decades. For at…
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A second US/Israeli attempt, in 6 months, aimed at regime change in Iran has failed. The last attempt, made during June 2025, involved an Israeli sneak attack followed by a 12 day war on Iran. Iran responded with a defensive war that hurt Israel so much that Trump was forced to intervene on its behalf.…
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War is a catastrophic form of activity. In a war the concentrated power of violence of one state meets that of another. War is therefore a very fundamental kind of activity which has far reaching social consequences in the victorious as well as in the defeated society. Wars are usually ended by the defeat of…
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States operate on the basis of the national interest. Arthur Griffith noted: “Between the Individual and Humanity stands, and must continue to stand, a great fact – the Nation.” States, on the whole, do not operate on the geopolitical interest, unless they happen to be Great Powers. States which are not Great Powers but which…
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After maintaining a discreet distance from Israel’s war on Iran, which has been going on for a lot longer than 12 days, President Trump decided to weigh in with American power to help the Israelis finish the job. By doing this he has taken direct US ownership of the war and begun to ride two…