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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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Arthur Griffith, the founder of Sinn Féin noted: “Between the Individual and Humanity stands, and must continue to stand, a great fact – the Nation.” This is the Sinn Féin philosophy and its greatest modern exponent in Europe was the former Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. Arthur Griffith took his inspiration from Hungary. The Resurrection…
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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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When the US President launched the war on Iran on 28 February – after the Israeli Prime Minister triggered him into action – this is how he described his war objectives. “The United States military is undertaking a massive and ongoing operation to prevent this very wicked, radical dictatorship from threatening America and our core…
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In June’s Irish Political Review Brendan Clifford wrote of ‘The Phenomenon Of Anti-Semitism!’ He observed that the— “Jewish mode of national existence was viable when there was a world order consistingof Empires. In 1917/18 most of the Empires fell. They were not overthrown bynationalist revolutions. It was only in Ireland that there was a nationalist…
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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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Israel has made its third attempt in 8 months to destroy Iran. This time it has got what it always wanted – the full power of the United States as its instrument. In previous pieces the present writer has asked the question of Trump: Is it America First or Israel First? That question was answered…
