Yoda: Turkey & Iran Convergence, Off-Set to Sunni Extremism — Can Secular Pragmatism Create One Prosperous Muslim Faith?

De-Americanization? Iran, Turkey must work together to fight IS: Rouhani TEHRAN: Iran and Turkey must work with one another to root out the threat of extremism in the region, President Hassan Rouhani told his Turkish counterpart, the official IRNA news agency reported. … “A consolidation and expansion of ties between Tehran and Ankara is of …

Berto Jongman: The Mystery of ISIS — Robert Steele: The Mendacity of the West

The Mystery of ISIS Anonymous  NYT Review of Books  August 13, 2015 Issue Nothing since the triumph of the Vandals in Roman North Africa has seemed so sudden, incomprehensible, and difficult to reverse as the rise of ISIS. None of our analysts, soldiers, diplomats, intelligence officers, politicians, or journalists has yet produced an explanation rich …

Answers: Steele for NATO Strategic Foresight

My preliminary contributions to the NATO Strategic Foresight Online Workshop. I have no appointment or connection to NATO or the Transformation Command. This workshop is open to the public without restriction. Characteristics of the Future Threats & Possibilities Economic Considerations Environmental Considerations Human Considerations I & II Political Considerations Technology Considerations Strategic Foresight I & …

Robert Parry: Daniel Lazare on Why Islamic State is Winning

Why Islamic State Is Winning Exclusive: The Saudi-Israeli alliance and U.S. neocons have pressured President Obama into continuing U.S. hostility toward the secular Syrian government despite major military gains by the Islamic State and Al-Qaeda’s Nusra Front, leading to an emerging catastrophe in the Mideast, as Daniel Lazare explains.