Review: Great Games, Local Rules: The New Great Power Contest in Central Asia

Alexander Cooley 3.0 out of 5 stars Neither the Book Nor the Other Reviews are Serious, September 16, 2013 I am in Afghanistan, where I spend my time thinking about all external and internal factors bearing on 2014, and I was greatly looking forward to reading this book. It arrived, I read it, and I …

Berto Jongman: Tom Engelhardt on Terracide by Terraists — Legalized Crime Destroying Earth & Humanity — Beyond Genocide, Beyond Ecocide

Terracide and the Terrarists  Destroying the Planet for Record Profits  By Tom Engelhardt We have a word for the conscious slaughter of a racial or ethnic group: genocide.  And one for the conscious destruction of aspects of the environment: ecocide.  But we don’t have a word for the conscious act of destroying the planet we live …

SchwartzReport: BP Spill Kills Dolphins, Blinds Shrimp – Is BP Murdering Lawmakers to Ease Its Way Out? + BP Gulf RECAP

One clearly sees the character of these corporations in times of disaster. They have obviously spent billions developing extraction technologies, and virtually nothing on how to cope with what happens if it all goes wrong. Here is as clear an example as anyone could provide. Dead Dolphins and Shrimp With No Eyes Found After BP …

Review: The Race for What’s Left – The Global Scramble for the World’s Last Resources

Michael Klare 4.0 out of 5 stars All the Negatives, None of the Positives,October 22, 2012 I know and admire Professor Michael Klare and have given his earlier books such as his first blockbuster, Resource Wars: The New Landscape of Global Conflict With a New Introduction by the Author rave reviews. This book is valuable …

Review: Towards a World War III Scenario: The Dangers of Nuclear War

Michel Chossudovsky 4.0 out of 5 stars Five for Detail, Three for Bias, Solid Four for the Serious Reader / Researcher, October 8, 2012 Michel Chossudovsky is a known researcher and writer who is easily left of center; his greatest value lies in his presentation of truth in detail, something the neo-conservatives (far right of …

Journal: Strategic Analysis & Culture Matter

The Afghanistan Problem The huge cultural misunderstandings between Western forces and the Afghan people make it unlikely any counterinsurgency mission in the countryside will succeed. By Gilles Dorronsoro In the countryside, Westerners are essentially perceived as corrupt and threatening to traditional Afghan or Muslim values. Contrary to our self-perception, the villagers see the foreigners as …