Why U.S. and Saudi Arabia back Rohingya in Myanmar

Biden and Iran

February 4, 2021 UNAC Editor Diplomacy, Iran, Soft Power Imperialism

by Behrooz Ghamari Tabrizi, published on CounterPunch, February 3, 2021 There is an expression in Persian that says when an idiot throws a stone into a well, hundreds of wise people can’t recover it. Now this is the story of Donald Trump’s idiotic decision in May 2018 to withdraw from the 2015 nuclear agreement with Iran known as the Joint[…]

The COVID-19 Pandemic Makes Clear the Need to Cooperate Despite Political Differences

April 18, 2020 UNAC Editor Cuba, Diplomacy, Global Alliances, Public Health, Sanctions and Economic Warfare

Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs, published on Resumen, April 16, 2020 The impact of COVID-19 can already be measured and will be assessed in the future by the striking numbers of people infected, the unacceptable numbers of deaths, the unquestionable damages to the world economy, production, trade, employment and personal income of millions of people. It is a crisis that[…]

Another Perspective on Middle East Peace

August 9, 2019 UNAC Editor Diplomacy, Iran, Middle East Wars, Political Analysis, Russia, Syria

by Pepe Escobar, published on Information Clearing House, August 6, 2019 Russia is meticulously advancing Eurasian chessboard moves that should be observed in conjunction, as Moscow proposes to the Global South an approach diametrically opposed to Western sanctions, threats and economic war. Here are three recent examples. Ten days ago, via a document officially approved by the United Nations, the[…]

US Left is Being Left Behind

September 18, 2018 UNAC Editor Capitalism, Diplomacy, Trade Wars

Map From Business Insider: Inside the Belt and Road, China’s Mega Project that is linking 70 countries across Asia, Europe and Africa (and by the way, they are in South America as well). Based on December 2015 data. ~Reuters by Kevin Zeese and Dr. Margaret Flowers, published in Counterpunch, August 30, 2018 The United States has a long history of[…]

Syria War, Sochi Peace

November 28, 2017 UNAC Editor Diplomacy

By Pepe Escobar, Originally published on Asia Times. In a well choreographed Sochi summit, Russian President Vladimir Putin defines a peaceful future for Syria after the liberation of the country from militants The main take-away of the trilateral, two hour-long Russia-Iran-Turkey summit in Sochi on the future of Syria was expressed by Russian President Vladimir Putin: “The presidents of Iran[…]