This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Thailand heads for a major election crisis Yingluck Shinawatra (Spiegel) The fault line between the élite fair-skinned market dominant minority Thai-Chinese and the dark-skinned indigenous Thai-Thai majority laboring class may soon become violent again,
Wonder why Iran is so committed to the Syrian regime? Part of the answer lies in the fact that at least some of the opposition are sick are tired of Syria allying itself with terrorist-sponsoring Iran and terrorist Hezbollah. [youtube
Syria pursues scorched earth policy, amid rumors of U.S. military intervention As thousands of families in northern Syria flee from their homes, many across the border into Turkey, army tanks widened the military campaign to crush protests against President Bashar
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Pro-Assad crowd attacks Turkey’s embassy in Damascus Syrian refugees living in tents in refugee camp in Yayladagi, Turkey (Reuters) Some 2,000 supporters of the Assad regime in Syria ralliedon Sunday near Turkey’s embassy in
The move to ask the United Nations to recognize a Palestinian state based on 1967 borders is being questioned within the Palestinian Authority itself. Mahmoud Abbas shakes hands with Hillary Clinton (from last year). In the back is a picture
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Military assault on north Syrian town begins Syrian army approaches Jish al-Shughour (AP) The anticipated Syrian military assault on the northern town of Jisr al-Shughour, near Turkey’s border, began on Saturday. Although much of
Thirty-six hours after Big Peace brought you first-hand accounts of the new carnage in Sudan’s Nuba Mountains the mainstream media is starting to show some interest, though these stories remain safely buried far away from the front pages. The UN
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Turkey’s PM Erdogan reverses position on Syria Map of Jisr al-Shughour in Syria and Yayladagi in Turkey Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has now condemned, in the harshest terms, the man he used
Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday that his country will will accept the hundreds of refugees fleeing violence in Syria, according to AFP: Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday (AP) “At this point, it is out
Peace is said to be a high priority, no matter whom you talk to.People crave it and pray for it, and rightly so. This is a much more important issue, I think, than most of us realize, especially in these
In my most recent book, The Coming Revolution: Struggle for Freedom in the Middle East (completed July 4, 2010), I argued that civil societies in the Greater Middle East (GME) and Arab World had reached a “critical stage” in their
The wave of unrest sweeping Syria will drive President Bashar Assad from power and severely weaken the Islamist regime in Tehran, a prominent dissident predicts. “It is a certainty the Assad regime will fall,” said Farid Ghadry, president of the
As border demonstrations occurred for the 2nd time along the border of Syria and Israel it becomes clear that the Palestinians are pawns in the hand of Syria, Iran and Hezbollah. With internal protests refusing to dwindle down in Syria,
For the first time in its exceedingly long history, Yemen now threatens the outside world. It does so in two principal ways. First, even before the current political upheaval began there on January 15, violence out of Yemen already impinged
According to a new analysis from Rand Corporation defense policy analyst Gregory Jones, Tehran may be just eight weeks away from being able to enrich enough uranium for a nuclear bomb. Despite reports of setbacks in its nuclear program, Iran
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Reform Party of Syria says that Assad paid anti-Israeli protesters Syrian protesters on Sunday (IDF) The anti-Assad Reform Party of Syria (RPS) is saying that the regime of Syrian president Bashir al-Assad paid hundreds
According to Wikipedia, “the Reform Party of Syria, or RPS is a political party committed to democracy and reform in Syria. It is based in the United States because the present Syrian government does not allow opposition political parties to
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Wild celebrations in Yemen over Saleh’s departure Yemeni army soldiers lifted by anti-government protesters, celebrate Saleh’s departure (AP) The evacuation of Yemen’s wounded president Ali Abdullah Saleh to a military hospital in Riyadh in
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s attempted last week to reassure Israel that President Obama’s May 19th speech was misconstrued; Mr. Obama’s repeated calls for Israel’s return to the 1967 lines grew out of his concern for the Jewish state, claimed the
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Generational Dynamics briefing at Fort Devens On Saturday, I gave a 90-minute briefing at Fort Devens to a unit of about 40 people, US Army and Navy analysts and planners for the US Army
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Yemen’s president Saleh wounded in mortar attack TV screen during Saleh’s radio address (Al-Jazeera) As the civil war in Yemen spreads, forces of president Ali Abdullah Saleh are having armed clashes with tribal forces
President Obama’s grand plan to provide U.S. financial aid to emerging democracies in the Middle East, Egypt and Tunisia now, and possibly later a post-Saleh Yemen and post-Assad Syria, may be commendable but could bring catastrophic results. If the billions
[Greater Hamastan? df] Netanyahu warns Egypt losing control of growing terror groups in Sinai PM says Hamas and international terror groups are strengthening presence in Egypt and that the country’s military government is having trouble ‘realizing its sovereignty’ in Sinai.
There are very legitimate arguments being made that Barack Obama is in blatant violation of a law that was passed over Richard Nixon’s veto – the 1973 War Powers Act. By aligning himself with Nixon over an issue the most
As we in the free-world have stood by and watched, 2011 has marked the awakening of the principles of freedom within the hearts of Arab people throughout the Middle East. Syria, which has long stood at the crossroads of the
