April 11, 2015    The deal reached in Lausanne, Switzerland by Iran and five powers, led by the US, appears to be about nuclear capability.   In fact, the real issue was not nuclear weapons, which Iran does not now possess, but Iran’s potential geopolitical power.   Iran, a nation of 80.8 […]


10 January 2015 Have the long-feared lone wolf attacks, possibly threatened by al Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, begun? The twin massacres in Paris suggest that the Mideast’s mayhem and mass killings are again spilling over into Europe. Paris remains in chaos. Its Peripherique ring highway is still closed, producing […]


November 29, 2014 To no surprise, nuclear talks between Iran and major world powers have become stalemated. Iran will not sink “to its knees” to win a nuclear deal with the great powers, said its leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, after the failure of six months of talks in Vienna. However, […]