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Radical Islamic Organizations: Odd Prospects, Guns for Rent and Mercenarism

Some of the reasons behind the decision taken by Washington and its allies in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to withdraw their troops from Afghanistan are becoming clear gradually. …

Abdelkader Zaoui 15 January 2022

Pro-Russian separatists from the Chechen “Death” battalion walk during a training exercise in the territory controlled by the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic, eastern Ukraine, December 8, 2014. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

What Putin Really Wants in Ukraine

As 2021 came to a close, Russia presented the United States with a list of demands that it said were necessary to stave off the possibility of a large-scale military conflict in Ukraine. In a draft…

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US Is Not Withdrawing from Middle East

The administration of U.S. President Joe Biden has made no secret of its desire to extricate the United States from the Middle East. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, in an interview before taking…

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Mette Frederiksen, Denmark's prime minister, arrives at a European Leaders (EU) summit in Brussels, Belgium, on Friday, June 25, 2021. (Photo by: Valeria Mongelli/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Scandal Over American NSA Bugging EU Allies

The National Security Agency (NSA) is the main US agency for global monitoring, collection, decoding, translation, and analysis of foreign intelligence data. The NSA's parent organization is the US…

Jassem Mohamed – Bonn 06 August 2021

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris waves while boarding Air Force Two at El Paso International Airport in Texas after visiting the border on June 25, 2021.(TNS)

Biden’s Immigration Policies Have Turned a Win Into a Loss

The Biden administration has systematically abandoned the border security policies and immigration reforms that enabled the Trump administration to turn back the tide of illegal immigration. With the…

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The Twilight of America’s Financial Empire

When Iraqi lawmakers voted to expelU.S.forces from the country earlier this month, the Trump administration’s response was swift and forceful: it refused to withdraw and, for good measure, threatened…

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