Category Archives: Hegemony
Soldiers ‘set out to kill civilians’
Simon Mann, Washington FIVE US soldiers deliberately killed Afghan civilians with grenades before photographing the corpses and keeping body parts as trophies, say Pentagon investigators. A 25-year-old sergeant, Calvin Gibbs, was the alleged ringleader, reportedly joking about how easy it would be to ”toss a grenade at someone and kill them”, US Army charge sheets [...]
Turkey’s Crises over Israel and Iran
Istanbul/Brussels While suspicions in Western capitals about its relationship with Iran and tensions with Israel have dealt setbacks to its “zero-problem” foreign policy, Turkey shares many of the goals of its Western partners and should continue to play an important role in resolving Middle Eastern and other conflicts. The latest report from the International [...]
Bob Diamond and the rise of investment bankers
by John Gapper You can’t keep an investment banker down, especially if he is near the top of of a European universal bank. That is the moral of Bob Diamond’s emergence as the next chief executive of Barclays, despite having been declared the “unacceptable face” of banking by Peter Mandelson. Mr Diamond’s appointment as the [...]
The Cyprus Talks on the Road of No Return?
by Van Coufoudakis* After thirty-six years the consequences of the Turkish invasion are still evident in Cyprus. Witness the continuing occupation of nearly 37% of the territory of an EU member by a country aspiring to become an EU member. Witness the continuing and documented violation of human rights and Turkey’s total disregard of its [...]
Makarios and Kyprianou never accepted bizonal Federation
Clark Clifford had nothing to do with the 12 February 1977 Guidelines I refer to professor V.Coufadakis article in Agora published 16 August 2010 and wish to comment as follows regarding para 3 where he writes: “… The problems confronting the UN sponsored talks are not new. They originate in international hypocrisy that has led [...]
House approves $37 billion war-funding bill
By Perry Bacon Jr. and Ben Pershing The House on Tuesday approved spending an additional $37 billion on the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, overcoming the opposition of some Democrats who have concluded that the Afghan conflict is unwinnable. The funding bill, which passed 308 to 114, had stalled for two months as a growing [...]
Don’t blame Europe for Turkey’s moves away from the West
Continued rejection by the European Union does not alone account for Turkey’s embrace of Muslim nations. The U.S. must push the Turks to reform internally By Henri Barkey In an interview this month with the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera, President Obama suggested that the European Union’s continued reluctance to accept Turkey into its ranks [...]
Responding to: ”Don’t blame Europe for Turkey’s moves away from the West”
by F. Genas I come from Cyprus (from my name you should have already judged that I am Greek) and I noticed that you did not mention Cyprus at all in your article. I have to say that I am not surprised, since the current leadership hardly opposes entry of Turkey in the EU. Greece [...]
U.S. and South Korea to announce joint military exercises
By John Pomfret Over China’s opposition, the United States and South Korea will announce military exercises next week when the U.S. secretaries of state and defense visit Seoul, U.S. officials said Wednesday.
Human Rights Committee considers report of Israel
by Relief Web The Human Rights Committee has concluded its consideration of the third periodic report of Israel on the measures undertaken by that country to implement the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
Somali militants ready to terrorize world?
By Paul Armstrong The deadly bombings in Uganda’s capital may have heralded a chilling new chapter in the history of a Somali Islamist group with links to al Qaeda. For almost four years the radical al Shabaab movement has been engaged in a violent struggle with the U.N.-backed transitional government for control of Somalia, which has [...]
Not everyone’s a winner in war
by Jeff Sparrow The unedifying political bidding war between leaders determined to prove their hostility to refugees has led many to conclude that the Labor and Liberal parties are now entirely driven by opinion polls. But that’s not quite the case.
Libyan aid boat stays on course for Gaza
By Anne Barker Israeli forces could be set for another ugly confrontation on the high seas as another aid ship tries to break the blockade in Gaza. The cargo ship Amalthea set sail from Greece with 2,000 tonnes of food and medical aid destined for Gaza.
Turkey Annoyed Over Clinton’s Genocide Memorial Visit
by Armen Hareyan The foreign minister of Turkey Ahmet Davutoglu told Hurryiet that the Turkish side has conveyed its annoyance over U.S. Secretary State Hillary Clinton’s visit to the Armenian Genocide Memorial where she laid a wreath at the Genocide Memorial built in homage to up to 1.5 million ethnic Armenians that became the victims [...]
