Pakistan has a general election today. It will decide on the next government of the world’s fifth-most populous nation and the governments of its four provinces — Punjab, Singh, Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Around 128 million people can vote to pick 266 representatives to form the 16th parliament in a first-past-the-post system. They will also vote to elect the legislatures of the country’s four provinces.
Pakistan’s misery continues
Tag: Arab world
Year of the Dragon: Silk Roads, BRICS Roads, Sino-Roads
Pepe Escobar
China, Russia and Iran will take the fight towards a more equal and just system to the next level, Pepe Escobar writes.
Year of the Dragon: Silk Roads, BRICS Roads, Sino-Roads
Previously:
Blinken’s Window Dressing Tour of Arab Capitals
I’m getting the impression the US is managing this war on Israel’s behalf. Some of the quotes from Blinken leave one with that impression.
Blinken’s Window Dressing Tour of Arab Capitals
China’s Game in Gaza: How Beijing Is Exploiting Israel’s War to Win Over the Global South
Foreign Affairs so, yes, it has a bias. Author Mark Leonard
Still there are some points of interest. One obvious point made is the lamentable state of US diplomacy. Perhaps better acknowledged as non existent.
China’s Game in Gaza: How Beijing Is Exploiting Israel’s War to Win Over the Global South
The USG is doing a good enough job of ruining its reputation, on the international stage, but let’s blame China! 🤦🏼♀️
US Seeks Plausible Deniability as it Lights Middle East on Fire
11.12.2023 Author: Brian Berletic
A surprising change of tone came from the Pentagon in early December. After weeks of devastating Israeli military operations inside Gaza, the US Secretary of Defense implored Israel to demonstrate restraint and concern for the civilian population.
US Seeks Plausible Deniability as it Lights Middle East on Fire
Cost of Empire: Study Says US Military Intervention Making Americans Less Safe
Empirical data demonstrates that, although US warmongering may fatten the pockets of military contractors, the consequences for citizens around the world have been dire.
Cost of Empire: Study Says US Military Intervention Making Americans Less Safe
Testimony of Professor Jeffrey D. Sachs: UN Security Council Session on Sustaining Peace through Common Development
Related:
(1) We may recall that the UN Charter article 2(4) prohibits not only the use of force but also the threat thereof.
Israel Continues Ops in Gaza, Storms Hospital – US Continues Arming IDF
Update on Israeli military operations in Gaza for November 15, 2023…
– Israeli forces have stormed Gaza’s largest hospital, claiming Hamas fighters are hiding in/beneath the facility;
– Israeli tactics appear to deliberately maximize regional and international outrage;
– The violence is aimed at pressuring regional governments to take action and trigger a series of conflicts that allow the US to reassert a previous conflict-based “security architecture” on the region;
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Will the Gaza War End With a Coup?
Understanding that Netanyahu is wildly unpopular in Israel.. Noticing that the US appears to be distancing themselves from the mass killing ongoing… let’s read this oped
Will the Gaza War End With a Coup?
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