by Piper Bayard | Mar 18, 2013 | Current Affairs, Foreign Affairs, History
By Jay Holmes As we looked at last Wednesday, US Secretary of State John Kerry’s recent visit to Turkey highlights the tensions between our two countries. (See Turkey–America’s Special Frenemy) In the long history of our “frenemy” relationship, the Kurds...
by Piper Bayard | Mar 13, 2013 | Current Affairs, Foreign Affairs, History
By Jay Holmes US Secretary of State John Kerry’s recent visit to Turkey has momentarily brought US-Turkish relations to the forefront of US foreign affairs news. Days before Kerry’s visit, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan turned up the tension in US-Turkish...
by Piper Bayard | Feb 11, 2013 | Current Affairs, Foreign Affairs
By Jay Holmes Today, from the Western point of view, we see continuing strife in Egypt centered on the basic issue of theocracy vs. democracy. The simple interpretation of that strife indicates that Egyptian President Morsi, his Muslim Brotherhood backers, and their...
by Piper Bayard | Dec 10, 2012 | Current Affairs, Foreign Affairs
By Jay Holmes When the people of Egypt ousted President Hosni Mubarak on February 12, 2011, most Western media outlets assumed that the anti-Mubarak protestors were de facto pro-democracy. However, Egyptians are not so cohesive, and they have a complex variety of...
by Piper Bayard | Dec 3, 2012 | Current Affairs, Foreign Affairs
By Intelligence Operative Jay Holmes* As we approach 2013, several Middle Eastern and Central Asian countries seem to be undergoing changes, but there is no consensus on what those changes will mean. While a few are hopeful, many give cause for concern. Barack Obama...
by Piper Bayard | Nov 18, 2012 | Current Affairs, Foreign Affairs
By Intelligence Operative Jay Holmes* and Azad Image by Edi Israel, wikimedia commons Today, news watchers in the West are seeing reports about the Israeli bombing of Gaza. Some are wondering if this week’s events in Israel and Gaza are the start World War Three. My...
by Piper Bayard | Oct 29, 2012 | Current Affairs, Foreign Affairs, News
Perspective on Benghazi By Intelligence Operative Jay Holmes* Image of burning US Consulate in Benghazi by Voice of America employee, public domain. On September 11, 2012, Islamic terrorists attacked the US Consulate in Benghazi. They murdered US Ambassador to Libya...
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