Global Affairs
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The Forgotten War: Genocide of the Yazidi people
While most of the world has not heard of the Yazidi, the Islamic State hunts them down for one specific reason: their religious beliefs….
Why the killing of Qasem Soleimani isn’t war
Qasem Soleimani, who was the head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Quds Force was killed in a US drone strike…
Hostilities by nationals in foreign service
Over the past few years it has become evident that both Iraq and Syria have turned into failed states. The Islamic State (IS…
Brexit and populism
This is a re-post of a blog post I did on own blog in 2016. Three years later and Brexit still hasn’t…
PM Boris Johnson’s ‘new’ deal….again
While members of Parliament have been sparring for months over the deal Boris Johnson proposes to the European Union with Brexit, there…
A history of violence; teaching a new generation how not to resolve conflicts
Back in 2016 I wrote the article below as a dire warning for the children that were being subjected to the Syrian…