The war cycles continue to ramp-up across the globe. And this latest wave of geopolitical unrest continues to rise at an unsettling pace. Just like my mentor and friend, Larry Edelson, predicted. Long before Larry passed away early this year, … Read More
AFTER the United Nations lifted sanctions imposed on Libya in 2003, Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi set off to improve relations with Europe. He knew that the two most important cards he held were oil money and migration. He knew that … Read More
Publication of action plan for governments is response to what Vatican sees as one of biggest global challenges of 21st century. Pope Francis has issued a 20-point action plan to governments on refugees and migrants to try to galvanise their … Read More
In the wake of the attacks in Barcelona and Cambrils, Poland’s interior minister said Europe should wake up to the “clash of civilizations” where Muslim enclaves form “support bases” for terrorists. He claimed Poland is safe as it had prevented … Read More
(CNN)Much has changed since the height of the refugee crisis that gripped Europe in the summer of 2015. Since the shocking images of drowned Syrian toddler Alan Kurdi went viral, the crisis has largely been out of international headlines. But … Read More
In 2016, every major media outlet focused on the influx of refugees into the European Union as a humanitarian crisis of unprecedented proportion. During that year, the media coverage alternatively painted the issue as either a boon or a blight … Read More
Turkey has renewed a warning to the European Union about a new surge of migrants as its impatience grows over foot-dragging on visa-free travel, exposing the divide between Ankara and the bloc it says it still wants to join. Foreign … Read More
Islamist terror attacks have increased markedly in the country since it opened its doors to migrants fleeing the Syrian Civil War. On July 28, one person was murdered and another five were injured by an Islamist wielding a knife at … Read More
Standing on deck seeing children, women and men up to their waist in seawater because their boat is slowly deflating, world politics suddenly seem very far away. We are the only ones here, in international waters. No other vessels around … Read More