Gary G. Sick, a former National Security Council adviser on Iran, says an “emerging strategy” is developing that brings the United States, Israel, and Sunni Arab states in an informal alliance against Iran. He does not believe the United States would launch a military attack on Iran at this time because it lacks the military [...]

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Iran is not the only ascendant power in the Middle East. Saudi Arabia, its regional rival, has also seen its fortunes rise. Thanks to high oil prices, the country’s gross domestic product has doubled to $350 billion over the past four years. Saudi leaders also face easing pressures from Washington on democracy promotion, due to [...]

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Paris-Tehran-Moscow, 15 March. (IPS) The slap the Russians gave the Iranian clerical-led government on Tuesday was so strong that 24 hours after it had been clapped on their face, no one had dared to react.
“The Iranians have abused of their relations with Russia. They have harmed our image and standing in international community”, an unidentified [...]

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As Palestinian arms build-up continues in Gaza and Lebanon, some Israelis say IDF response is inevitable.
Sderot Mayor Eli Moyal said he hopes Israeli forces not only destroy the weapons but remain in Gaza to prevent further weapons smuggling. getty images
The mayor of Sderot, the Israeli development town bearing the brunt of almost daily rocket attacks [...]

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As China has gained economic clout, it has also been more willing to flex its muscles internationally. This has raised skepticism as well as anxieties in Asia and elsewhere regarding its self-proclaimed commitment to “peaceful rising.”
Actually, China’s international activities show “peaceful rising” to be nothing more than camouflage for a hegemonic agenda. For example, its [...]

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Beijing likely to see Japan-Australia pact as U.S.-led attempt to keep it in check.
Japan has signed with Australia only its second bilateral security agreement since the end of World War II, after the one with the United States dating back about half a century. Although the agreement does not commit either party to defend the [...]

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The Los Angeles Times on Monday reported that a Pentagon official told the newspaper that the United States was working on contingency plans in case its surge policy in Iraq fails. The plans call for a gradual withdrawal of U.S. troops in conjunction with increased military training of Iraqi forces. The contingency plan corresponds with [...]

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WASHINGTON — Mohammed Ali Jinnah, one of the founding fathers of Pakistan, would be disappointed with the Pakistan of today.
It is a country with many fault lines, and is in a continuous state of precariousness. It is riddled with sectarianism, extremism, and multiple distortions of Islam. It has a mostly decrepit education system, [...]

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America is and has been flirting with danger. Our country is suffering from a slow death from within. All one has to do is look around to the constant onslaught of far left secular and progressive activism aimed at destroying the traditions of Americans. The veracity to which this is being carried out is in [...]

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FSM Contributing Editor Slater Bakhtavar warns that the United States needs to take a bold, aggressive step before the entire Latin American region is engulfed by the radical left. It is not just the negative sentiment these countries harbor towards the United States that is alarming, but also the alliances they are forging with terror-sponsoring [...]

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