Harsh political rhetoric, combined with the vulnerability of the nuclear command-and-control system, has made the risk of global catastrophe greater than ever. By Eric Schlosser December 23, 2016 A dilemma has haunted nuclear strategy since the first detonation of an atomic bomb: How do you prevent a nuclear attack while […]
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Jan 02,2017 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL The UN Security Council on Saturday unanimously adopted a resolution that supports the Russian-Turkish peace initiative for Syria, which includes maintaining the recently declared ceasefire and projected talks in the capital of Kazakhstan, Astana. The resolution could be the very breakthrough sought by the […]
REPORT Daniel L. Byman Friday, December 30 Editor’s Note:Fighting terrorism has been at the top of the U.S. national-security agenda since 9/11, but the terrorism threat, and thus the appropriate means of counterterrorism, is often grossly misunderstood. Donald Trump must understand the changing nature of terrorism, revise U.S. policy in the […]
Dec 29,2016 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL US Secretary of State John Kerry outlined his vision for peace between Palestinians and Israelis in the boldest manner yet. His blueprint for peace entails Israeli withdrawal from Palestinian lands and Jerusalem as the shared capital of the two sides that would have to […]
Nigel Farage is not a Nazi and nor is Donald Trump. But what is terrifying – and deeply akin to fascism – is our ability to ‘think’ our way from truth into lies Robert Fisk @indyvoices Thursday 29 December 2016 We do not live in a “post-truth” world, neither in the Middle East nor in […]
By AFP – Dec 29,2016 -JORDAN TIMES US Secretary of State John Kerry lays out his vision for peace between Israelis and Palestinians on Wednesday, in the Dean Acheson Auditorium at the Department of State in Washington, DC (AFP photo) WASHINGTON —In a stern parting shot, US Secretary […]
Dec 28,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – Michael Jansen Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is doing himself and Israel harm by making a huge fuss over the adoption by the UN Security Council of Security Council Resolution 2334 and the US abstention, which allowed the measure to pass. Netanyahu should have ignored […]
Dec 27,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – Ramzy Baroud There is no doubt that the UN Security Council condemnation of Israel on December 23 was an important and noteworthy event. True, the United Nations’ main chambers (the Security Council and the General Assembly) and its various institutions, ranging from the International Court […]
Reuters International DEC 27, 2016 – 09:19 Free Syrian Army fighters fire an anti-aircraft weapon in a rebel-held area of Aleppo, Syria December 12, 2016. REUTERS/Abdalrhman Ismail (reuters_tickers) MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday it viewed a U.S. decision to ease restrictions on weapons supplies to […]
Dec 26,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – James J. Zogby There was considerable drama leading up to the passage of United Nations Security Council Resolution 2334 (UNSCR 2334) reaffirming the illegality of Israeli settlements. It began with all hell breaking loose on Thursday morning when it became clear that the Egyptians would […]
Brian Levin, Director, Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism, from California State University San Bernardino, speaks to those gathered Friday afternoon December 23, 2016 during the 31st Annual West Coast Jalsa Salana held at the Islam Ahmadiyya Movement Inc. in Chino. The convention, which was attended by many […]
AFP, AP | Published — Monday 26 December 2016 A couple walks in the Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank. (Reuters) JERUSALEM: Israel on Sunday summoned representatives of states that supported a UN resolution demanding it halt settlement activity, while cutting civilian coordination with Palestinians by way of […]
As Robin Raphel worked for the State Department in Pakistan, her brand of traditional diplomacy ran into the new realities of covert surveillance. The collision turned her life upside down BY ADAM ENTOUS AND DEVLIN BARRETT THE LAST DIPLOMAT Just before 8 on the morning of Oct. 21, 2014, Robin […]
US abstains as Security Council passes resolution condemning Israeli settlements By AFP – Dec 24,2016 – JORDAN TIMES OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — Israel scrambled Saturday to contain the fallout from a […]
By MEGHAN KENEALLY Dec 23, 2016 The United Nations Security Council has passed a previously postponed vote to end Israeli settlements after the U.S. abstained from voting. U.S. ambassador to the U.N. Samantha Power gave a statement after the vote saying that the U.S. chose not to vote on the […]
Dec 22,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – Rami G. Khouri The centuries turn over, the big players evolve, the local battlefields change, but the results remain the same: when external military powers intervene in the Middle East to secure their national interests, the result is inevitably local chaos that also generates retaliations […]
OPINION By Steve Crump DEC 21, 2016 – http://www.swissinfo.ch Steven Crump and his family will have the opportunity to apply for Swiss citizenship. In deciding to do this, he wants to be clear that he isn’t abandoning the United States. It is possible to be both Swiss and American, he […]
‘We never thought about using weapons of mass destruction,’ former Iraqi ruler told CIA Will Worley The US “got it wrong” about Saddam Hussein and Iraq, the CIA analyst who interrogated the former dictator has said. John Nixon had numerous conversations with the deposed leader and now says that America was critically […]
Dec 17,2016 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL US President-elect Donald Trump seems to have some ominous surprises up his sleeve for the Palestinians, in particular, and the Arab world, in general. He asked his long-time adviser and friend David Friedman, a hardline pro-Israel lawyer, to be the US ambassador to Israel. […]