6th June, 2010
A bloodless coup to take control of an Arab Gulf state is being plotted by an unlikely alliance that includes a powerful firm of US lobbyists and a provincial English high-street solicitor.
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An attack on Iran remains a terrifying possibility, as a desperate flight forward by the Anglo-American coalition from an already hopeless situation in Iraq.
The provincial lawyer who is helping plot an emirate coup
Posted by seumasach on June 8, 2010
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Rebalancing the world
Posted by seumasach on June 5, 2010
Outside of Western diplomatic circles it is already widely appreciated that the May 17 agreement reveals the exciting reality of a new geopolitical landscape in which the countries of the global South are now beginning to act as subjects, and no longer content to be mere objects in scenarios devised in the North. At some point this reality might well be christened as the “real new world order”!
Richard Falk
5th June, 2010
It may turn out that May 17, 2010, will be remembered as an important milestone on the road to a real new world order. Remember that the phrase “new world order” came to prominence in 1990 after Iraq’s invasion and annexation of Kuwait. It was used by George W. H. Bush, the elder of the two Bush presidents, to signify the possibility after the end of the Cold War to find a consensus within the UN Security Council enabling a unified response to aggressive war. The new world order turned out to be a mobilizing idea invoked for a particular situation. The United States did not want to create expectations that it would always be available to lead a coalition against would-be breakers of world peace. The whole undertaking of a “new world order” disappeared from diplomacy right after the First Gulf War of 1991. What one wonders now is whether the Brazilian/Turkish effort to resolve the Iran nuclear crisis with the West is not expressive of a new world, this time a “real new world order.”
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Iran: Obama’s other oil spill
Posted by seumasach on May 27, 2010
Pepe Escobar
28th May, 2010
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan was scheduled to meet Brazilian President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva this Thursday in Brasilia. As much as the Barack Obama administrationhas been moving mountains to undermine the Iranian nuclear fuel swap deal mediated by Brazil and Turkey, both leaders (and US allies) are far from dropping the ball.
They may have mountain ranges to climb, but their point has resonated across much of the world; were it not for the mediation of two emerging powers and honest brokers, Iran would have never accepted what was in fact a slightly modified United States proposal made in October 2009.
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Iran, Sun Tzu and the dominatrix
Posted by seumasach on May 21, 2010
Most of all, what the developing world sees is the past – US,France, Britain, Germany – fighting against the advance of the future – China, India, Brazil, Turkey, Indonesia. The global security architecture – policed by a bunch of fearful, self-appointed Western guardians – is in a coma. The “Atlanticist” West is sinking Titanic-style.
Pepe Escobar
22nd May, 2010
Let’s face it: Hillary Clinton is one hell of a dominatrix.
At first the United States Secretary of State said the Brazil-Turkey mediation to get Iran to accept a nuclear fuel swap was destined to fail. Then the US State Department said it was the “last chance” for an agreement without sanctions. And finally, less than 24 hours after a successful agreement in Tehran, Hillary whips the UN Security Council into submission and triumphantly proclaims to the world a draft resolution for a fourth UN round of sanctions against Iran has been reached.
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Nuclear fuel swap deal: US sabotages ‘unique opportunity’ for peaceful resolution with Iran by Finian Cunningham
Posted by seumasach on May 20, 2010
Finian Cunningham
19th May, 2010
In his inaugural speech in January 2009, US president Barack Obama promised a new beginning in foreign policy towards Iran, saying “we will extend a hand if you are willing to un-clench your fist”. He didn’t actually mention Iran by name then, but everyone knew he was saying that the Bush administration’s confrontational approach to the Islamic Republic was being replaced by a more reasonable policy based on mutual dialogue.
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Can a security council ‘coalition of the unwilling’ defy Washington’s sanctions crusade?
Posted by seumasach on May 20, 2010
Sanctions that don’t work vs. diplomacy that does
The U.S. crusade for new UN sanctions against Iran has been underway for a long time. But the new intensity, the new scurrying around to make sure China and Russia are on board, and the new scramble for an immediate public announcement all reflect Washington’s frustration with the new agreement with Iran brokered by Turkey and Brazil. That agreement requires Iran to send about half of its low-enriched uranium to Turkey in return for somewhat higher-enriched prepared fuel rods for use in its medical reactor, which is pretty close to what the U.S. and its allies were demanding of Iran just months ago.
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Strategy shift in the Middle East
Posted by seumasach on May 20, 2010
- Thierry Meyssan
- Voltairenet
- 16th May, 2010
- The failure to reshape the Greater Middle East has left the field open to a new alliance, the Tehran-Damascus-Ankara triangle. Since nature is allergic to vacuums, Moscow is filling the space left vacant by Washington. The wind has changed and it’s blowing strong. In a matter of a few months, the entire regional balance of power has tipped.
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Lula warns UN over new Iran sanctions
Posted by seumasach on May 20, 2010
20th May, 2010
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has warned the UN Security Council against imposing new sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program.
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Tehran nuclear declaration hailed as ‘epic victory for Iran’
Posted by seumasach on May 18, 2010
18th May, 2010
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has claimed that mediation efforts by Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva would fail.
Other US allies such as France and Germany have alleged time and again that Iran is not participating in the international arena in good faith. However, the joint nuclear declaration by Iran, Turkey and Brazil, reached on the sidelines of the G-15 summit in Tehran on Monday, for the Islamic Republic to ship its low-enriched uranium to Turkey in exchange for higher-enriched fuel within a specified time frame has been widely hailed as a victory for diplomacy.
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Tarpley: Iran nuclear swap deal a defeat for US policy of isolation
Posted by seumasach on May 18, 2010
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India hails Iran’s fight for right
Posted by seumasach on May 18, 2010
18th May, 2010
Indian External Affairs Minister S. M. Krishna says his country wants a developed and prosperous Iran, lauding Tehran for standing up for its rights.
“India praises Iran for fighting for its interests,” Krishna said in a meeting with Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in the Iranian capital Tehran on Tuesday.
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