Monthly Archives: December 2011

Iran:  newly-discovered gas field in the Caspian Sea By Bahman Aghai Diba Payvand News 12/28/11 Iranian officials have declared that huge new reserves of gas have been discovered in the “Iranian sector” of the Caspian Sea (1). Iran has announced … Continue reading →

US’ Fifth Fleet threatens Iran over Strait of Hormuz Russia Today 29 December, 2011 Tensions between the US and Iran have all but reached a breaking point with a naval standoff moments away from occurring in the Strait of Hormuz. … Continue reading →

Softening Up Iran for the Final Attack Wayne MADSEN (USA) Strategic Culture Foundation 30.12.2011 In many ways, America’s and Israel’s much-anticipated war against Iran has already begun. It is not the type of war that was expected — an Israeli … Continue reading →

Syria and Middle East: Options and Implications (II) Andrei AKULOV Strategic Culture Foundation 29.12.2011 REPERCUSSIONS FOR REGION No doubt Syria is the country where the so called the Arab spring has the most profound geostrategic implications. The fall of Bashar … Continue reading →

Syria and Middle East: Options and Implications (I) Andrei AKULOV Strategic Culture Foundation 28.12.2011 The Arab Spring has not had a major impact on regional or international balance of power so far, but this could change if there is a … Continue reading →

Syria and the New Model of International Transformations Alexander MEZYAEV Strategic Culture Foundation 27.12.2011 Early this month, as Russia was in the process of assuming chairmanship in the UN Security Council, Moscow’s envoy said Syria was not on the UN … Continue reading →

World War III Has Begun – It`s the First Asymmetric War Long Awaited by Pentagon Think Tanks Wayne MADSEN (USA) Strategic Culture Foundation 26.12.2011 The Pentagon has already declared World War III and President Barack Obama and the Congress never … Continue reading →

Rating Agencies Propping Up the Dollar Elena PUSTOVOITOVA Strategic Culture Foundation 11.12.2011 Standard and Poor’s is warning that a credit rating downgrade might loom on the horizon for the EU as a whole, which is predictable news considering that 15 … Continue reading →

US Drug War Against Russia Waged From the Asian Foothold Nil NIKANDROV Strategic Culture Foundation 10.12.2011 The US intelligence community launched its first drug attacks against Russia in the early 1990ies, an epoch when drastic reforms were bleeding Russia’s law … Continue reading →

Karzai’s Loya Jirga Najmuddin A. SHAIKH (Pakistan) Strategic Culture Foundation 09.12.2011 President Karzai and his government hailed the Loya Jirga, a 2030 strong assemblage of parliamentarians and notables from across the country, as a great success. Certainly it could be … Continue reading →