A hundred’s year war in and with Islam ?

Are we, meaning the billions of citizens on earth today, faced with an enduring war in and with Islam and Islamists?  Or have seemingly exploding and spreading conflicts in what has been properly called the crescent of crisis extending from the Bay of Bengal in the east to the Levant and Mediterranean in the west a temporal phenomena that in due course will topple of its own weight?  The answers to these questions obviously will have profound consequence on the future geostrategic landscape. The emergence of the Taliban in Afghanistan and Pakistan, al Qaeda, the Islamist State and other Islamist groups has put these questions in sharp perspective.  The persistence [...]

By |2017-11-14T21:27:57+02:0027 ianuarie 2015|Apărare / Securitate Naţională, Blog, Democratie & Drepturile Omului, Harlan Ullman, Pace & Securitate, Subiecte, Terorism|0 Comentarii
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Kim Jung Un – movie critic extraodinaire?

Few sane people would normally find themselves in agreement with North Korea’s boy dictator Kim Jung Un.  The hacking of Sony Pictures over its movie “The Interview,” presumably by North Korea in retaliation for the loony plot to assassinate its supreme leader, was the latest outrage. Howls of protest immediately reverberated from Hollywood’s elite sullied by the unveiling of Sony’s disparaging corporate emails to President Barack Obama’s questioning of “why didn’t they ask me first” before initially deciding not to run the film. Some called for immediate retaliation against North Korea as if this were a de facto act of war.   Others bellowed that it was a patriotic duty of [...]

By |2017-11-14T21:27:58+02:0018 ianuarie 2015|Analize si studii, Asia, Blog, Harlan Ullman, Pace & Securitate, Regiuni, Subiecte|0 Comentarii
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Needed: Realistic foreign policy priorities for Barack

In foreign policy as well in virtually every human endeavor, how do you know how well or badly you are doing.  Most smart people have annual physicals to check on their health.  Scorecards for hedge fund managers and CEO’s are measured in return on investment or share value.  And in sports, overtime is the ultimate measure of winning or losing.   Unfortunately, foreign policy has no universal or even partial scorecard except to the extent that White Houses, Congresses, critics and the media pass judgments on what appears to be working and what does not.  The starting point for making these assessments regarding foreign policy rests in analyzing the priorities [...]

By |2017-11-14T21:28:00+02:003 decembrie 2014|America, Blog, Democratie & Drepturile Omului, Harlan Ullman, Pace & Securitate, Regiuni, Subiecte|0 Comentarii
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The Islamic State: existential or exaggerated danger?

How dangerous is the Islamic State (IS)?  Given the barbarism, ruthlessness and brutality of the IS in establishing a caliphate in part by absorbing or coercing acceptance by Sunnis, Baathists and former Saddam loyalists disenfranchised or persecuted by the Shia government in Baghdad, will that amalgam hold?  Or will IS’s inhuman behavior ultimately provoke a rebellion by local Sunni tribes? Alternatively, is the IS phenomenon and the surprising suddenness of its seizure of space in Iraq and Syria a harbinger of an even greater threat to the region and beyond?  Reports of IS now extending its poisonous tentacles into Pakistan may or may not prove accurate.  However, the possibility is [...]

By |2017-11-14T21:28:00+02:003 decembrie 2014|Blog, Harlan Ullman, Orientul Mijlociu, Pace & Securitate, Regiuni, Subiecte, Terorism|0 Comentarii
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11/11/11

11/11/11 represents the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918 when an armistice was declared on the Western Front ending World War I.  President Woodrow Wilson subsequently declared November 11th Armistice Day.  In 1954, the law renamed Armistice as Veteran’s Day, not to be confused with Memorial Day that celebrates those American who gave their lives in battle. In the UK, 11/11/11 is known as Remembrance Day with the wearing of red paper poppies commemorating the end of a war in which more than fifty million perished.  And the next year, 1919, perhaps another fifty million died in the Spanish Flu epidemic. But the likelihood [...]

By |2017-11-14T21:28:00+02:0025 noiembrie 2014|Blog, Harlan Ullman, Pace & Securitate, Subiecte|0 Comentarii
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