Since 2021, Ellison’s personal foundation – the Larry Ellison Foundation – has donated or pledged at least £257m to the Tony Blair Institute, making it a think tank like no other in the UK.
West will lose power but will leave mess before giving up
President James Monroe must have turned in his grave at the Monroe doctrine, named after him, being desecrated by rank outside powers, China and Russia.
Khamenei has no links with India but Khomeini did with UP’s Barabanki
Khomeini had very distinguished theological scholars as his ancestors from Kintoor (Uttar Pradesh). One of the lesser known clerics, Agha Roohi Abaqati was in fact even related to Khomeini.
Is there an Israel in the endgame?
Former US Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger’s definition of Israel as the US’s unsinkable aircraft carrier in the Middle East was apt – only so long as the US was an uncontested super power.
Post Gaza query: Israel in New World Order minus the hegemon?
The exclusive Israeli-style vengeance witnessed in the 51 days of bombardment, a jaw for a tooth, was possible only with the US hegemon standing four square behind all of Israel’s actions.
Pivot to Poland: Is that the trajectory of Ukraine war?
Putin revealed that reliable intelligence gathered by the Kremlin confirm US plans to insert into western Ukraine a Polish expeditionary force “for a subsequent occupation of these territories.”
BBC documentary: Thames not on fire, why is the Jamuna?
There is no end to speculation. The latest being that the BBC was the cat’s paw for the foreign office: Modi was being punished for having veered away from the Western line on Ukraine.
A proxy war could not oust Assad; can it defeat Russia?
In other words, the US, with very deep pockets, is looking for a never ending war, a war of attrition. Having failed to defeat Putin, the idea is to outspend him, bleed him economically. What will happen to Europe in this process?
Messi, Mbappe, World Cup are nuggets on Qatar’s super exceptionalism
The Cassandras were proved wrong as Qatar successfully continued to wear its own brand of exceptionalism on its sleeve. History will remember it as a superbly arranged event.