Manageable chaos in the Middle East on August 23, 2015Manageable chaos is a myopic idea that has torn the Middle East apart. To understand why, we need to go back 100 years in the past. In 1916, Britain and France signed the Sykes-Picot Agreement in secret. Then, in the middle of the First World War, they decided the Ottoman Empire needed to go. Sultan […]
IS in the US? on May 17, 2015If the Texas shooting was meant to be Islamic State’s (IS’s) big US moment, then it deflated like a sad balloon. Known for its ruthless efficiency, IS, for reasons unknown, entrusted its first US hit to rank amateurs. The newly minted mujahideen, Elton Simpson and Nadir Soofi, wore body armour and carried assault weapons but […]