The war between Israel and Lebanon could escalate into a regional conflict which would provide the context for a massive, long-planned US-Israeli attack on Iran. The article analyses the strategic situation resulting from the US invasion of Iraq, from Tehran's regional ambitions and from Israel’s increasing troubles with its neighbours.

The American empire is struggling to delay its own economic debt-induced collapse by maintaining the fast declining US Dollar as the world's oil currency. However, sinking confidence is leading some energy-exporting states, especially Iran and Russia to seek alternatives to the "greenback". The Euro represents one

Both South and Southeast Asia are directly and critically affected by the twin scourges of drug trade and terrorism. Regional cooperation, within the political frameworks provided by SAARC and ASEAN, is required to deal with these major problems effectively, but it has

The injustices of the international economic system and the hardships inflicted on poorer nations by liberalisation and globalisation fuel widespread anger and thereby foster terrorism. Community development programmes, designed to provide new employment opportun

Pakistan is increasingly torn apart by sectarian strife. The "jehadi" militancy of the madrasas (Quranic schools), spurred by the Afghan war since 1979, has contributed to the rise of a new generation of  "Islamic warrior-students" which the government, long a sponsor of the process, can no lon

Washington’s claims to uphold and protect democracy abroad are being put to the test in the strategically important Central Asian region which the US seeks to dominate, in view of its vast energy reserves, openly challenging Russia in its historic backyard but without payin

The apparent victory over Iraq claimed by George W. Bush at the end of "major military operations" in the spring of 2003 has turned out to be pyrrhic. Mired in a bloody, unending civil war, the US government has lost credibility a

If the tragic events of the last three years have had any positive impact, it is because they have aroused a worldwide grassroots awareness that wars of aggression are inexcusable and that modern weapons are a threat to all life on the planet. National unilateral