THEO VAN GOGH GLOBAL SPACE WAR UKRAINE: How US intel worked with commercial satellite firms to reveal Ukraine info
While the NGA chief said it’s “surprising to see that information advantage on the battlefield is so far countering superior equipment and mass” in Ukraine, experts warn a future information fight with China won’t likely go as smoothly. BREAKING DEFENSE USA – Theresa Hitchens on April 07, 2022
MESOP MIDEAST WATCH: THE NEW LASTING FRIENDSHIP = Türkiye & Israel: Optimism must prevail
Hasan Murat Mercan THE MOSHE DAYAN CENTER – This issue of Turkeyscope focuses on Israeli-Turkish relations. The Turkish ambassador to the United States, HE Dr. Hasan Murat Mercan, highlights the strong historical relationship between the Jewish and Turkish nations and discusses the prospects for further normalization between Turkey and Israel. April 12, 2022
THEO VAN GOGH OPINION: War at the end of history!
Will Putin’s invasion of Ukraine lead to a new world order, or an era of grinding compromise? By Adam Tooze THE NEW STATESMAN 11-4-22
THEO VAN GOGH NEWS: THE SUPPORTING JEWISH COLUMS OF THE PUTIN REGIME
Israel’s Ukraine Policy Prompts Scrutiny of Russian-Israeli Oligarchs
Israel has expressed solidarity with Ukraine but avoided direct criticism of Russia, raising questions about Russian-Israeli businessmen close to the Kremlin
By Patrick KingsleyApril 10, 2022 JERUSALEM THE NEW YORK TIMES – When Avigdor Liberman, Israel’s Soviet-born finance minister, condemned the apparent atrocities in Bucha, Ukraine, this past week, he was careful not to blame Russia.
“Russia is accusing Ukraine and Ukraine is accusing Russia,” and Israel should avoid adjudicating one way or the other, Mr. Liberman told a radio station last Monday.
MESOP MIDEAST WATCH Terror Campaign: How Should Israel Respond?
There is a tendency to see the recent terror attacks in Israel as a new wave of terror, destined, like any wave, to ebb following its limited duration. Alternatively, recent events might challenge this paradigm and reflect a multi-theater campaign led by Hamas, in cooperation with Islamic Jihad and with Iranian support. How should Israel act in face of the current situation? INSS Insight No. 1585, April 11, 2022 ISRAEL
MESOP MIDEAST WATCH: THE FAT CATS OF KURDISTAN = THE BARZANI CLAN &Co. – Nechirvan Barzani – How oligarchs stash money in foreign real estate
Kurdistan president Nechirvan Barzani (R) with his cousin and Kurdistan prime minister Masrour Barzani (C), February 2022. The ‘laranja’ business, as seen in Iraqi Kurdistan By Zack Kopplin and Basma Humadi | The American Prospect 10-4-22
On his website, Virginia property lawyer Dan Withers boasts that he can make your money invisible. From offshore companies to private trusts, he offers “innovative legal strategies” to his mega-rich clients “for whom anonymity and protection from liability are of paramount concern.”
THEO VAN GOGH FOREFRONT UKRAINE
US born Ukraine’s ‘iron general’ is a hero, but he’s no star
Meet Valeriy Zaluzhnyy, the commander in chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, who’s quietly leading the fight against Russia’s invaders. Politico Magazine 8-4-22
Those young soldiers and their officers “were the ones burned from the experience and [who] realized ‘hey, we can’t have everything go to the general before we make a decision,’” said retired U.S. Army Col. Liam Collins,
MESOP MIDEAST WATCH: BEN COHEN Say goodbye to Russian oligarchs
Jewish organizations exist to serve their communities, not the individuals who fund them. This cozy exchange cannot—and should not—survive the war in Ukraine. PHOTO: PUTIN OLIGARCH MOSHE KANTOR – PRESIDENT OF ALL EUROPEAN JEWRY
8,4, 2022 / JEWISH NEWS SYNDICATE
MESOP MIDEAST WATCH: Can Erdogan coax Assad into dialogue?
Hopeful that the Ukraine war will tip the scales to its favor in Syria, Turkey is taking escalatory steps on the ground on one hand +diplomatic waters with Damascus on the other.
Fehim Tastekin April 8, 2022 AL MONITOR – The Ukraine war has thawed Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s chilly ties with his Western partners
THEO VAN GOGH OPINION: A Country of Their Own – Liberalism Needs the Nation ! – By Francis Fukuyama FOREIGN AFFAIRS
– May/June 2022
Liberalism is in peril. The fundamentals of liberal societies are tolerance of difference, respect for individual rights, and the rule of law, and all are under threat as the world suffers what can be called a democratic recession or even a depression. According to Freedom House, political rights and civil liberties around the world have fallen each year for the last 16 years.
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