Author Archives: Patrick Bahzad

The great game revived – power politics in the ex-East Bloc II.  by Balint Somkuti

Sine ira et studio. – Tacitus: Annales Description is neither advocacy, nor dismissal. It is what it is. The best possible description of events. The below essay focuses on foreign powers’ intentions and actions toward the former central European communist … Continue reading

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The great game revived – power politics in the ex-East Bloc I.

Doctor Somkuti is joining us as a guest author.  We welcome this Hungarian point of view.  pl ———— "The russians are coming in, the americans are slowly getting out, and the germans are already up."   by Balint Somkuti, PhD … Continue reading

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TERROR ATTACKS IN PARIS AND BRUSSELS: Who is “Abu Suleyman”, the French IS executive behind it all ? (2)

By Patrick BAHZAD  In last week's piece ("Going after the masterminds"), we focused on the environment in which the Paris attacks of November 2015 had taken place: a gradual increase in the threat level, combined with a number of failed … Continue reading

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TERROR ATTACKS IN PARIS AND BRUSSELS: Going after the masterminds (1)

By Patrick BAHZAD Five months ago, Paris was hit by a series of simultaneous terror attacks the likes of which it had not seen before. Initial reactions by the French government were characterized by a long forgotten belligerent tone, which … Continue reading

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SYRIA SITREP: A FEW THOUGHTS ON THE LATEST CONUNDRUM

By Patrick BAHZAD     "Just when I Thought I was out,They pull me back in!»The Godfather – Part III (1990)     You have got to wonder if that is what Bashar al-Assad is thinking somehow at the moment. … Continue reading

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THE BELGIAN SYNDROME: From Rear Base to Front-Line State for European Jihadis

By Patrick BAHZAD Early this morning, Brussels was rocked by a string of explosions which hit both the main airport terminal and the city's subway network, close to the headquarters of the EU. Based on what is known so far … Continue reading

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HARPER: MORE TEAM OBAMA PROVOCATIONS AGAINST RUSSIA

Once again, the Obama Administration has chosen a critical moment to launch new provocations against Russia.  On the very day that the Geneva talks were to begin, seeking a ceasefire and end to the five-year Syrian war, a prominent Obama … Continue reading

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