Vladimir Putin is back on celebrity blunder

By Ardain Isma CSMS Magazine Yes, it is official. What has been a rumor since 2008 was made a fait accompli yesterday. Russian president Vladimir Putin and his wife Lyudmila are now going their separate ways. As master of manipulator, Putin staged his...

Gadhafi’s assassination and world security

By Ardain Isma CSMS Magazine Editor There are times one is led to believe that the global village in which we are now living has been reduced to its prehistoric moments, when the world was a free for all, when the rule of the jungle reigned and the barbaric...

Remembering the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan 30 years ago

By Alex Lantier This year, the US policy in Afghanistan will enter a crucial phase. The Obama administration, which has long made this war its own, will be forced into a fait accompli: end the war or face a bloody protracted warfare that many experts...

Remembering the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan 30 years ago

By Alex Lantier This year, the US policy in Afghanistan will enter a crucial phase. The Obama administration, which has long made this war its own, will be forced into a fait accompli: end the war or face a bloody protracted warfare that many experts...

Proxy politics in Tel Aviv and in Washington threaten to engulf Middle East conflagration

CSMS Magazine Staff WritersNew Analysis If there were any doubts about an Israeli possible attack on Iran, recent rhetoric coming from Tel Aviv certainly helped to erase these doubts. Two weeks ago, Israel embarked upon a highly publicized military maneuver...