By Matthew Ehret Russia and China have accelerated the next phase of Middle East reconstruction and stabilization with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s March 24-30th 2022 Middle East tour resulting in the finalization of the long-awaited Five Point Initiative for Security in Southwest Asia on March 30th and $400 billion Iran deal on March 27th. These milestones were accompanied by a…
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Beyond Oil: How the UAE’s HOPE Mars Mission Is Breaking the Arab World Out of the Crisis of Scarcity
By Cynthia Chung Something truly remarkable happened on Feb. 9th, 2021, which I fear has not been fully comprehended by most of the Western hemisphere in terms of its massive implications as a game-changer in geopolitics for the Middle East. Here in the West, we have become accustomed to our jaded denigration of space exploration. It…
Nazis, the British, and the Middle East
By Cynthia Chung The following is a chapter from my book The Empire on Which the Black Sun Never Set. For all one-year paid subscribers you can receive the full PDF copy of the book, just contact me through my substack if you are interested.[Note to Reader: The intention of writing this chapter is not to in…
Who Really Created the Middle East Terror Apparatus?
By Cynthia Chung The following is a chapter from my book The Empire on Which the Black Sun Never Set. For all one-year paid subscribers you can receive the full PDF copy of the book, just contact me through my substack if you are interested. For further context on the Balfour Declaration see Chapter 2 of…
Islamic Roots and al-Khwarizmi’s Algebra
On Sunday June 25, 2023 The Rising Tide Foundation hosted a lecture on universal history and science titled ‘Islamic Roots and al-Khwarizi’s Algebra’. In this lecture, professors Pascal Chevrier and Kevin Champagne introduced the contours of history that shaped the islamic renaissance and which was in turn shaped by this renaissance movement. Special focus was…
Xi Jinping’s Visit to Saudi Arabia and the overthrow of Atlanticism
By Matthew Ehret As Atlanticists continue their commitment to a future shaped by energy scarcity, food scarcity, and war with their nuclear-capable neighbors, most states in the Persian Gulf that have long been trusted allies of the west have quickly come to realize that their interests are best assured by cooperating with Eurasian states like…