Hamzah Rifaat
A broadcast journalist, analyst, and visiting fellow at the Stimson Center in Washington D.C.,2016.
Sweden’s hypocritical and unjustifiable stance on Islamophobia
Sweden has essentially exhibited moral bankruptcy by tolerating such barbaric acts. It has also violated its tripartite agreement with Finland and Turkiye where one of the clauses specifically mentions preventing terrorist organizations and vicious propaganda.
Provocations and ideological bias do not constitute deterrence in the Asia Pacific
With American and Japanese provocations being obvious, tensions can quickly escalate amid little effort from both the Kishida and the Biden administrations to initiate dialogues to diffuse tensions with Beijing.
Removal of the Palestinian flag as an erasure of Palestinian identity
What is being witnessed in 2022 is not a novelty, as such flag bans were first implemented in 1967 immediately after the Six-Day War in the occupied West Bank and Gaza.
Zionist war crimes continue in the absence of accountability
Much of the advice for the Netanyahu cabinet will come from fascist ministers advocating for expansionist foreign policies that include, and are not limited to, aerial bombardments of countries such as Syria.
Beyond 2022, the threat of Neo-Nazism and White Supremacy in the West remains
Coverage of Muslims and Islam in conservative media outlets in the Western world for example, is contributing to the rise of white supremacist extremism being mainstreamed.
Zelensky’s propensity for war is evident in Kiev’s castigation of Henry Kissinger
By ignoring Kissinger’s prescription, what Kiev is actually doing is turning a blind eye to the harrowing possibilities of a nuclear conflict which has ironically been cited by Zelensky’s own officials as an existential threat.
The EU corruption scandal exposes European Parliamentarianism to the core
By rocking the EU’s legislature to the very core, the 2022 scandal has revealed the depth of the corruption plaguing parliament, and put the spotlight on the EU accountability mechanism over its inability to weed out foreign influence in its daily undertakings.
The Pentagon brazenly weakens the global non-proliferation regime in 2022
Citing the ‘China Threat’ as a justification for developing nuclear stealth bombers, the security apparatus in Washington is now recklessly pursuing containment strategies as part of its narrow parochial interests.
Cold War binaries define US adventurism in the South China Sea
The accusations that the United States is a security risk maker in the Indo-Pacific region do carry merit, as the sailing of the USS Chancellorsville in unchartered waters as part of America’s Freedom of Navigation Operations (FONOP) should be viewed as an offensive move.