ADEYEMI OSHUNRINADE September 2, 2015 With the decision by Sen. Barbara Mikulski of Maryland to support the Iran nuclear deal, President Obama now has the required 34 votes to sustain his veto against a GOP filibuster. After a deal was reached… Read More ›
Foreign Affairs
ARMING UKRAINE WILL DEVASTATE THE PEACE PROCESS
ADEYEMI OSHUNRINADE February 11, 2015 This week, world leaders from France and Germany, meet in Minsk Belarus, with officials from Russia, Ukraine and the separatist groups to discuss a possible peace deal for Ukraine. French President Francois Hollande and… Read More ›
DEGRADING TERROR: A TURNING POINT IN THE WAR AGAINST ISIS
ADEYEMI OSHUNRINADE February 5, 2015 The image speaks for itself. ISIS is a brutal terror organization. The decision to include the gruesome image in this article is a difficult one. Some mainstream media including CNN decided not to show the… Read More ›
BURNED ALIVE: PILOT’ MURDER SHARPENS FOCUS ON DEFEATING ISIS
ADEYEMI OSHUNRINADE February 3, 2015 It was a gruesome and barbaric mode of execution. Moath al-Kasasbeh, the Jordanian pilot held captive by ISIS was in chains, confined in a cage and then burned alive by ISIS, a group known for… Read More ›
COSTUME SAGA: WHY CRITICS SHOULD LAY-OFF MICHELLE OBAMA
ADEYEMI OSHUNRINADE January 29, 2015 Amid the concerns over global security and the fate of hostages in the hands of ISIS, the new scandal is over what Michelle Obama wore, while visiting Saudi Arabia with the President to pay… Read More ›
ISIS BEHEADS JAPANESE HOSTAGE, MAKES NEW DEMAND FOR OTHER’ RELEASE
ADEYEMI OSHUNRINADE January 24, 2015 Jihadi John is at it again and as promised, the terrorist organization ISIS went ahead with the beheading of Haruna Yukawa, one of the two Japanese hostages it abducted and held captive. Last week, ISIS… Read More ›
LONE WOLF ATTACK IS THE NEW PHENOMENON
ADEYEMI OSHUNRINADE January 15, 2015 In a recent audio message released and translated by the Jihad and Terrorism watchdog MEMRI, Islāmic State spokesman Abu Mohammad Al – Adnani encouraged followers to kill Westerners especially French and Americans, as retaliation for American and… Read More ›
CAN THE ISIS SCHOOLS OF THOUGHT BE RECONCILED?
BY ADEYEMI OSHUNRINADE October 1, 2014 Ongoing efforts by the U.S. led coalition to degrade ISIS has led to the emergence of different schools of thought on the best approach to dealing with the Islāmic State. There is the… Read More ›
NOT AMERICA’S WAR ALONE: LEGITIMACY AND COMPELLING INTEREST TO PURSUE ISIS IN SYRIA
BY ADEYEMI OSHUNRINADE September 23, 2014 United States with coalition of interested nations has begun airstrikes in Syria. Unlike America’s previous war in Iraq, the coalition that attacked ISIS in Syria overnight “makes it clear to the world this is… Read More ›
BOOTS ON THE GROUND WILL DRAG AMERICA INTO THE UNWINNABLE WAR
BY ADEYEMI OSHUNRINADE September 17, 2014 President Obama’s top military adviser signaled on Tuesday that he would recommend boots on the ground against ISIS in Iraq if airstrikes proved insufficient, a view many believed would expand America’s role beyond… Read More ›