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Guns and Roses: The war-mongering peace paradox

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                                       Guns and Roses: The war-mongering peace paradox   “Peace means having a bigger stick than the other guy “- Howard Stark   The above line is from a movie based on aliens and magic but still has a strong relevance to the world we live in today.  The world is no longer divided into the factions of the East or West, capitalist or socialist, communist or democratic but rather on geopolitics and economic might. It has become a multi-polar world. It is not ‘he, who controls the dollar, controls the world’, but is the state or individual who can capitalize and extract the most wealth from any situation – the good, the bad, or the ugly.  The world is neither utopian nor dystopian, but it seems humanity is progressing towards the latter.   Broken window fallacy T hey say there are no winners in a war, but I say there are. Being in a state of war or an impending war initiates an economic cycle, which creates wealth but not in sectors that l
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Netanyahu's war in Gaza- a winning war he is destined to lose?

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Netanyahu's war in Gaza- a winning war destined to lose? “Empires inevitably fall, and when they do, history judges them for the legacies they leave behind” Introduction It’s been almost thirty years since Netanyahu first became the youngest prime minister of Israel. Since then he has faced a plethora of challenges, be it personal, political, or national. He survived all these challenges and has cemented his place in the list of the greatest political leaders to shape the world as we know it. Serving as Israel’s longest-serving prime minister and probably the second most influential Israeli leader (After David  Ben- Gurion ), King Bibi has played a pivotal role in shaping the Jewish state into what it is today whether in his role as a soldier, or an ambassador or as the prime minister of the country.  Mutual interests between Israel and the West gave Netanyahu an economic advantage while the geographical location of Israel gave him a strategic one. From signing the Abraham Accords
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