Rick Rozoff

“Turkey is a sister country of Azerbaijan and Israel is our strategic partner. We want our friends to be friends with each other. If the sides agree to such an initiative, then Azerbaijan will always welcome them.” Trend News Agency of Azerbaijan today features a 22-minute interview in English with the Israeli ambassador to the … Continue reading “New Triangular Axis in Greater Middle East: Turkey, Israel, and Azerbaijan”

“We are the winning country. We have destroyed Armenia.” On June 26, president of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev gave an address on his nation’s Armed Forces Day that in terms of tone and content can’t help inviting comparison to the speeches of a national leader of the last century. Aliyev, identified on his web site as … Continue reading “The Iron Fist Is in Place: Azerbaijan’s War – an Historical Parallel”

AZERTAC (the Azerbaijan State News Agency) recently conducted an interview with one Isak Novruzov, chairman of the Council of Elders of Azerbaijanis in Georgia, with the headline Shusha Declaration will serve the unity of the Turkic world, ensuring stability and security in the region. Shusha, known as Shushi to Armenians, is a city in that … Continue reading “Georgia: Pan-Turkic Empire’s Next Conquered Province”

Twenty-two years ago the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was subjected to the 55th straight day of bombardment from the then 19-member North Atlantic Treaty Organization, with 23 days more to go. Many families in Belgrade, Novi Sad and Niš daily fled to bomb shelters during the aerial onslaught. The permanent trauma inflicted on millions of … Continue reading “NATO’s War Against Yugoslavia: The Ghost That Still Haunts Europe”

Over the weekend the NATO website posted a speech delivered by its Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at the 3rd German Ecumenical Church Days which reveals more about the military bloc he heads up than he probably realized it did. He began his pontifications by saying in his line of work he meets people from all … Continue reading “NATO Pontiff Cites Scripture for Holy War Against Russia and China”

A piece was published in Turkey’s Hürriyet on May 5 by its editor-in-chief Sedat Ergin analyzing the prospects of the Biden administration removing American nuclear bombs from Turkey. It has been estimated that the Pentagon maintains 50 B61 tactical nuclear weapons at the Incirlik Air Base in the country among an estimated 350 of those … Continue reading “As NATO Summit Approaches: Will Biden Keep US Nuclear Weapons in Turkey?”

Recent clashes between civilians, border guards and troops of Central Asian nations Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan over a long-standing water dispute have resulted in the deaths of over 30 people, the wounding of 150 and the displacement of more than 10,000. Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan are members of the Russian-led Collective Treaty Security Organization (CSTO), which did … Continue reading “Central Asia: Another Turkish Proxy War in the Offing?”

Words can describe actions, they can indicate future actions or they can just be words. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba recently responded to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s suggestion to his Ukrainian opposite number, Volodymyr Zelensky, that he talk directly with the leadership of the Donetsk People’s Republic and the Lugansk People’s Republic with words that … Continue reading “Ukraine, US, and Russia: Red Lines and Red Lines”

For twenty years U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) has waged the bulk of military operations under the rubric of what Washington formerly named the War on Terror or Global War on Terrorism, including wars in and strikes against Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Syria and Yemen. The US and its NATO allies have also based and transited combat … Continue reading “US Central Command Downgrades Former War on Terrorism To Confront China, Russia, and Iran”

America began a new week with Secretary of State Antony Blinken appearing on NBC’s Meet the Press with Chuck Todd. One might forgive a traveler from another land or time forming the impression that almost all U.S. television news, cable and network alike, consisted of different channels of Voice of the White House. (Or the … Continue reading “Secretary of State Blinken Throws Down the Gauntlet to China and Russia… Again”