This article was first published in Spanish on Jan. 10, just as the U.S. and British imperialists began bombing attacks on Yemen, a country with nearly the same area and population as Afghanistan. The author is a consultant and international analyst, a former Director of International Relations of the Presidency…
In 2014, with the Middle East convulsed by the murderous, self-styled Islamic State, a Daily Mail reader wrote a letter to the editor which began: ‘Are you confused by what is going on in the Middle East? Let me explain…’ Aubrey Bailey went on to describe the dizzying complexity of diplomatic relationships thrown into turmoil:
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Before there was tourism, there was pilgrimage. One writer’s 40,000-mile journey through Bolivia, Mongolia and Iraq reveals the ritual’s enduring transformational power.