The world as most of us did not know it in 2015.

The Global Geopolitical changes witnessed by people in the know, through 2015, give one a sense of hope for the New Year. The shift of Geopolitical power from the West to East has moved up a few gears with the takeover and control by Russia of the War in Syria. Russia’s phenomenal success in only three months of operations in the war has left the Western nations at a loss for a meaningful response to the developments in this region. The rise of the evil entity called ISIS has brought about untold fear for the citizens of the world. Their expansion across Iraq/Syria and the Kurdish republics resulted in the killing of hundreds of thousands and displacement of millions from the region.  The intervention by Russia in the region has stopped this ISIS expansion and growth and given people of the region the hope of improved prospects in 2016.

The migration problem in the EU has yet to be resolved, with EU members implementing all sorts of movement restrictions between countries and predominantly targeting foreigners from entering the EU. Increased border patrols, the building of huge walls and fences, etc , is common purpose under the circumstances. The rise of the right and far right political parties in various European member countries poses a serious threat to the longevity of the EU as an entity. The revolt by EU citizens against the influx of migrants in their respective countries have increased the support for these  far right parties who are gaining political relevance as a result of the migration crisis. Other issues which plagued the EU, was the Greek bale out, and the consequences thereof. With the move of support for the far right in various EU countries, how will they react to the Mafiosi style of economic management of the Union.

The slow but certain downfall of the US as the sole global Superpower became a sober reality to the powers that be in Washington. Internal strife in the form of civil disobedience and revolt by US citizens against police brutality of minors has reached epic proportions with the situation becoming unmanageable by local authorities in their specific states. The gradual loss of US dominance in the Middle East as a result of Russia’s intervention has left the US Neocons scratching their heads for a meaningful response with significant answers. These are only two examples of the problems facing the US Empire for which they are clearly unable to contain.  I have penned a few articles this year of the impending downfall of the US Empire in light of their catastrophic management of the terror threat in the MENA (Middle East/North African)  region and elsewhere. Lacking a meaningful policy and strategy to combat the terror threat in this region, will leave the US out in the cold as the Russian coalition is doing the job for them. This naturally will leave a huge scar to their egos and may prove to be the catalyst that would instigate a desperate fight to maintain dominance over the MENA region and globally.

Although the Russian coalition has made tremendous strides in containing the ISIS threat in the Middle East, it may not be accepted that the US will follow suite and assist the coalition in fighting this terror scourge. Recent developments have fingered a NATO country, Turkey, as funding, aiding and assisting the ISIS jihadists, and allowing stolen crude to be transported from Syrian oil fields through Turkey to international buyers at low cost.  As a NATO country it cannot be expected that the NATO Alliance, and inadvertently the US, was not aware of these operations and they may be complicit in encouraging or turning a blind eye to Turkey’s criminal activities. That said it would be only a matter of time before others are exposed in similar criminal activities involving the funding of ISIS.

The New Year will bring in many more surprises from the Geopolitical arena regarding the Syrian war and the ISIS phenomenon. For the benefit of prosperity to all mankind in the New Year, we hope and pray that things do not turn out for the worse as far as the US is concerned in the Syrian oil/Turkey/ISIS developments. If that be the case, the world may be in for an extremely bumpy ride in 2016.