Drugs Money and Crime Make the World Go Round (January 2012)
The growing intersection between international criminal networks and terrorism is producing a major new challenge for the world. Click here to read more.

The Euro Debate Gets Philosophical (December 2011)
An interesting philosopher discussion on the eurozone crisis, and in particular Germany's role in it and the attitude of the Bundesbank. Click here to read more.

The European Dream is Over. What Will Replace it?
(December 2011)
The failure of the December EU summit on the eurozone crisis is but a symptom of the ending of the 20th century European dream and the related re-emergence of the "German question" . Click here to read more.

The Recent Iranian Plot is Very Real and a Vision of the Future (October 2011 / Updated: December 2011)
There's a discernible logic to what Iran is doing funding Mexican drug
traffickers to bomb a US restaurant and kill the Saudi ambassador, and
whoever else might be eating there. A report in the New York Times on
Dec 14,2011, shows how Hezbollah is benefiting from international
crime and drug networks. Click here to read more.

Richard Whelan:

- Author of acclaimed study on Al Qaeda

- Expert on war on terror

"Al-Qaedaism: The Threat to Islam, The Threat to the World” was published by Ashfield Press, Dublin, in October 2005, and is available on Amazon. It has been translated into Turkish under the supervision of Prof Dr Huseyin Bagci of the Middle East Technical University, and was published in Turkey in May 2006 by Platin.

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Richard Whelan, a recently retired senior partner in an international financial services company, is a member of the International Institute for Strategic Studies and the Belgian Royal Institute for International Relations.

He has studied international politics and strategic studies independently for over 30 years. He has carried out extensive private research during that period focusing on terrorism, WMD, the nuclear balance, and non-proliferation, the conflict in the Middle East, strategic developments in the USSR and Russia, the people’s Republic of China and Taiwan, the first Gulf War, and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and related topics almost all of which has been drawn upon in researching and writing “Al-Qaedaism The Threat to Islam The Threat to the World”.

The purpose of all this research was simply to understand conflict in the broader sense, why it was occurring, and propose possible solutions to it. He adopts a completely independent approach in determining appropriate policy responses having considered independent and other expert views available.

If you would like to ask Richard questions on his book, Osama bin Laden, al Qaeda, al Qaedaism, Ayman al Zawahiri, terrorism, takfir, or on his articles or reviews on this website, or other related issues, please e-mail: info@richardwhelan.com.