The Huorns from the Plains. ;o)
Ah, you've read that compilation of super-dense pre-LOTR stories in "The Book of Lost Tales"? The jewels found in there were almost worth the mental pain trying to understand it (I'm only a sub-genius).
Despite Tolkien's objections I can't help but see how his subconscious folded events from his time into his conscious effort to weave his lands' folklore into a new mythos. By that light I think this article's author was quite in the right by applying the mythos to modern political reality. The seemingly endless battle between good and evil remains a constant while only the characters change. Stay good!