July 4, 2017 | Astute News

Kathmandu’s The Kingmaker in the Donglang Drama

July 4, 2017

Nepal is the fifth, but most pivotal, actor affecting the dynamics of the ongoing Donglang Drama that the US helped create between China, India, and Bhutan, and Kathmandu’s unseen hand could determine…

Qatar’s Ace is Saudi Nemesis

July 4, 2017

Opinion

The draconian deadline by the Saudi axis on Qatar failed to force surrender. Saudi Arabia and other Arab countries have now extended the deadline till later this week. In a battle of nerves, the Saudi…

Gaza: Israel’s Experiment on Humans in a Situation of Extreme Stress and Deprivation

July 4, 2017

Opinion

One experiment: What happens to two million human beings when they are deprived of electricity nearly all the time, day and night? One of the biggest experiments involving human subjects ever conducte…

Conflict Danger Atop the ‘Roof of the World’

July 4, 2017

Opinion

A recent series of military confrontations between Chinese troops on one side and Indian and Bhutanese troops on the other in a remote tri-border area in the Himalayas threatens to become a wider conf…

Inside Trump’s Disastrous ‘Secret’ Drug War Plans for Central America

July 4, 2017

Opinion

Nothing really puts you in your place quite like getting shot at in another country. All gringo arrogance vaporized in an instant. Choking from teargas. Lungs aflame. Reeling blind through unknown str…

The Fall of Mosul is a Defeat for ISIS, But It Remains a Deadly Force

July 4, 2017

Opinion

The battle for Mosul is a ferocious struggle that has now been going on for 256 days, or two months longer than the battle of Stalingrad. The fighting between Iraqi government forces and ISIS is much …

Dodgy Prophecy and American Foreign Policy

July 4, 2017

Opinion

Aside from the profound irony of a US spokesperson accusing another country of not being capable of good-faith negotiations, Nikki Haley’s recent comparison of Iran to the scorpion in the frog-and-sco…

Does the US Have Answer for Turkish Threats Against Syrian Kurds?

July 4, 2017

Opinion

Turkish military actions against US-allied Syrian Kurdish forces could threaten to upend plans for unseating the Islamic State (IS) in Raqqa, Syria, and for what comes next. “Though pointing to Idlib …