July 8, 2017 | Astute News

Putin’s Assessment of Trump at the G-20 Will Determine Our Future

July 8, 2017

The backdrops to the Putin/Trump meeting are the aspirations of Israel and the neoconservatives. It is these aspirations that drive US foreign policy. What is Syria about? Why is Washington so focused…

The First Putin-Trump Meeting Yields … … Something Very Close to Nothing

July 8, 2017

Opinion

First, we have the manner in which the Americans have been preparing the G20 summit. As we all know, in diplomacy actions count as much, or even more, than words. Here are just a few of the actions re…

Geostrategic Insights into the Joint Polish-Croatian “Three Seas Initiative”

July 8, 2017

Opinion

The joint Polish-Croatian initiative aims to bring together three distinct blocs of countries occupying the strategic space between several of Europe’s seas, which will ultimately work out to the US a…

Multipolar World Arrives: Russia, China Face Down US Bully

July 8, 2017

Opinion

The United States’ hegemonic dominance in the world is heading to the exits. The decline in US unipolar power has been underway for several years, in line with the emergence of a multipolar world. Thi…

Revisiting the Crisis of Western European Civilization

July 8, 2017

Opinion

Of late, political scientists from the US and Western European countries have begun more frequently writing on the crisis of the West. Indeed, the confusion that now reigns in Washington, the discord …

Trump’s Dangerous Thirst for a Clash of Civilizations

July 8, 2017

Opinion

“A little learning is a dangerous thing,” wrote the poet Alexander Pope. Three centuries later, Pope’s aphorism perfectly — and dangerously — describes President Trump’s understanding of history as a …

Gulf Crisis and Gas: Why Qatar is Boosting Output

July 8, 2017

Opinion

Economic power is gradually shifting away from oil to gas-rich nations, which favours Qatar in its dispute with Saudi Arabia and UAE. Qatar may be under economic siege but it pulled an ace from up its…

Qatar Crisis: Arab Countries Vow New Sanctions Against ‘Hostile’ Doha

July 8, 2017

Diplomacy

The four Arab countries leading the boycott against Qatar say that Doha's refusal to accept their demands proves it has links to terrorist groups. They have vowed to take fresh “political, economic, a…