Indian, Chinese Soldiers Clash Following Alleged Chinese “Incursion”

August 17, 2017

In what may be the first documented clash between Chinese and Indian soldiers who have been piling up across the border between the two nations over the latest territorial dispute, Reuters reports tha…

Gwadar and Chabahar Aren’t China and India’s Only “Dueling Ports”

August 17, 2017

Opinion

The “dueling ports” of Gwadar and Chabahar in Pakistani and Iranian Balochistan have come to symbolize the Great Power competition between China and India, respectively, but there are actually two mor…

Military Intervention in Venezuela Crisis is Unacceptable – Lavrov

August 17, 2017

Diplomacy

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov criticized the idea of any intervention, including military, in the Venezuela crisis, saying that the situation in the country must be resolved through peaceful …

The 16 Year War in Afghanistan: Headlines Tell the Story

August 17, 2017

Opinion

Since 2001 the US has been at War in Afghanistan – the longest war in US history. Headlines concisely tell the story of this cruel boomeranging quagmire of human violence and misery. Below are some ne…

Iranian Foreign Policy in Iraq Following Defeat of ISIS

August 17, 2017

Opinion

With the recent advances made by the Syrian Arab Army together with the Russian Air Forces in Syria against ISIS, coupled with the continuous pushing back of the same group in Iraq by the Popular Mobi…

Detente in the Persian Gulf is in Everyone’s Interests

August 17, 2017

Opinion

Regimes that crave U.S. support in their regional rivalries are apt to strike two different postures that may seem contradictory but really aren’t. They publicly play up the supposed threatening natu…

This is the Real Donald Trump, Loud and Clear

August 17, 2017

Opinion

In a combative, unprecedented, off-the-hook press conference held Tuesday afternoon in the gilded lobby of Trump Tower in New York City, President Donald Trump alluded plaintively to the “massive, se…

The Great War for Civilization: Flashpoint

August 17, 2017

Opinion

America has demonstrated under its weak Presidency that N. Korea with the backing of China is a stronger nation. Trump and Kim Jong-Un had a few nasty barking sessions and that is about it. N. Korea’s…