August 24, 2017 | Astute News

Korea, Afghanistan and the Never Ending War Trap

August 24, 2017

There are more parallels between an unfinished 1950s war in Northeast Asia and an ongoing 16-year-old war in the crossroads between Central and South Asia than meet the eye. Let’s start with North Kor…

US Could Cut Aid to Pakistan, Wants More Help in Fighting Taliban – Tillerson

August 24, 2017

Diplomacy

The US may cut aid to Pakistan or review its status as a major non-NATO ally if Islamabad does not do more to help fight the Taliban in Afghanistan, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said. Pakistan …

Don’t Kid Yourself, The US Will Still Continue ‘Exporting Democracy

August 24, 2017

Opinion

Despite what Trump said in his policy-making speech, the US will still continue to destabilize rival governments, but it’ll just do so under different pretexts. Trump’s Afghan speech earlier this week…

The Impracticable Attempts of the United States in Afghanistan

August 24, 2017

Opinion

The Khaama Press Agency reports that Taliban radicals have sent an open letter to United States President Donald Trump, in which the U.S. is accused of destroying Afghanistan. According to their versi…

ExxonMobil, Kochs, Israel Pushing Washington to Partition Iraq and Syria

August 24, 2017

Opinion

The currently stateless Kurds sit astride the Iraq-Syria border on land blessed/cursed with oil, other resources, and geopolitical significance. Is it any wonder that mega-corporations and their clien…

Donald Trump’s Defining Moments

August 24, 2017

Opinion

In the last few weeks, President Trump has gone through a series of defining moments in which his disturbing rhetorical reactions to historical developments have opened a window on his sense of the wo…

Moqtada Al-Sadr and Saudi Arabia— The New Allies

August 24, 2017

Opinion

The prominent Iraqi Shia cleric and influential political leader Moqtada Al-Sadr visited Saudi Arabia on July 30 for the first time after 11 years. Al-Sadr, who is categorized amongst the hardliners i…

Is Trump’s Agenda Being Eclipsed?

August 24, 2017

Opinion

“I have not become the King’s First Minister in order to preside over the liquidation of the British Empire,” said Winston Churchill to cheers at the Lord Mayor’s luncheon in London in November 1942. …