September 9, 2017 | Astute News

‘No Military Solution’: China & Pakistan Slam Trump’s New Afghanistan Strategy

September 9, 2017

China and Pakistan have slammed US President Donald Trump’s new policy on Afghanistan, which includes sending additional troops to the country. The nations have instead urged new talks with the Taliba…

Beating the Drum For a “Good” Nuclear War with North Korea

September 9, 2017

Opinion

United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley has proven herself to be one of the most hawkish U.S. representatives to the UN, likely a reflection of the increasingly hawkish veer of the U.S. President Donald…

Israel Launches Air Strikes On Syria and Assad’s “Waiting Game”

September 9, 2017

Opinion

Immediately after Israel's latest unprovoked strike on Syria we posed the question, did Benjamin Netanyahu just panic? The answer is yes, Israel is now acting from a position of desperation as it has …

US Diplomacy Is Foundering

September 9, 2017

Opinion

It is amazing yet somehow impressive how Washington manages in such a convoluted fashion to make so many countries irritated and resentful. There’s an art in it, really. Take the case of Turkey, Pakis…

While Trump tweets, Putin steals a march on North Korea

September 9, 2017

Opinion

The message from the two-day Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) conference, which concluded in Vladivostok on Thursday, is that Russia’s “pivot to Asia” in recent years, in the downstream of Western sanctio…

Damascus’ Victory in the “Dash For Deir Ez-Zor” Might Dash the Kurds’ “Federalization” Plans

September 9, 2017

Opinion

The “Race for Raqqa” might have long been over ever since the Kurdish-led “Syrian Democratic Forces” (SDF) reached the northern edge of Daesh’s so-called “capital” a few months ago, but that didn’t me…

Myanmar: The Rohingya Crisis is Killing the West Too

September 9, 2017

Opinion

Myanmar, the place we used to call Burma, has come back into the spotlight Western governments always try and keep it away from. Much is going on here, and too, many contradictions … but why? There is…

Gauging the Aftermath of Turkey’s Great Intelligence Gaffe

September 9, 2017

Opinion

The latest scandal coming out of Turkey reads like a novel by Tom Clancy or John le Carre: spies, kidnapping, assassination attempts and terrorists. Given the seriousness of the allegations, the utter…