September 17, 2017 | Astute News

Iran Turns The Art of the Deal Upside Down

September 17, 2017

As President Hasan Rouhani prepares to address the UN General Assembly in New York and the Trump administration and allies relentlessly lobby for the Iran nuclear deal to be decertified, Tehran is bus…

Russia Rejects Israeli Request of 70 km Buffer over Iran Militias Presence

September 17, 2017

Diplomacy

Russia has rejected a request made by Israel to create a large buffer zone on the border of the Golan Heights in an attempt to keep Iranian forces and their militias around 70 kilometers away from Isr…

How North Korea Outmaneuvered U.S.

September 17, 2017

Opinion

Don’t look now, but North Korea has just won its latest diplomatic tussle with the United States. No matter how often Donald Trump promises to rain down “fire and fury” on the Democratic People’s Repu…

The Infowar Attack Against Azerbaijan is Because of Geopolitics, Energy, and “Israel”

September 17, 2017

Opinion

Azerbaijan has suddenly been subjected to a massive infowar attack in response to its increasingly independent foreign policy reducing the US’ level of control over this strategic energy supplier, and…

The Decomposing Corpse of NATO

September 17, 2017

Opinion

The UK’s Guardian newspaper is rarely supportive of those who like and advocate war, but it is an equitable publication and its strictures on the chaos in Afghanistan have been measured and balanced, …

Vladimir Putin and Russia versus Zionist Fairytales

September 17, 2017

Opinion

Did you read the latest news that Vladimir Putin is rich and evil? Oh, you don’t read anymore, more power to you. Fake news has it that the Russian president has a new “secret” holiday mansion worth u…

How to Read Donald Trump

September 17, 2017

Opinion

The organizers of the white supremacist gathering in Charlottesville last month knew just what they were doing when they decided to carry torches on their nocturnal march to protest the dethroning of …

The West’s Quest to ‘Save the World Through Degeneracy’

September 17, 2017

Opinion

Analysts of world affairs tend to fall into certain traps concerning the motivations and behavior of political actors. We consistently look at politicians’ electoral support, states’ access to resourc…