Day: October 1, 2017

Middle East and Asia Geopolitics: Shift in Military Alliances?

October 1, 2017 Opinion

A profound shift in geopolitical alliances is occurring which tends to undermine US hegemony in the broader Middle East Central Asian region as well as in South Asia. Several of America’s staunchest …

2 Years of Russia in Syria: ISIS Shrinking, Iran & Turkey Linking, Conflict Risk With US Lurking

October 1, 2017 Opinion

This Saturday marks the end of the second year of Russia’s military operation in Syria. It’s seen some setbacks, a few major victories, the potential to end the bloody conflict and the risk of rapid d…

It Seems that ISIS has No Intention of Surrendering Deir ez-Zor

October 1, 2017 Opinion

It’s no secret that the latest success achieved by Syrian troops near Deir ez-Zor, where they have managed to break the blockade of the city and liberate the better part of its outskirts from the so-c…

Political Earthquakes in Diverse Places

October 1, 2017 Opinion

For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in diverse places. – Matthew 24:7 Certainly there’s never been a time w…

How Syria’s Victory Reshapes Mideast

October 1, 2017 Opinion

Plainly, Syria’s success – notwithstanding the caution of President Bashar al-Assad in saying that signs of success are not success itself – in resisting, against the odds, all attempts to fell the st…

Independence for Catalonia is the Rational Course of Action

October 1, 2017 Opinion

With Spain facing an insurmountable economic crisis and Europe failing, Catalonia would be better off on its own On Oct. 1 the citizens of Spain’s northeastern province of Catalonia will vote in a ref…

Trump Ambassador to Israel Goes Rogue

October 1, 2017 Opinion

What is Donald Trump’s policy towards Israel and the Palestinians? No one from within the president’s administration seems able to say. During an interview with an Israeli news site, David Friedman, T…

Turkey, Iran, Iraq in Shaky Alignment Against Iraqi Kurdistan

October 1, 2017 Opinion

Whether Iraqi Kurdistan’s independence vote leads to statehood remains to be seen, but the referendum has led to other impressive things. Ankara today stands together with Tehran and Baghdad — the sam…