November 23, 2017 | Astute News

Pakistan’s ASGA Strategy for the Afro-Pacific

November 23, 2017 Opinion

Reconceptualizing the Indian Ocean as an African one can help to craft creative strategies for maximizing Pakistan’s strategic significance in the emerging Multipolar World Order through a reinvigorat…

The Irresistible Rise of MbS… and His Possible Downfall

November 23, 2017 Opinion

In a two-part analysis of the recent and ongoing revolutionary developments in Saudi Arabia instigated and executed by Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman (MBS), Asia Times editor Uwe Parpart and roving …

Putin/Assad Meeting Cements the End of U.S. Dominance in the Middle East

November 23, 2017 Opinion

I’m not a terribly religious man. But, I’d like to believe there is a special corner in Hell reserved for those that fomented the Syrian Civil War. From its beginnings in Libya with gun-funneling thr…

Washington’s Wars

November 23, 2017 Opinion

The New York Times reported on October 22 that the United States has “just over 240,000 active-duty and reserve troops in at least 172 countries and territories,” which is a staggering total. But in a…

The Goofy Billionaire Overnight Saudi Prince is Going After Iran

November 23, 2017 Opinion

Lebanon’s Prime Minister Saad Al-Hariri, who announced his surprise resignation in Riyadh, has recently announced his intention to return to Beirut. In fact it was the Saudi crown prince Mohammad bin …

Unserious Nation

November 23, 2017 Opinion

How stands John Winthrop’s “city upon a hill” this Thanksgiving? How stands the country that was to be “a light unto the nations”? To those who look to cable TV for news, the answer must at the least …

Trump’s Middle East Peace Plan: Dead on Arrival?

November 23, 2017 Opinion

From almost the first day of his presidency, US President Donald Trump bragged that he would solve the Israel-Palestine conflict. Among his claims was that he could do what no US president had done. H…

Israel’s Ploy Selling a Syrian Nuke Strike

November 23, 2017 Opinion

In September 2007, Israeli warplanes bombed a building in eastern Syria that the Israelis claimed held a covert nuclear reactor that had been built with North Korean assistance. Seven months later, th…