Day: December 13, 2017

China and India Sail Into Choppy Waters in New Great Game

December 13, 2017 Opinion

The New Silk Roads, known as the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), will weave and interconnect six major economic corridors. At 12,000 kilometers, the Eurasia Land Bridge Economic Corridor is a rail net…

A Wreck of a Week for Pro-US Allies, A Hell of a Week for Iran

December 13, 2017 Opinion

Surprisingly enough, last week introduced drastic changes in the balance of powers existing across the Middle East. There has been a whole series of both unexpected and predicted events, which have le…

Bad Moon Rising – A New Cabinet will Mark Neocon Ascendancy

December 13, 2017 Opinion

Back during the admittedly brief shock and awe period that immediately followed on the Trump electoral victory, it appeared that there might be an actual realignment of American foreign policy. The ne…

Turkey’s Twisting the Truth: There Won’t Be a Joint Anti-Kurdish Op with Russia

December 13, 2017 Opinion

Smashing “Political Correctness” In The War On Syria The international media was hit with a bombshell earlier today when Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu declared that his government no longe…

Abduct, Imprison, Repeat: Israel Systematically Imprisons Palestinians On False or No Charges

December 13, 2017 Opinion

People around the world are rightfully outraged by Donald Trump's recent effective handing over of Jerusalem to Israel. Behind the scenes, out of sight, an outrageous and illegal practice continues, t…

Putin’s Declaration of Victory in Syria Opens Door for Russian Strikes on ISIS in Libya

December 13, 2017 Opinion

When a fortnight ago the Kremlin publicly ordered the Foreign Ministry to negotiate a deal for Russia’s air force to use Egyptian military bases, I conceded I did not know what this was about. I enter…

France’s Macron and Saudi Prince in Artful Deception

December 13, 2017 Opinion

A week after French President Emmanuel Macron opened the Louvre museum in Abu Dhabi, a painting attributed to Leonardo Da Vinci went on sale for a record $450 million at an auction in New York City. I…

Putin’s Syrian Withdrawal Announcement: An Analysis

December 13, 2017 Opinion

At a time when President Putin is undertaking a tour of the Middle East it would have been politically speaking extremely unwise for him not to have made a stop-over to meet the Russian troops at the …