Day: February 2, 2018

With Pakistan Ending Up on the List of US Enemies, One Can’t Help but Wonder Who’s Next?

February 2, 2018

The state of bilateral relations between the US and Pakistan which used to be one of the most faithful allies of Washington, remains in a rather sorry state after US President Donald Trump’s insulting…

Donald Trump Brands China a Military Rival in US Reboot of Great Power Strategy

February 2, 2018

Opinion

US President Donald Trump named China as a major US competitor on both economic and military fronts in his first state-of-the-union address, another sign that Washington is putting great power rivalry…

Syria Calls America’s Bluff on the Turkey / YPG Conflict

February 2, 2018

Opinion

Turkish forces along with their FSA proxies have successfully captured the strategically important town of Bulbul in Kurdish occupied northern Syria. It is thought that all of Afrin might soon be unde…

Syrian Army Takes a Huge Chunk of Greater Idlib From Rebels, Avenges the Mass Murder of Its Soldiers

February 2, 2018

Opinion

In just a month the Syrian army has inflicted a huge defeat on the rebels. As soon as ISIS was finally defeat in eastern Syria in late 2017 the army wheeled back to the west and launched its biggest a…

Is It Even Possible to “Betray” the Kurds?

February 2, 2018

Opinion

“Betrayal” implies that there must have been sincere trust in the relationship, which was never the case with any of the Kurds’ extra-regional Great Power partners, nor will there ever be because of p…

Why America’s Bad Choices Can Lead to a Shooting War with Turkey in Syria

February 2, 2018

Opinion

The consequences of the contradictory choices of the United States in Syria are beginning to become apparent. The obsessive efforts to advance geopolitical goals with war, chaos, betrayals and shaky a…

How We Got Donald Trump

February 2, 2018

Opinion

The present arrives out of a past that we are too quick to forget, misremember, or enshroud in myth. Yet like it or not, the present is the product of past choices. Different decisions back then might…

Is It Really True That Switzerland is the #1 Most-Corrupt Nation, & U.S. #2?

February 2, 2018

Opinion

The Tax Justice Network produces a Financial Secrecy Index, ranking countries for the assistance their legal systems provide, to money-launderers, and to all people who seek to protect corruptly-obtai…