February 6, 2018 | Astute News

Iran and Pakistan Can, Should and Must Unite

February 6, 2018

Iran and Pakistan’s 20th century relations have constituted an incredibly varied dynamic, ranging from warm relations in between the 1940s and late 1970s while relations deteriorated in the 1980s with…

The Indian Ocean Region is Going to Heat Up

February 6, 2018

Opinion

In the complex political picture that looms in the Indian and Pacific region, the various processes that are taking place in all of its geographical elements deserve attention. At the same time, it ma…

Is Modi Carrying Out a Coup in the Maldives?

February 6, 2018

Opinion

This ultra-geostrategic South Asian archipelago state is front and center in the Chinese-Indian New Cold War. The Maldivian military surrounded parliament today and reportedly arrested several individ…

Downing of Russian Fighter in Syria Threatens Wider War

February 6, 2018

Opinion

The shooting down of a Russian warplane over northern Syria on Saturday threatens to dramatically escalate the confrontation between Washington and Moscow over the US-backed proxy war to oust the Russ…

Riyadh Explores Anti-Iranian Embrace of Israel – But Risks 1979-Like Blowback

February 6, 2018

Opinion

The semi-secret security alliance between Saudi Arabia and Israel may be expanding into the sphere of ideology and street politics, but Riyadh may be at risk of tripping a conservative Islamist backla…

Hadi’s Fall = Rise of South Yemen = End of the War?

February 6, 2018

Opinion

Separatists just liberated South Yemen. Clashes broke out in the country’s interim capital of Aden, which was also the seat of government for the formerly independent country of South Yemen, over the …

The Middle East Peace Process: A Cruel Joke

February 6, 2018

Opinion

Three brief reports on January 25 concerning Israel-Palestine-US relations sum up the new situation created by Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and move the US embass…

Trump Administration Planning Pinochet-type Coup in Venezuela

February 6, 2018

Opinion

The retrograde Donald Trump administration is planning a military coup in Venezuela to oust the socialist government of President Nicolas Maduro. U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, speaking at the…