May 2, 2018 | Astute News

Eurasia Torn Between War and Peace

May 2, 2018 Opinion

Two summits – the cross-border handshake that shook the world between Kim and Moon in Panmunjom and Xi and Modi’s cordial walk by the lake in Wuhan – may have provided the impression Eurasia integrati…

The Real War for Syria is Taking Place in Its Skies

May 2, 2018 Opinion

The hidden battle in Syria – the one that rarely appears on our television screens – has been raging for years between Israel and a coalition comprising the Syrian government, Iran and the Lebanese mi…

The Biggest Player in the History of the World

May 2, 2018 Opinion

John Mauldin gives us a highly pertinent anecdote about China: “Back in the 1990s, Robert Rubin, a Secretary of the Treasury under Bill Clinton, was negotiating the terms under which China would be al…

The Syrian Cisis Escalates

May 2, 2018 Opinion

As I wrote two weeks ago, the Syrian crisis is only in its beginning stages. The assault on Syrian military positions last night, apparently a US/Israeli operation, is evidence that the crisis continu…

Aggression on Syrian Sites Prelude to Something More Serious?

May 2, 2018 Opinion

Pro-government sources accused Israel of conducting the attacks, its warplanes likely operating from Lebanese airspace. It’s unclear if any of its missiles were intercepted and destroyed. Clearly at l…

The American Military System Dissected

May 2, 2018 Opinion

The purpose of all wars, is peace. So observed St. Augustine early in the first millennium A.D. Far be it from me to disagree with the esteemed Bishop of Hippo, but his crisply formulated aphorism jus…

New Stage of Political Game on the Korean Peninsula

May 2, 2018 Opinion

A month ago, we left open the possibility of a political breakthrough on the Korean Peninsula, but the progress rates of the new game developing here exceed the wildest expectations. During the whole …

Dumb Moves Have Consequences

May 2, 2018 Opinion

The analysis of the recent exchanges between French President Emmanuel Macron and President Donald Trump suggest that Washington is most likely about to withdraw from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of A…