Day: May 5, 2018

Trump’s Flawed Pakistan Policy vs. Imran Khan’s Road Show

May 5, 2018 Opinion

Pakistan is still in the grip of not knowing who to cheer on: Trump or their own Imran Kahn. Pakistanis still don’t quite know whether to take the cricket player seriously, but now they are taking the…

Popular Putin Prepares for Cold War 2.0

May 5, 2018 Opinion

Immediately after his official inauguration on Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to announce a new government. And a bombshell is in the making. The new cabinet is bound to be a Sta…

Take Your Pick: Chinese or American Missiles in the South China Sea?

May 5, 2018 Opinion

China’s reported deployment of anti-ship and cruise missiles to its reclaimed islands in the South China Sea was the inevitable action of a country that chose to act first in order to thwart its Ameri…

As US Military Effectiveness and Diplomatic Efforts Fade into Irrelevance Many Countries Start Ignoring Washington

May 5, 2018 Opinion

Diplomatic work continues in some of the areas with the highest geopolitical tensions in the world. In recent days there have been high-level meetings and contacts between Turkey, Iran and Russia over…

Morality, Truth, Facts Have Exited from the Dying West

May 5, 2018 Opinion

If you don’t think we live in a crazy world, here is Netanyahu, the genocidal zionist leader of Israel, an invader which has destroyed Palestine and seized Palestine for Jews, expelling Palestinians f…

Palestinians Resisting Israeli Occupation Not the Same as Rebels Fighting Syrian Govt

May 5, 2018 Opinion

Supporters of the armed insurgency in Syria have deployed the Western left's pro-Palestine discourse to justify overthrowing the Syrian government. This tactic has confused and fractured the Palestine…

Did John Bolton Leak Intelligence to Sabotage a Trump-Kim Deal?

May 5, 2018 Opinion

The still-unscheduled Donald Trump-Kim Jong Un summit offers the opportunity for a denuclearization deal that would avoid a possible nuclear war, but that potential deal remains vulnerable to a hostil…

Social Media Choices: Leave, Migrate, or Remain?

May 5, 2018 Opinion

Social media users are essentially left with three choices following the revelations that their Facebook data was being manipulated for political purposes, with each of them having their own pros and …