There are mounting signals that Donald Trump’s much-delayed Middle East peace plan – billed as the “deal of the century” – is about to be
Day: June 17, 2018
From Russia with Love, as Putin Kicks Off Soft Power Games
It started as an oil shock. After all, Russia and Saudi Arabia are on the verge of deciding what happens next, price-wise, in global energy
Daesh and the US Share a Goal of Disrupting the Kabul-Taliban Ceasefire and the Wider Afghan Reconciliation Process
A ceasefire declared between the Afghan government and Taliban on the eve of the Islamic celebration of Eid has been devastated by an attack on
Syria Sends More Troops to South Despite New US Warnings
The United States once again warned this week it would “take firm and appropriate measures” against the Syrian government forces should they continue pushing into the
Turkey Takes On Kurds in Evolving Qandil Operation
Despite growing tension over the June 24 elections, Turkey’s agenda in recent days has been taken over by its military operation against Kurdish militants in
This Is How Wars Start
Russia keeps its most powerful grouping of troops in the western direction. Just according to official figures the equivalent of ten divisions under the control
The Marine Deployment to Norway Is an Anti-Chinese Power Play by America
It might seem like Norway’s request for a doubling of US Marines on its territory and their relocation closer to the country’s Arctic border with
Trump’s Bold Historic Gamble
President Donald Trump appears to belong to what might be called the Benjamin Disraeli school of diplomacy. The British prime minister once counseled, “Everyone likes
