July 2, 2018 | Astute News

The New Russia-Saudi Partnership Has Riyadh’s US Ally Over a Barrel

July 2, 2018 Opinion

Oil realities in 2018 Donald Trump has Tweeted about a phone call to Saudi Arabia’s King Salman where the elderly monarch is said to have agreed to increase the production of oil to 2 million barrels…

Turkey on a Roll

July 2, 2018 Opinion

Few phobias run deeper in Europe than the fear and hatred of Turks. For at least six hundred years, Europe was locked in innumerable wars with first Seljuk, then Ottoman Turks. My big St Bernard is a …

How the Iran Sanctions Drama Intersects with OPEC-Plus

July 2, 2018 Opinion

History may have registered stranger geoeconomic bedfellows. But in the current OPEC-plus world, the rules of the game are now de facto controlled by OPEC powerhouse Saudi Arabia in concert with non-O…

The Two Superpowers: Who Really Controls the Two Countries?

July 2, 2018 Opinion

Among the ruling interests in the US, one interest even more powerful than the Israel Lobby—the Deep State of the military/security complex— there is enormous fear that an uncontrollable President Tru…

India’s Playing Hard to Get with America by Letting the AIIB Fund CPEC

July 2, 2018 Opinion

India’s maximalist position towards the Kashmir Conflict and its resultantly unflinching resistance to CPEC haven’t changed despite New Delhi saying that it has no problem with the Asian Infrastructur…

Middle East and Sad Prospects of its Development

July 2, 2018 Opinion

As TV channel Al Arabiya has reported, Jordan withdrew its ambassador Abdullah Suleyman Abu Rumman from Iran. Amman presented a very interesting interpretation to justify its actions. This decision wa…

Is a War With China on the Horizon?

July 2, 2018 Opinion

On May 30th, Secretary of Defense James Mattis announced a momentous shift in American global strategic policy. From now on, he decreed, the U.S. Pacific Command (PACOM), which oversees all U.S. milit…

Suspending US-South Korean Wargames Isn’t “Surrendering” to North Korea

July 2, 2018 Opinion

Trump wrote on Twitter that suspending US-South Korean wargames was entirely his own initiative because of how expensive and provocative the drills are during a time of such sensitive denuclearization…