A United Arab Emirates-backed Saudi effort to wrest control from Jordan of Islam’s holy places in Jerusalem signals a sharper, more overt edge to Saudi
Day: July 4, 2018
Feeding the Monster: Washington’s Spinelessness Enables Israeli Brutality
I have just spent a couple of days in New York City. Returning to Virginia on Wednesday morning, I had a somewhat strange experience. I
What Donald Trump Is Preparing
After having observed Donald Trump’s historical references (the constitutional compromise of 1789, the examples of Andrew Jackson and Richard Nixon) and the way in which
Australia Is Attempting to “Contain” China
Australia is attempting to tighten its vise-grip of control over the South Pacific island nation of Vanuatu. The tiny nation has sought to strategically liberate
Syria Is Now Like the Balkans in 1914
The war in Syria has returned to where it was started in 2011, in Dara’a, close to the Jordanian border and therefore easily accessible to takfiris
Militants Threaten China’s OBOR Initiative in Myanmar
Militants in northern Myanmar have once again put China’s One Belt, One Road initiative on hold. It should come as no surprise that Anglo-American history
The Trump-Putin Peace, Trade and Friendship Talks
News that a meeting has been arranged between Presidents Trump and Putin on 16 July was greeted with displeasure in many sectors of the western
The Battle of the Three Seas. Geopolitics of Central and Eastern Europe, US-Russia Confrontation
The vast expanse of Central and Eastern Europe stretching between the Adriatic, Baltic, and Black Seas has turned into a massive zone of serious competition
