Mapping the Taliban Last week saw a historic meeting in Islamabad between the intelligence chiefs of China, Russia, Pakistan and Iran. While the details of
Day: July 17, 2018
Don’t Expect Much from the Helsinki Meeting
So I know everyone is in a GET HYPE mood for this, fueled by loony interpretations ranging from THE RESISTANCE’s idea that Trump is going
Putin-Trump Meeting in Helsinki: Objectives Bigger Than Syria and the Middle East
Both Presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump are meeting today Monday in Helsinki, Finland to discuss issues much more important than events in the Middle
Two Big ‘Russia! Russia!’ Stories Released Days Before Trump-Putin Summit
I have said it before, and I will say it again, and I will keep saying it and saying it until it becomes mainstream conventional
Trump Is Israel’s “Useful Idiot”
The claim made by many neoconservatives that Israel and the United States are partners in the Middle East because their strategic interests are identical is
Trump Turns to Gaza as Middle East Deal of the Century Collapses
The Trump administration’s “Deal of the Century” for the Palestine-Israel has, predictably, gone over like a lead balloon. So it’s shifting gears. The Washington Post reports, “With
“Not Enough!”
The State of Israel has no oil wells. It has no gold mines. What has it got? It has the ownership of the remembrance of
Europe’s Iron Curtain: The Refugee Crisis is about to Worsen
A recent European Council summit in Brussels was meant to articulate a united policy on the burgeoning refugees and migrant crisis. Instead, it served to
