America’s Afghanistan Strategy Proves That the Vietnam Analogy Does Not Apply

America’s Afghanistan Strategy Proves That the Vietnam Analogy Does Not Apply

America’s War in Vietnam remains a signpost signifying a moment when America’s own exceptionalist myth of invincibility began to falter in open sight. The watershed moment of the last helicopter leaving Saigon in 1975 became emblematic of a lumbering, highly equipped by deeply demoralised American armed forces that ultimately could not win a war against…

Is Nepal a Source of Competition or Cooperation Between India and China?

Is Nepal a Source of Competition or Cooperation Between India and China?

From June 19 through 24 of this year, the prime minister of Nepal, K. P. Sharma Oli, accompanied by ministers of the economic block of the government was on an official visit to China, at the invitation of his Chinese colleague, Li Keqiag The eminent Nepalese guest was received by PRC President Xi Jingping. As…

The Palestinian Authority, the ICC and Israel

The Palestinian Authority, the ICC and Israel

Last week, the International Criminal Court announced it would commence the pretrial phase of a war crimes case brought by the Palestinian Authority (PA) against Israel. An Israeli news report called the move “almost unprecedented”. A three-judge panel has been appointed to hear the case: Peter Kovacs (presiding judge), Marc Perrin de Brichambaut and Reine Adelaide Sophie Alapini-Gansou. The…

White Helmets “Rescued” by Israel via Golan Heights in Overnight Operation

White Helmets “Rescued” by Israel via Golan Heights in Overnight Operation

Overnight Saturday Israel evacuated 800 White Helmets members and their families from southern Syria in an operation that took them briefly into Israeli territory and then on to Jordan, where they are expected to be resettled in Britain, Canada, and Germany, according to officials in Amman.  The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed Israel’s spearheading the…