Trump Blasts Iran’s Rouhani: “Never, Ever Threaten the US or Suffer Consequences Few Have Ever Suffered Before”

Trump Blasts Iran’s Rouhani: “Never, Ever Threaten the US or Suffer Consequences Few Have Ever Suffered Before”

President Donald Trump launched a new verbal attack against Iran’s president Rouhani, vowing “consequences the likes of which few have ever suffered before” if Hassan Rouhani continues threatening America in a late-night Sunday all caps tweet. In the tweet, addressed to Rouhani, Trump said, “To Iranian President Rouhani: NEVER, EVER THREATEN THE UNITED STATES AGAIN…

Securing Xinjiang: China Adds Security Component to Belt and Road Initiative

Securing Xinjiang: China Adds Security Component to Belt and Road Initiative

China appears to be shifting gears in its multi-billion dollar Belt and Road initiative. Long projected as driven by economics and the benefit of infrastructure linkages, China appears to be increasingly adding a security component to the initiative against the backdrop of President Xi Jinping positioning of his country as a superpower rather than a…

Who Stands to Gain and Lose from Peace Between Ethiopia and Eritrea?

Who Stands to Gain and Lose from Peace Between Ethiopia and Eritrea?

On 9 July 2018, in a historic meeting in the Eritrean capital, Asmara, Ethiopia’s prime minister, Abiy Ahmed, and Eritrea’s president, Isaias Afewerki, signed an agreement on peace and friendship, officially ending their almost two decades-long cold war. To reach this point, on 5 June, Ethiopia finally accepted a peace agreement that both countries had…

‘Treasonous’ Trump in the Conspirators’ Crosshairs

‘Treasonous’ Trump in the Conspirators’ Crosshairs

At least the White House can be happy that the resident Hitler-in-Chief’s inhuman separation of innocent migrant children from adults caught illegally crossing the US border with Mexico matters to nobody anymore. Everyone’s moved on. “Children in cages” is yesterday’s news. The issue now is treason, a crime carrying the death penalty. On that score America and…