August 14, 2018 | Astute News

Saudi Arabia and Iran Woo Incoming Pakistani Prime Minister

August 14, 2018

An offer by a Saudi-backed bank to lend financially strapped Pakistan US$4 billion is likely intended to bolster Saudi influence when former international cricket player Imran Khan is sworn in in the …

Is Israel Preparing a War on Hezbollah in Lebanon? Would Russia Expand Its Presence to South Lebanon?

August 14, 2018

Opinion

Tension is silently mounting between Israel and Hezbollah on the Lebanese border, where frenetic preparations are taking place, under the watchful eyes of both belligerents. There is an unusual state …

Yemen War Challenges Saudi Moral Authority

August 14, 2018

Opinion

Saudi conduct of its ill-fated war in Yemen coupled with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s alignment with the Trump administration and Israel, and his often coercive approach to diplomatic relations,…

Economic War on Iran Is War on Eurasia Integration

August 14, 2018

Opinion

Hysteria reigned supreme after the first round of US sanctions were reinstated against Iran over the past week. War scenarios abound, and yet the key aspect of the economic war unleashed by the Trump …

The Persian Gulf: What Lies Beneath One Particular Event

August 14, 2018

Opinion

The online news publication The Intercept referred to their sources in diplomatic circles in its reports that Arabic countries lobbied to have Rex Tillerson removed from his post as the US Secretary o…

Israel vs. Iran: “Disappear from the World” vs. “Vanish from the Pages of Time”

August 14, 2018

Opinion

The global silence over Israel’s hopes that “the Iranian regime would disappear entirely from this world” stands in stark contrast to the worldwide outrage over similarly phrased wishes on behalf of I…

Two Months After Trump-Kim Summit, North Korea Hasn’t Changed At All

August 14, 2018

Opinion

After peaking two months ago with the Singapore Summit, hopes for a peaceful resolution of the long-running North Korea nuclear crisis have sunk into the mire of political and historical obstacles. Be…

Lenin Updated: ‘Turn the Globalist War into a Race War’

August 14, 2018

Opinion

It’s déjà vu all over again. First US President Donald Trump meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki and appears to make some progress towards his stated goal of putting ties between W…