America’s Pakistan Policy Shows White House Ignorant of Major Geostrategic Shift

America’s Pakistan Policy Shows White House Ignorant of Major Geostrategic Shift

While observers point to similarities in the rise of Donald Trump and Pakistan’s new prime minister, Imran Khan, that’s where they end as relations between the US and Pakistan enter into a serious period of political uncertainty. The Trump administration recently froze some $255 million in aid to Pakistan for continuing to harbor “terrorists” –…

Iran’s Responsible for the Caspian Summit’s Success

Iran’s Responsible for the Caspian Summit’s Success

The five countries of the Caspian Sea region signed an agreement on the body of water’s official status and agreed to work together with one another to prevent conflicts. President Putin hailed the Convention on the Caspian Sea’s Legal Status for its “landmark significance” because it’s the first time that all the relevant states agreed…

US Threatens Sanctions on Nations Buying Russian S-400s?

US Threatens Sanctions on Nations Buying Russian S-400s?

Turkey is in the eye of the storm, the rift between Washington and Ankara simmering. It’s all about President Erdogan’s ties with America’s main adversaries – Russia and Iran. He rejects US sanctions on both countries, intends maintaining normal political and economic relations. It’s also about US efforts to marginalize, weaken, contain and isolate Russia,…

Trumping Trump?

Trumping Trump?

One thing already seems clear in the Trump era: the world will not turn out to be the American president’s playground. His ultra-unilateralist, rejectionist policies on trade, the Iran denuclearization agreement, the costs of defense, and climate change are already creating an incipient anti-Trump movement globally (and in the United States as well). To a…