Day: September 24, 2018

Here Comes the 30-Year Trade War

September 24, 2018

Alibaba’s Jack Ma has warned that the ongoing US-China trade war could last at least 20 years. As we’ll see, it’s actually more like 30 – up to 2049, the 100th anniversary of the foundation of the Peo…

Attack in Iran Raises Spectre of a Potentially Far Larger Conflagration

September 24, 2018

Opinion

An attack on a military parade in the southern Iranian city of Ahwaz is likely to prompt Iranian retaliation against opposition groups at home and abroad. It also deepens Iranian fears that the United…

The Brouhaha Over China’s Haifa Deal Highlights Israel’s “Deep State” Divisions

September 24, 2018

Opinion

China will soon operate the Israeli port of Haifa if everything goes according to plan. Haaretz reported on a conference late last month in Israel where the former navy chief of staff and chairman of …

Let Koreans Settle Their Own Problems

September 24, 2018

Opinion

Springtime in Korea. Peace and love have erupted all over the mountainous peninsula as the leaders of the two rival nations seek to end the nearly seven decades of hostility between them. One can’t un…

US Nuclear Safety: A Critical Problem That Has Largely Been Kept Out of the Public Eye

September 24, 2018

Opinion

The issue of nuclear safety has been a hot topic in the second half of 2018. It has just been discussed in detail at the 62nd International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) conference in Geneva, which was …

Palestine: the Testbed for Trump’s Plan to Tear Up the Rules-based International Order

September 24, 2018

Opinion

Washington’s decision to intensify swingeing aid cuts to the Palestinians – the latest targets include cancer patients and peace groups – reveals more than a simple determination to strong-arm the Pal…

The Paranoid World of Abdel Fattah el-Sisi

September 24, 2018

Opinion

“Just because you are paranoid does not mean they aren’t after you.” Fifty seven years after Joseph Heller wrote his anti-war classic Catch 22, this could be the motto of the man who runs Egypt. Paran…

Obama’s Return Might Backfire and Lead to a “Red Wave”

September 24, 2018

Opinion

Obama returned to public life at precisely the moment that the “deep state” is intensifying its war on Trump. The former president was rolled out for a high-profile campaign speech in Illinois less th…