Day: October 24, 2018

The World will Never Agree to an Expanded INF Treaty, and the US Knows It

October 24, 2018 Opinion

The US knows that its public pretense of pulling out of the INF Treaty in order to compel other countries to join an expanded version of it is unbelievable because most other powers with these interme…

East-West Confrontation. The INF Treaty. It Is Like a Western Movie: A Showdown Is in the Making

October 24, 2018 Opinion

It has taken the US military/security complex 31 years to get rid of President Reagan’s last nuclear disarmament achievement—the INF Treaty that President Reagan and Soviet President Gorbachev achieve…

US Withdrawal from INF Treaty: Implications for Asia Pacific

October 24, 2018 Opinion

One of the motives behind the US withdrawal from the INF Treaty is its desire to acquire first-strike capability against Russia from Europe, while keeping intact its strategic nuclear arsenal. Another…

Here Are the Geopolitical Implications of Turkey’s President Erdogan’s Speech on Jamal Khashoggi

October 24, 2018 Opinion

What Erdogan said Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has addressed the parliament in Istanbul during which time he delivered a statement on the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. On the …

Insights Into the Khashoggi Ordeal; Who and Why

October 24, 2018 Opinion

In this insane historical era in which we currently live, events, their causes and consequences do not necessarily follow this particular logical sequence of reporting and analyzing; and we have to ge…

Khashoggi Drama – A Deal Is No Longer Possible – Erdogan Demands That MbS Goes

October 24, 2018 Opinion

The Khashoggi saga continues to influence Middle East policies. On Friday the Saudi regime admitted that Khashoggi was killed in its consulate in Istanbul. Since then they have changed their story twi…

Jordan Cancels Part of 1994 Peace Treaty with Israel

October 24, 2018 Opinion

In 1994, Jordan became the second Arab country to sign a peace treaty with Israel, Egypt the first in 1979. Neither country recognized Israel as a Jewish state, nor was the provision part of the 1993 …

Leaders of Asia and Europe Sit Down for Talks, Not Sanctions

October 24, 2018 Opinion

Totally under the radar of a news cycle consumed by the Pulp Fiction in Istanbul saga and the ever-mutating US-China trade war, leaders from no less than 51 Asian and European nations met in Brussels …