Day: February 23, 2019

India Gets Veggie Burger from Saudi Arabia

February 23, 2019 Opinion

Looking back at the one-day — actually, a little over half a day — first state visit of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud to Delhi on February 20 at the invitation of Prime …

Venezuela – US Attack Imminent?

February 23, 2019 Opinion

Imagine, the President of the self-declared, exceptional and unique Superpower, Donald Trump of the United States of America, has the audacity to threaten the Venezuelan military with their lives, if …

On to Caracas and Tehran!

February 23, 2019 Opinion

In the Venezuelan crisis, said President Donald Trump in Florida, "All options are on the table." And if Venezuela's generals persist in their refusal to break with Nicolas Maduro, they could "lose ev…

France’s ‘Holy Secular Empire’ Slurs Yellow Vests as anti-Semitic, Bans anti-Zionism

February 23, 2019 Opinion

Back in November 2008, Rahm Emmanuel, then president-elect Barack Obama’s chief of staff and later the detested mayor of Chicago, famously told The Wall Street Journal, “You never want a serious crisi…

What If They Started a War and No One Showed Up?

February 23, 2019 Opinion

The humiliation of United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Warsaw last week was a good thing. The ancient Greeks, exercising their demonstrated ability to synthesize defining characteristics, …

The Macedonian Powder Keg Set to Go Off

February 23, 2019 Opinion

The way things are shaping up down south (viewed from Belgrade) the tiny, helpless, beleaguered new Balkan state of Macedonia could be the trigger for a wider regional conflict. It is well to remember…

Russia’s Nuclear Energy Edge Got the US to Cut Ethical Corners with the Saudis

February 23, 2019 Opinion

One of the latest American scandals revolves around former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn’s alleged breach of ethical norms in trying to secretly push through a nuclear energy deal with the S…

The Empire: Now or Never

February 23, 2019 Opinion

Many people I talk to seem to think American foreign policy has something to do with democracy, human rights, national security, or maybe terrorism or freedom, or niceness, or something. It is a curio…