March 8, 2019 | Astute News

India and Pakistan on the Brink: A Nuclear Nightmare in Southeast Asia

March 8, 2019

With last week's U.S.-North Korea summit in Hanoi, Congressional Democrats’ revolt against President Donald Trump’s state of emergency and Michael Cohen's testimony before the House Oversight Committe…

Mike Pompeo’s War Warning to China

March 8, 2019

Opinion

As President Trump flew home from his Hanoi summit with Kim Jong Un, Mike Pompeo peeled off and flew to Manila. And there the Secretary of State made a startling declaration. Any armed attack by China…

India’s Ruling Party Just Implied That the Opposition’s Dissent Is Treasonous

March 8, 2019

Opinion

A chilling development just took place in the self-professed “world’s largest democracy” after the ruling party’s Finance Minister implied that the opposition’s political dissident is treasonous after…

The Decision to Go to War

March 8, 2019

Opinion

An analysis of various wars and conflicts of the current century shows that the decisions of the military-political leadership of these states were made on the basis of geopolitical, political, milita…

Zarif Returns to Politics and Soleimani to His Maps

March 8, 2019

Opinion

It is quite normal that the Iranian Foreign Minister Jawad Zarif is not the only decision maker on foreign policy because the Islamic Republic is in a constant war-like situation with surrounding Midd…

The UK Debunked a Myth About Hezbollah, But Still Shouldn’t Have Banned It

March 8, 2019

Opinion

The UK just voted to ban Hezbollah’s political wing after the British Home Secretary announced his country’s intent to do so. News about this initiative generated a flurry of responses across social m…

The Congo Might See the World’s First “Zombie” Outbreak

March 8, 2019

Opinion

Unknown attackers recently torched Ebola treatment centers in the Congo twice in one week. The incidents occurred last Sunday and Wednesday in the conflict-wracked eastern part of the country and were…

Mapping the American War on Terror: Now in 80 Countries, It Couldn’t Be More Global

March 8, 2019

Opinion

In September 2001, the Bush administration launched the “Global War on Terror.” Though “global” has long since been dropped from the name, as it turns out, they weren’t kidding. When I first set out t…