US Sanctions Got India to Ditch Iran, Will They Get It to Ditch Russia Too?

April 25, 2019

The announcement by India’s Oil Minister that his country will replace US-sanctioned Iranian oil imports with those from “major oil-producing countries” despite the dramatic Bollywood show that New De…

A Summer of Confrontation Looms in the South China Sea

April 25, 2019

Opinion

Freedom of Navigation is most important, and the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea lays down that “The high seas are open to all States, whether coastal or land-locked. Freedom…

After ISIS, a Divided Iraq, Wounded and Grief-Stricken

April 25, 2019

Opinion

The moment the 54-year-old walks up to the car, it is obvious something is terribly wrong. The way he drags his feet, then stamps them on the ground and marches forward like a toy soldi…

Is the Tartus Port Deal a Strategic Trap for Syria?

April 25, 2019

Opinion

Russia will be in a prime position to control the bulk of Syria’s international trade and consequently keep an eye on Iran’s maritime exports to the Arab Republic once it obtains control of Tartus por…

NATO at 70: Retirement or Renaissance?

April 25, 2019

Opinion

US Vice President Mike Pence has recently referred to NATO as, “the most successful military alliance in the history of the world.” Of course, “success” needs to be defined, especially when …

The Conspiracy Against Trump

April 25, 2019

Opinion

The real “deplorable” in today’s United States is the continuation of a foreign policy based on endless aggression to maintain Washington’s military dominance in parts of the world where Americans hav…

Combatting Anti-Semitism: Washington Goes to War for World Jewry

April 25, 2019

Opinion

One of the most extraordinary displays of Jewish power in the United States took place in the State Department press briefing room on April 11th though it went virtually unreported in the mainstr…

Pan-Africanism and the Trade Unions in the Post-Colonial Era

April 25, 2019

History

Western imperialism was built off of the exploitation of African land and labor from the mid-to-late 15th century through the conclusion of the Atlantic Slave Trade and the consolidation of class…