Day: June 7, 2019

Pakistan Needs to Re-Focus on Foreign Policy

June 7, 2019 Opinion

The year began with India accidentally gifting Pakistan in the aftermath of a dangerous attempt to gift Modi’s BJP the electoral victory that with hindsight was all but inevitable. Whilst no internati…

Russia’s Middle East Brinkmanship vs. Acquiescence to Trump’s Greater Israel Plan

June 7, 2019 Opinion

Secretary of State Pompeo was in Sochi on 14 May for talks with his counterpart, Sergey Lavrov. And in his opening address, Lavrov observed: “I believe it’s time to start building a new, more responsi…

Why Trump Now Wants Talks with Iran

June 7, 2019 Opinion

Unlike Deep Purple’s legendary ‘Smoke on the Water’ – “We all came out to Montreux, on the Lake Geneva shoreline”, the 67th Bilderberg group meetings produced no fire and no smoke at the luxuriou…

I Desperately Want to See an End to Israel’s Abuse of Palestinians

June 7, 2019 Opinion

Just two months since Netanyahu’s Likud party was re-elected with its biggest-ever number of seats, Israel has been thrown into chaos because he has failed to put together a coalition. Netanyahu has n…

Very “Inconvenient and Ill-Timed” Tensions in Kosovo

June 7, 2019 Opinion

There is always a story behind a story, and in the case of the recent hostilities in Kosovo, a very inconvenient story. Timing is everything, and therefore the question that first comes to mind is: “w…

What Does Avigdor Lieberman Know?

June 7, 2019 Opinion

The resignation, on 14 November 2018, of Avigdor Lieberman, Minister for Defence of Benjamin Netanyahu’s government, triggered a major political crisis in Israël. Legislative elections were held in ad…

The 75th Anniversary of the Allied D-Day Liberation of Nazi-Occupied Western Europe. Russia was Not Invited

June 7, 2019 Opinion

The decision not to invite President Putin to attend the 75th D-Day commemoration event was a civilizational provocation aimed at dividing the European Allies during World War II and reinforcing the h…

D-Day and the Myth of a U.S. Victory

June 7, 2019 Opinion

Each D-Day anniversary the same question comes up. Who defeated Germany and its allies? The answer is, without any doubt, the Soviet Union. But after decades of western propaganda the claims that the …