The US believes that the clinching of bilateral trade deals with the other three members of the so-called “Quad” — Australia, India, and Japan —
Day: September 26, 2019
The Real Reason the US Is Staying in Afghanistan and a Peace Deal With the Taliban Is Impossible
As someone who lived and worked at the field level in Afghanistan for six years (2008-14) implementing projects for the U.S. Agency for International Development,
Will More US Troops in Saudi Arabia Make America Great?
President Trump deserves credit for resisting the war cries from neocons like Sen. Lindsey Graham and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo after last week’s attack
Are Netanyahu and Gantz Really So Different?
It would prove to be a difficult task to find essential differences between the leaders of the two largest parties in Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin
Washington’s Arctic Antics
The Pentagon’s recent Report to Congress on Arctic Strategy makes it clear that the US considers the region as “US homeland” and therefore “When necessary
Rotten in Tunisia: The Corrupt Rule of Ben Ali
He was the prototypical strong man softened by tactical reforms, blissfully ignorant before the fall, blown off in the violent winds of the Arab Spring.
Media Disinformation and the Houthis
There is another twist in the Iran vs. Saudi Arabia narrative, according to the Wall Street Journal. . . . . The Houthis were never
Fighting Back Against the Israel Lobby
During many years of writing about or describing the terrible damage that the “special relationship” with Israel has done to the United States the question
