The US-brokered Taliban-Indian prisoner swap might lead to the resumption of the Afghan peace process but the deal also carries with it somewhat uncomfortable optics
Day: October 9, 2019
Are These the Five Tweets That Change the World?
Over the weekend I asked whether Donald Trump had risen to the level of Grey Champion. A few days later Trump takes to Twitter and puts
Between Washington’s Rock & Ankara’s Hard Place, Kurds had Better Choose Damascus
Being half an Irishman myself I feel entitled to refer to the probably apocryphal answer given by an Irishman asked by a lost, weary, traveler
Turkey’s Syria Move Aims to Solve Several Problems But Could Create New Ones
President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw US military personnel from Syria’s border with Turkey effectively opens a new chapter in the conflict, leaving Turkey on its own in
Trump Orders Troop Withdrawal in Syria
The US president Donald Trump is not known to practise judo. A few judo techniques he may have got to know from his Russian counterpart
Washington Prefers Confrontation With Russia to Dialogue and Cooperation
On September 24, while the Ukraine corruption scandal was gathering momentum in Washington, the US Air Force’s 31 Fighter Wing deployed F-16 strike aircraft to
Is Trump At Last Ending Our ‘Endless Wars’?
The backstage struggle between the Bush interventionists and the America-firsters who first backed Donald Trump for president just exploded into open warfare, which could sunder
High Crimes and Misdemeanors of the Fading American Century
There is blood in the water and frenzied sharks are closing in for the kill. Or so they think. From the time of Donald Trump’s
