November 3, 2019 | Astute News

Rebuilding Syria – Without Syria’s Oil

November 3, 2019

What happened in Geneva this Wednesday, in terms of finally bringing peace to Syria, could not be more significant: the first session of the Syrian Constitutional Committee. The Syrian Constitutional …

The Future of the Levant

November 3, 2019

Opinion

Over the past century, the United Kingdom and then the United States have successively courted all states and faith groups in the Middle East. They have fuelled confessional conflicts in such a way as…

Baghdadi May Be Dead. But Trump has Brought ISIS Back to Life

November 3, 2019

Opinion

Usually, the Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away. But in the heavenly White House this weekend, it worked the other way round. Lord Trump took the life of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and then gave life back…

The US & The Armenian ‘Genocide’: Doing the ‘Right’ Thing for the ‘Wrong’ Reasons

November 3, 2019

Opinion

The US House of Representatives overwhelmingly voted to recognize the deaths of many Armenians in the Ottoman Empire during World War I as "genocide", but for as much as this move has been praised by …

US Intensifies Geopolitical Struggle Over Syria

November 3, 2019

Opinion

No one would have thought that out of the US president Donald Trump’s decision three weeks ago to withdraw all American troops from Syria, a US military re-engagement with renewed vigour in that count…

The Lebanese ‘Canary in the Mine’ Is Signalling Mid-East Trouble Ahead

November 3, 2019

Opinion

There have been protests (mostly pointing up economic stress) across the region for some months: from Egypt to Iraq. But the Lebanese demonstrations have caught the global attention. And there is no d…

Trump Blames Mass Uprising in Chile on “Foreign Efforts”

November 3, 2019

Opinion

US President Donald Trump blamed the historic mass protests that have gripped Chile for the past two weeks on “foreign efforts” and declared his support for the right-wing government of Chilean Presid…

Role Over: Crisis of Masculinity Leaves No Place for Men in a Progressive Society

November 3, 2019

Opinion

What does it take to be a man in modern Western society, where tolerance of all things liberal exists alongside antagonism to ideas deemed incompatible with the progressive order? What identity can me…