India’s RCEP Refusal, Russia’s Eurasian Vision, and Next Week’s BRICS Summit

November 7, 2019

India's refusal to join the RCEP mega-bloc endangers the viability of Russia's Greater Eurasian Partnership supercontinental integration vision, which not even next week's BRICS Summit might be able t…

Myths and Reality In Saudi-Indian Relations

November 7, 2019

Opinion

Indian analysts somehow feel they are obliged to praise Prime Minister Narendra Modi whenever he undertakes a visit abroad, no matter the actual outcome of the event. The recent visit to Saudi Arabia …

China – Not Iran – Is the Real Reason US Troops Will Never Leave Iraq

November 7, 2019

Opinion

Recent developments suggest that the US and its allies have become increasingly wary of China’s expanding influence inside Iraq, even while Washington continuously points out the threat supposedly pos…

A New Middle East Is Coming

November 7, 2019

Opinion

The fallout from the September attack on Saudi Arabia’s Aramco oil facilities is continuing to reverberate throughout the Middle East, sidelining old enmities—sometimes for new ones—and re-drawing tra…

Is Russia Right About US Shale Energy?

November 7, 2019

Opinion

In recent remarks to a Pennsylvania shale oil producers’ convention, US President Donald Trump, noting the spectacular growth in shale gas as well as shale oil over the past decade, remarked that unco…

We Are All Palestinians

November 7, 2019

Opinion

In spite of the fact that Israeli snipers continue to shoot scores of unarmed protesting Gazans every Friday with virtually no coverage from the media, there are some signs that the ability of Israel …

Winter Is Coming: Castle Black, the Syrian Withdrawal, and the Battle of the Bases

November 7, 2019

Opinion

They called it Castle Black, an obvious homage to the famed frozen citadel from the HBO series Game of Thrones. In the fantasy world of GoT, it’s the stronghold of the Night’s Watch, the French Foreig…

Propaganda and Post-Truth

November 7, 2019

Opinion

Propaganda In political systems where Power needs the participation of the People, the purpose of propaganda is to get as many people as possible to adhere to a particular ideology and to mobilize the…