February 19, 2020 | Astute News

The Mad Geopolitics of Israel’s EastMed Gas Pipeline

February 19, 2020 Opinion

At just a time when the world holds its collective breath over risk of a World War over the US assassination of Iran’s leading general and other provocations, Israel has chosen to sign a natural gas p…

Events in Syria have Taken a Dangerous Turn

February 19, 2020 Opinion

In recent days, we’ve been witnessing a noticeable deterioration of the security situation in Syria. Hostilities are being reported both the in Idlib and Aleppo governorates, where radical m…

The Philippines Want the U.S. Out and They Are Not Alone

February 19, 2020 Opinion

The pawns of the Grand Chessboard are starting to move much more boldly – in an unpredicted by the punditry decision the Philippines have asked U.S. forces to leave their islands indefinitely. It was …

Pompeo’s Empty Boasting in Munich

February 19, 2020 Opinion

Mike Pompeo delivered another tone-deaf, arrogant speech in Munich this weekend in which he proclaimed that “the West is winning.” In the most hypocritical and absurd section of the speech, Pompeo rai…

Is U.S. Sponsored Regime Change War Coming to Georgia?

February 19, 2020 Opinion

Former Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili (October 2012 – November 2013) is leading his party to dominate the Georgian parliament in the upcoming Autumn elections, if they actually go on schedule…

Wake Up Senators!

February 19, 2020 Opinion

The US Senate, long the lap dog of the man who would be king, President Donald Trump, appears to have finally remembered its proper constitutional role. Last week, the Senate voted 55/45 for a new bip…

Irish Elections and Reunification

February 19, 2020 Opinion

The victory by Ireland’s leftwing Sinn Fein Party in the Republic’s recent election has not only overturned some 90 years of domination by the island’s two center-right parties, it suddenly puts the i…

American Citizens Killed and Tortured by Israel?

February 19, 2020 Opinion

One of the principal functions of a United States Embassy overseas is to provide citizen services, which includes coming to the assistance of Americans who are treated badly by the local government. I…