Modi Can’t Put the Genie of Indian Jingoism Back in the Bottle

June 21, 2020

Prime Minister Modi released the genie of Indian jingoism after coming to power six years ago, irresponsibly hoping that the state-sponsored cultivation of hyper-nationalist sentiment would lead to th…

Nuclear Rivals Clash in the Himalayas

June 21, 2020

Opinion

Last week, the world’s most populous nations, India and China, both nuclear armed, clashed in the high Himalayan region of Ladakh. At least 20 Indian troops died and 12 were reportedly taken prisoner …

Nixon-Trump vs. the Strategy of Tension

June 21, 2020

Opinion

Nixon 68 is back with a vengeance, with President Trump placing himself as the guarantor/enforcer of Law & Order. That slogan guaranteed Nixon’s election, and was coined by Kevin Phillips, then an…

Turkey Begins its “Hunt” in Iraq

June 21, 2020

Opinion

After becoming actively involved in conflicts in Syria and Libya, on June 14, President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan launched operation Claw-Eagle in Iraq against PKK’s (the Kurdistan Workers’ Party…

France’s Call on NATO to Stop Ignoring the “Turkey Problem”. Further Divides the Alliance

June 21, 2020

Opinion

The Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, and this calls to question why NATO still exists today. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, NATO has militarily intervened in many sovereign countries such as Y…

After the Fed Punts, the ECB Throws Another Hail Mary

June 21, 2020

Opinion

Last week FOMC Chair Jerome Powell and company did, essentially nothing, at their June meeting. They held interest rates at 0.25%, did not expand QE nor did they indicate any changes. This wasn’t what…

As Monuments Are Being Toppled & WWII Facts Erased, Putin’s Warning About Playing Games with History

June 21, 2020

Opinion

Vile historical revisionism and the destruction of monuments and memory are threatening to unravel the entire international order set up by the victorious allies in World War Two, Russian President Vl…

EU’s Aviation Deal with Israel ‘The Pinnacle of Hypocrisy’

June 21, 2020

Opinion

I had barely finished my rant against the British Government for showering new rewards on the Israelis (see ‘Do Palestinians’ lives matter?’) when the EU voted to do the same. The UK-Israel Trade and …