Day: August 22, 2020

Scenario Forecasting: Here’s How Russia Could ‘Pull a Crimea’ in Belarus

August 22, 2020

President Putin's reaffirmation of Russia's CSTO mutual defense obligations to Belarus has led to speculation that he might be considering a repeat of the Crimea scenario to (re)unify the two countrie…

Is USA “Decoupling” from China?

August 22, 2020

Opinion

The term “decoupling” has started to appear more and more often in reports dedicated to the current state of US-China relations after, on April 17, The Wall Street Journal published results of a surve…

The U.S. Foreign Policy Establishment’s Obsession with Russia

August 22, 2020

Opinion

During an August 16 segment on Fareed Zakaria’s GPS show on CNN, Richard Haass, the president of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), described his organization as a “non-partisan institution“. Und…

Hands off Lebanon: Macron’s Self-serving ‘New Pact’ Must Be Shunned

August 22, 2020

Opinion

French President, Emmanuel Macron, is in no position to pontificate to Lebanon about the need for political and economic reforms. Just as thousands of Lebanese took to the streets of Beirut deman…

CODENAME: Operation Virus Identification 2019; the Elitist Plan to Remake Society

August 22, 2020

Opinion

Everything we were originally told about the Coronavirus has turned out to be wrong. In fact, it’s not a “novel” one-of-a-kind infection at all, but a member of a larger family of which there have bee…

Interpreting the UAE/Israel Agreement on Suspending Annexation

August 22, 2020

Opinion

Any comment on regional implications of the Agreement is, of course, highly speculative as the real reasons for such an initiative are rarely disclosed by those with the power of decision. In this cas…

Lockdowns, Coronavirus, and Banks: “Following the Money”. Devastating Economic and Social Impacts

August 22, 2020

Opinion

It usually makes sense to follow the money when seeking understanding of almost any major change. The strategy of following the money in our current convergence of crises in late summer of 2020 leads …

Review: Circle In The Darkness: Memoirs of a World Watcher

August 22, 2020

Books

Diana Johnstone has written a compelling and insightful book. It is mostly a review and analysis of significant events from the past 55 years. It concludes with her assessment of different trends that…