October 23, 2020 | Astute News

The Expiration of the Iranian Arms Embargo Opens Up Exciting Opportunities

October 23, 2020

The 13-year-long anti-Iranian arms embargo expired on Sunday, which creates exciting opportunities for the Islamic Republic to strengthen its national defense capabilities and cultivate even deeper re…

Where Are the Borders of the State of Israel? Why Do They Refuse to Demarcate Them?

October 23, 2020

Opinion

When you ask any Israeli government official or diplomat about the borders and map of the State of Israel, surely you will not get a clear answer. Successive Israeli governments, backed up by the Zion…

Sudan: Important Successes Scored Inside the Country

October 23, 2020

Opinion

All world news agencies have already reported that in the capital of South Sudan, Juba, the leaders of the country’s armed groups and the Sudanese authorities signed a landmark peace agreement aimed a…

Arc of Instability on Russia’s Periphery

October 23, 2020

Opinion

An arc of instability has appeared on Russia’s peripheral regions to the west and southwest — Belarus, Nagorno-Karabakh and Kyrgyzstan. These regions are vital to Russia’s national security and weaken…

Can Trump Pull a Second Rabbit Out of the Hat?, by Patrick Buchanan

October 23, 2020

Opinion

"Apres moi, la deluge," predicted Louis XV after his army's stunning defeat by Prussia's Frederick the Great at the Battle of Rossbach in 1757. "La deluge," the Revolution, came, three decades later, …

What Are the Pharmaceutical Industry’s Connections to Schools of Public Health?

October 23, 2020

Opinion

Dr. Eric Rubin, an adjunct professor at Harvard’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health, has been Editor-in-Chief of the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) since 2019. On October 8, 2020, an edit…

The Two Undersides to Geo-Politics

October 23, 2020

Opinion

At the explicit level, today’s geo-political struggle is about the U.S. maintaining its primacy of power – with financial power being a subset to this political power. Carl Schmitt, whose thoughts had…

The Politics of Cultural Despair

October 23, 2020

Opinion

As our empire implodes, and with it social cohesion, we must face what is happening — not only around us— but within us. The physical and moral decay of the United States and the malaise it has …