Iran rejects All Negotiations But Signals Domestic Differences

Iran rejects All Negotiations But Signals Domestic Differences

Despite the positive approach by Iran Foreign Minister Jawad Zarif proposing a humanitarian exchange of prisoners between Washington and Tehran (in an attempt to break the stalemate and ease the current tension), Iranian Speaker Ali Larijani and ‘Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps – Quds Brigade’ (IRGC) commander Qassem Soleimani both rejected any rapprochement. It is the radical…

Trump’s Arms Proposal Is Really All About the Space Race

Trump’s Arms Proposal Is Really All About the Space Race

There’s nothing that anyone can argue about in principle concerning the spirit behind Trump’s arms proposal, but peel back a few strategic layers and it becomes clear that it’s really all about the Space Race and weakening the Russian-Chinese Strategic Partnership. Trump’s arms proposal is making waves all across the world after officials in his…

50 Years On, the World, and Not Just France, Still Misses Charles de Gaulle

50 Years On, the World, and Not Just France, Still Misses Charles de Gaulle

French President Charles de Gaulle stepped down 50 years ago this week after his proposals for constitutional reform were defeated in a national referendum. What we could do with a leader like the ‘General’ today. With amazing effrontery last October, Macron told his people to stop complaining and be more like de Gaulle, after a…

Don’t Pout Just Because President Putin Didn’t Meet PM Khan at the BRI Forum

Don’t Pout Just Because President Putin Didn’t Meet PM Khan at the BRI Forum

Pakistan’s Express Tribune quoted some unnamed diplomatic sources in a recent report claiming that it was the “biggest setback” and a “diplomatic failure” that President Putin didn’t meet with PM Khan at last week’s BRI Forum, but those emotional reactions don’t take into account the full context of Russian-Pakistani relations otherwise this non-event wouldn’t be…