Trump’s bid for regime change in Venezuela is starting to look like a fatal overreach. With the South American country’s military remaining firmly loyal to President Maduro, embarrassing questions loom over US’ dubious game plan It is not just Washington’s reputation that will take yet another grievous hit. So too will those European states which…
What a job Vice President Mike Pence and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo did in Europe last week. If the objective was to worsen an already critical trans–Atlantic rift and further isolate the U.S., they could not have returned to Washington with a better result. We might have to mark down this foray as among…
Saudi Arabia’s on a quest to become the next hotspot for Russian and Chinese tourists. The CEO of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) lauded the socio-cultural openings undertaken in the Kingdom under Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman’s (MBS) ambitious Vision 2030 program of far-reaching reforms, telling journalists that Riyadh will invest in Russia’s tourism…
Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Moscow to “test the stand of Russia and its allies in Syria on their intention to go to war if Israel bombs Syrian and Iranian objectives in the Levant”. Netanyahu is seeking some answers related to the reaction of Russia and its…
Fortunately the world today is very different from that of 2003, Washington’s decrees are less effective in determining the world order. But in spite of this new, more balanced division of power amongst several powers, Washington appears ever more aggressive towards allies and enemies alike, regardless of which US president is in office. China and…
One of the founding principles of the UNO is that all states and all people are free, equal and independent. This is the major difference with the League of Nations which preceded it The League always refused to recognise the equality of peoples in order to allow the system of colonisation to continue. Each state…
