In a Naval Confrontation With Iran, Great Britain Can Find Neither Ships nor Friends

In a Naval Confrontation With Iran, Great Britain Can Find Neither Ships nor Friends

It was a knife-twist that originated in Florida, but it was felt across the Atlantic. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, appearing Monday on Fox News via a live feed from the Veterans of Foreign Wars convention in Orlando, was asked by anchor Brian Kilmeade what the United States’ role was in helping the United…

The UAE Will Stay in Yemen, But Won’t Follow the Saudis Into a War with Iran

The UAE Will Stay in Yemen, But Won’t Follow the Saudis Into a War with Iran

Current events in the Gulf and Arabian Peninsula set the stage for a split between Riyadh and Abu Dhabi with Iran and Yemen taking center stage. UAE seems “over” its war in Yemen and ready to divert resources to other theatres, but its occupation of Yemen remains. Abu Dhabi is not interested in escalating US-Saudi…

The Cyprus Dispute

The Cyprus Dispute

Cyprus is an island of only 10,000 square kilometers. Being such a small country the Cypriots value every inch of their land more than most countries do. Shockingly, the Cypriot Government controls only just over half the landmass of Cyprus. Since time immemorial Cyprus has been inhabited by Greeks. Hellenistic culture flourished there in prehistoric…

The Kremlin’s “Balancing Act”: Russia’s Ties with both Israel and Iran

The Kremlin’s “Balancing Act”: Russia’s Ties with both Israel and Iran

The Senior Advisor of the Foreign Policy Planning Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation denied that there ever was a so-called “Russia-Shia axis” like Alt-Media claimed for years and reminded the prestigious audience at Russia’s top think tank that her country militarily cooperates with both the Syrian armed opposition and…