To recover politically Biden and his team must do something kinetic that will be cheered on by the public, which means risky or particularly bold. The evacuation of Americans and at least some vulnerable Afghans from Kabul has ended without further mishap, though questions remain about who might have been left behind in the poorly…
President Joe Biden’s departure from Afghanistan was the right thing to do even if it was handled disastrously. And he now has the opportunity to do some other “right things” that are in some ways related to the recently concluded fiasco in Central Asia in that the White House for too long has believed that…
The only country in either BRICS or the SCO that has any realistic chance of positively influencing India is Russia, which has been the South Asian state’s special and privileged strategic partner for decades. This year’s BRICS Summit will be held virtually on 9 September while the SCO one is planned to take place in…
I give most of them the benefit of the doubt by assuming that it’s simply due to ignorance and not a lack of integrity, though I admittedly suspect that the latter possibility is what’s motivating some of them who I’ve concluded aren’t always truthful with their audience when discussing ‘ideologically sensitive’ subjects such as the…
Beijing has resolved that subjugation (opium or gaming addiction) will never be allowed to happen again, Alastair Crooke writes. The Scarlet Letter is the tale of Hester Prynne in Puritan 17th century America. The story begins after Hester gives birth to a child out of wedlock and refuses to name the father. As a result,…
The alternative would have likely seen living conditions drastically deteriorate, food and other types of riots breaking out, ISIS-K attacking plenty more ‘soft’ targets, and an intense domestic pressure campaign commencing to lobby Biden into at least forcefully breaking the Taliban’s blockade before withdrawing. US President Joe Biden did the right thing by allowing the…
