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Why Trump's war logic is the real danger
1+ hour ago (1476+ words) To the relief of the global citizen, US President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump escaped unhurt from what appears to have been an attempt on his life at the White House Correspondents" Association dinner. It is an added…...
4 ways the war in Iran has weakened the United States in the great power game
2+ week, 18+ hour ago (1188+ words) Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake." Napoleon Bonaparte's maxim'may well have been in the minds of policymakers in Moscow and Beijing these past weeks, as the U. S. war in Iran dragged on. And now that a 14-day…...
The march of folly hits a pause
2+ week, 6+ day ago (1400+ words) With palpable relief, the world learned that US President Donald Trump had stepped back from the brink and suspended a threatened four-hour bombing campaign against Iran to send it back to the "stone age." For now, at least, catastrophe has…...
Why Trump and Netanyahu may be losing their grip
4+ week, 1+ day ago (1755+ words) Going by what is available in the public domain, including the mixed signals coming out of Washington, it is reasonable to argue that US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may be starting to lose the war…...
Middle East war exposes limits of military power, global economic stability
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (1498+ words) Contemplating the war of choice initiated by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a conflict he has been dreaming about and preparing for nearly forty years, with the green signal from US President Donald Trump, who joined with alacrity, it is…...
India monitors risks to citizens, trade and shipping as Middle East war rages
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (855+ words) India on Wednesday, 11 March, called for an early end to the escalating conflict in West Asia and said authorities are closely assessing its potential impact on Indian citizens, maritime trade and energy supply routes that pass through the region. "We…...