Diplomats speaking with the Financial Times said Saudi Arabia has been discussing developing a non-aggression pact among Gulf Arab states and Iran. Two Western diplomats told FT that the framework for the pact would resemble the 1970s Helsinki Process. The 1975...
During a meeting with President Donald Trump in China on Thursday, President Xi Jinping warned of the possibility of war over Taiwan. According to a recounting of the meeting between the two leaders, Xi said that if the Taiwan issue is handled correctly, then the...
Iranian forces boarded a ship near the UAE. The vessel potentially contained a cache of weapons. On Thursday, armed men boarded a ship near the United Arab Emirates, and it sailed to Iranian waters. The vessel has been identified as the Honduras-flagged Hui Chuan....
It's been quite some time since I have responded to "mail" so I have curated five questions to address:. What should the USAF do now? Is fraud a form of irregular warfare? What should the DoW do with 1.5 trillion dollars? References: Unauthorized History of the...
When President Donald Trump arrived in Beijing yesterday for his summit with Xi Jinping, much of the American foreign policy establishment framed the meeting through the familiar lens of “great power competition.” Analysts will scrutinize every handshake, communiqué,...
Your phone buzzing with political ads the moment you step into a church parking lot sounds like satire, but the documents and contracts point to something very real. We sit down with Nick Cleveland-Stout of the Quincy Institute (and a writer at Drop Site News) to...
The US Intelligence community estimates that Iran maintains nearly all its missiles used to control the Strait of Hormuz. President Donald Trump has claimed that the Iranian military is nearly defeated. Senior officials speaking with The New York Times are alarmed...
Saudi Arabia conducted airstrikes against Shiite militias with ties to Iran. According to Reuters, the Saudi attacks on Kataib Hezbollah occurred around April 7. Kuwait also launched rockets at Shiite militants in Iraq on at least two occasions. Iran responded to the...
Washington and Moscow both enthusiastically celebrated the victory of the Allied “Grand Alliance” over the fascist powers at the end of World War II. Since then, however, the two capitals have typically been on opposite sides of numerous nasty geostrategic struggles...
The Kremlin said some progress has been made toward ending the war in Ukraine and that Russia would welcome President Donald Trump's assistance in mediating talks. During Russia’s Victory Day celebrations on Saturday, Russian President Vladimir Putin indicated...
