The EU Will Not Create Its Own Armed Forces
By Paolo von Schirach WASHINGTON – French president Emmanuel Macron said it right. In his speech at the Munich...
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Will NAFTA Be Fixed? Will negotiations produce an improved free trade area in North America?
WASHINGTON – It is not a bad idea to look at ways to improve NAFTA, the Free Trade Agreement...
America Cut Funds to Syrian Rebels CIA managed operation produced meager results, will come to an end
WASHINGTON – After the fall of Aleppo, I concluded that the Syrian opposition to Assad had been essentially defeated....
Emerging Markets Crisis Dragging Down The Global Economy Commodities prices collapse exposing trillions of dollars of bad debt. Negative ripple effects
WASHINGTON – Will emerging markets in crisis drag down the global economy? Probably not. But they have added and...
The West Is Impotent Regarding North Korea Kim Jong Un has atomic weapons; but he runs an impoverished country, with a decrepit economy
WASHINGTON – North Korea is at it again. Apparently dictator Kim Jong Un ordered another atomic test, claiming that...
Saudi Arabia’s Oil End Game It is not about America. It is really about Iran
WASHINGTON – More than a year ago, when it became obvious that massive increases in US oil production (thanks...
Fight Global Warming With Disruptive Innovation – Not Mandates
WASHINGTON – The Paris event on climate change will probably yield nothing really concrete. The fact is that, despite...
Oil Is King, For Now Renewable energy is not yet economically viable. But its day will come
WASHINGTON – In an interview with FORTUNE magazine, Chevron CEO John Watson argued that, whatever the oil prices wild...
NATO Reaffirms Its Unity and Resolve – Yet Defense Budgets Are In Free Fall The Atlantic Alliance has become a talking shop. Without real resources, military capabilities are shrinking. A military alliance with no real armies?
WASHINGTON – “ we will send an unmistakable message: Today and in the future,...
Newly Elected President Petro Poroshenko Should Recognize That Eastern Ukraine Is Lost The fight against the Moscow-funded separatsits is a losing proposition. All by itself, Kiev will never prevail; and the West will not help
WASHINGTON – Now Ukraine has a legitimate, elected president: Petro Poroshenko. A self-made wealthy industrialist, (chocolate is his sector), Poroshenko...