The End Of Iraq Even if ISIL will be defeated, impossible to keep the country together WASHINGTON – Let’s think of Iraq 10 years from now. Based on current developments, it is not clear that...
“Degrade and Ultimately Destroy ISIL”? ISIL is winning and the US President lost any credibility WASHINGTON – “Our objective is clear: We will degrade, and ultimately destroy, ISIL through a comprehensive and sustained counter-terrorism...
China’s Victory In The South China Sea By occupying various islands, China extended its territorial waters and exclusive economic zone WASHINGTON – China’s “peaceful rise” recently took a new, openly aggressive turn. Without any hesitation, China now claims sovereignty over the...
Tsipras Goes To Moscow The Greek Prime Minister wants us to know that he looks at Vladimir Putin as a good friend WASHINGTON – Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras thought that it was a good idea to pay a visit to...
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...
Kissinger And Shultz Issue Strong Warning About Iran Nuclear Deal The agreement will leave Iran's facilities intact. Difficult to verify compliance. What will Saudi Arabia do? WASHINGTON – If you want a detailed but highly readable critique of Obama’s Iran’s nuclear deal, I strongly encourage...
April 4th Was NATO’s Anniversary This date marks the beginning of the most extarordinary security and political alliance in modern history. But nobody paid any attention WASHINGTON – April 4th 2015 came and went. Nobody paid any attention to this date. And why should they?...
Iran: Diplomacy Could Succeed Only If Backed By The Threat Of An Attack Without any threat to coerce via military means, negotiations with a hostile power are doomed to fail WASHINGTON – Optimistic commentators talking about the upcoming nuclear deal with Iran stress the importance of allowing “diplomacy” to deliver its...
The Bergdahl Release Fiasco This US soldier is now charged with desertion. Yet the White House stated that he had served with "honor and distinction" WASHINGTON – It is now official that Sgt. Bowe Bergdhal, held prisoner by the Taliban for many years, has...
How Big A Threat From Jihadist Organizations? Too much hype coming from the media. There is danger; but it is not that big WASHINGTON – The tricky part of any asymmetric warfare threat –now I am referring to the anti-Western Jihadist organizations...