A Diminished America Cannot Win In Ukraine
by Paolo von Schirach — WASHINGTON– Looking at the ongoing war in Ukraine, the most optimistic assessment is that...
Tag: US Foreign Policy
U.S. Surrender In Afghanistan
By Paolo von Schirach – WASHINGTON – The historic news is buried in short articles inside major newspapers. If...
North Korea Will Never Give Up Its Nuclear Weapons Kim presides over a semi-failed state with no economy. His nuclear arsenal is his only real asset
WASHINGTON – The sudden White House announcement about a May Summit meeting between US President Donald Trump and...
Will Washington Give Arms To Ukraine? The U.S. Government is reviewing options that would include giving the Ukrainians Javelin anti-tank missiles and more
WASHINGTON – Back in February 2014, right after a popular rebellion ousted pro-Russian President Viktor Yanucovych, this way taking...
Why Is Montenegro Joining NATO A Big Deal? A small country with practically no armed forces is now a symbol of the East-West divide
WASHINGTON – With the US Senate approving by a huge margin Montenegro entering NATO, the US-led security pact, (only...
The Obama Foreign Policy Record Hesitation and retreat mark Obama's eight year in office
WASHINGTON – The almost universally accepted narrative dished out daily by the serious, high brow U.S. media is that come...
NATO Is Indeed Obsolete Thee old Atlantic Alliance has no strategic rationale and very few military means
WASHINGTON – The Atlantic Alliance, or NATO, is an old security arrangement (founded in 1949) that no longer has...
Afghanistan Among The Most Corrupt Countries In The World This war-torn country tops the Transparency International Corruption list. Massive amounts of foreign aid made things worse
WASHINGTON – Remember Afghanistan? Yes, that sorry nation in Asia, sandwiched between Iran and Pakistan. Presidential candidate Barack Obama,...
Obama Will Not Fight ISIL This cancer will foster radicalism and terrorism throughout the region and beyond
WASHINGTON – The Obama administration Middle East policy can be summarized with this proposition: “Let’s do nothing, hoping nothing...
US Troops In Syria? A few Spcial Ops troops on the ground indicate nothing
WASHINGTON – What do we make of the announcement by the Obama administration about its decision to send about...