Yemen (Sputnik) – The United States is considering additional measures to support the Saudis in their assault on Iran-backed Houthi rebels in war-ravaged Yemen. Washington already provides intelligence and aerial refueling of combat aircraft to Saudi forces, but are now considering…
United States (NI) – Swallowing the lies – or ‘alternative facts’ – of populist politicians is having profound consequences. NJ Enfield takes a fresh look at a potent old tradition – and suggests a way forward. There is increasing alarm at the…
North Korea (FPIF) – Virtually every week, politicians and journalists and policy experts attempt the impossible: mind reading. Specifically, they want to know what’s going on inside one man’s mind. They want to know what Kim Jong Un is thinking and,…
Iran (Tasnim) – The director general of international affairs at the Iranian parliament slammed the recent US missile attack on a Syrian airfield, saying the move demonstrated that Washington still does not consider fighting the Daesh (ISIL or ISIS) terrorist group as…
United States (SCF) – There are signs that the United States administration is deepening its military involvement in armed conflicts abroad, indicating a military-first approach. With no loud statements made to attract public attention, the US military footprint in the Middle…
United States (SCF) – A meeting of the US-led anti-Islamic State coalition of 68 countries – the first meeting of the coalition since Donald Trump was elected US President – was held in Washington last week. It was announced that the…
Korea (FPIF) – Attacking North Korea now would undermine the very reason U.S. troops have been stationed on the peninsula for seven decades: to protect the South Korean people. “Let me be very clear: The policy of strategic patience has ended,”…
World (SCF) – One of the outcomes of populist electoral rebellions is that the people end up with the types of political leaders for whom they wish. But, as the old saying goes, «Be careful of what you wish for». From…
United States (Tasnim) – The United States will host a major meeting of the 68 members of the coalition fighting Daesh (also known as ISIL or ISIS) on March 22, the State Department said Thursday. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will…
United States (Sputnik) – WikiLeaks has released a vast archive of data detailing the hacking and eavesdropping tools used by the Central Intelligence Agency. Speaking to Radio Sputnik, Dr. Binoy Kampmark, a senior lecturer at RMIT University Melbourne, said that all…
Australia (NM) – Australia’s border regime has been in the press an awful lot of late. Lauded by fringe Neo-Nazis in Germany, in 2015 our former Prime Minister Tony Abbott told a London audience that Europe must adopt a policy of…
Canada (Tasnim) – Most of the hundreds of people streaming over the US border into Canada in recent weeks are asylum-seekers, coming from Syria, Yemen, Turkey or Sudan, according to the United Nations’ refugee point man in the country. In an…
Israel (GV) – On January 28, 2017, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tweeted his support for US President Donald Trump’s planned border wall with Mexico by making the following claim: President Trump is right. I built a wall along Israel's southern border. It stopped…
Russia (Tasnim) – Russia is categorically against the possible suspension of the New START (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty) and will insist on extension of the document, Viktor Ozerov, chairman of the defense committee in the Russian upper house of parliament, told…
World (FPIF) – While the far right is on the march globally, there are signs progressives are stirring from their slumber. Let’s hope that Donald Trump is the political version of syrup of ipecac. The American system has been sick to…