The chaos of the region makes predictions difficult but Israel could become a key strategic ally for Gulf states. The one thing about which we know nothing is the future. That being the case any non-conditional prediction about the future is not … [Read more...] about A Seismic Shift is Happening in the Middle East*
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A National Risk Center: Does It Lower The Danger?
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced on September 1, 2018, that it has created a National Risk Management Center to address strategic risks to the nation’s infrastructure. Earlier this month, DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said the use … [Read more...] about A National Risk Center: Does It Lower The Danger?
US Could Skirt Russian Sanctions to Fight Wildfires*
Left: The Russian Beriev Be-200 releases water to fight fires in Taganrog Russia. Photo: iStock. With thousands of wildfires hitting the US every year, the solution to limit the devastation could be the best firefighting aircraf available - the … [Read more...] about US Could Skirt Russian Sanctions to Fight Wildfires*
Trudeau’s Most Valuable Political Asset – Mohamad Fakih
The forty-seven years old Mohamad Abdallah Fakih (محمد عبدالله فقيه) is the founder and CEO of Paramount Fine Foods, a Middle Eastern restaurants and food chain operating in Canada, USA (Florida, New York), UK (London - Paddington, Brixton and … [Read more...] about Trudeau’s Most Valuable Political Asset – Mohamad Fakih
George Soros’s “Victimhood”
Anti-Semitism should always be condemned. But it is somewhat ironic that a man who is Jewish by birth, yet proud for growing up in an “anti-Semitic home,” and for joining a Hungarian Nazi collaborator (a friend of his father), as he identified Jewish … [Read more...] about George Soros’s “Victimhood”
Erdogan a threat to US effort to contain Iran*
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is ratcheting up the pressure on Saudi Arabia for the now-admitted killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi – a strategy that threatens the US effort to contain Iran. Instead of letting the United States and Saudi … [Read more...] about Erdogan a threat to US effort to contain Iran*
Christians Under Fire*
Left: "A crane winches a large red cross from one of three domes on the Guantou church in Wenzhou. The Chinese government has ordered the demolition of multiple churches around the country." Credit: Gospal Herlad Although Andrew Brunson called on … [Read more...] about Christians Under Fire*
Bitcoin – A Clear and Present Danger*
With all the multiple conflicts, large and small, raging throughout the world today — proliferating natural disasters; spreading ethnic, racial, religious, political and gender confrontations and hatreds; an unprecedented degree of concentration of … [Read more...] about Bitcoin – A Clear and Present Danger*
The S-300 delivery to Syria is a threat to Israel and Russia*
Left: Russian Defense Ministry personnel unload S-300 air defense missile systems from a transport plane at the Khmeimim air base in the south-east of the city of Latakia, Syria. Photo: AFP/Russian Defense Ministry. The rear doors of the huge nearly … [Read more...] about The S-300 delivery to Syria is a threat to Israel and Russia*
The President’s UN speech*
While the United Nations remains crippled in so many ways as an effective international organization, it is the main forum for the expression of foreign policy issues among the nations. And in a detailed and outspoken message, President Trump has … [Read more...] about The President’s UN speech*