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*
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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*
Trump Cutting Palestinian Funds for Terror
Left: PA President Abbas Curses Trump: ‘May Your House Be Destroyed’ (Credit: Palestinian Media Watch) The Trump administration has denied reports it offered $5 billion to entice the Palestinian Authority to negotiate a new peace plan with … [Read more...] about Trump Cutting Palestinian Funds for Terror
Improving regional security by resetting US-Taiwan relations
Photo credit: Formosa EnglishNews The US should work with Taiwan and Taiwan's neighbors the same way it works with NATO at the operational level This is a summary of a presentation on September 13, at the Hudson Institute in Washington, DC. The US … [Read more...] about Improving regional security by resetting US-Taiwan relations
“Political Islam” and “Extremist” Terrorism
Seventeen years since al Qaeda terrorists used passenger airplanes to attack New York’s Twin Towers and the Pentagon, Western-style liberal democracies are failing to recognize the radical Islamist threat. While, as former President Obama reminds us, … [Read more...] about “Political Islam” and “Extremist” Terrorism
Russia’s massive military exercise with China aimed at Pacific leverage*
Left: Chinese servicemen and military equipment on the way to Vostok 2018 military exercises at Zabaikalsk unloading station. Photo: AFP/Evgeny Yepanchintsev/Sputnik Vostok 2018 – Russia’s massive military exercise starting next week and including … [Read more...] about Russia’s massive military exercise with China aimed at Pacific leverage*
“ISIS-like” Islamic teachings distributed in Toronto
Toronto's Mayor John Tory claimed the shooting attack in Toronto’s Greektown, on the evening of July 22, in which two people were severely injured 13 other people, is “evidence of a gun problem” in Toronto. “Guns are too readily available to too many … [Read more...] about “ISIS-like” Islamic teachings distributed in Toronto