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• Is Biden Ready For A New Era Of Conflict With Russia?

  Published 29 June 2021 | viewed 2,973 times

  The failure of the new U.S. Biden Administration to respond with resolve and dexterity to the first Russian “tests” of it in March-April 2021 guaranteed…

• What’s Behind The Azerbaijan-Armenia Conflict?

  Published 14 October 2020 | viewed 8,125 times

  By October 2020, Turkey seemed closer than at any time since the Cold War to unambiguous and overt hostilities with Russia. But, then, Turkey was…

• Why The Iran-China Oil Alliance Is So Important

  Published 30 July 2020 | viewed 18,541 times

  The steady rise in U.S. strategic competition with the People’s Republic of China (PRC) over trade and the South China Sea already has so many…

• Russia Is Quickly Becoming The Most Dominant Force In Energy

  Published 01 June 2020 | viewed 31,887 times

  Moscow’s oil pricing dispute with the Government of Saudi Arabia, a domestic U.S. oil boom, and a fall in global oil demand since the COVID19…

• Are U.S.-Saudi Relations Turning Sour?

  Published 20 March 2017 | viewed 19,026 times

  Time will tell, but cries of “victory in Washington” by Saudi Arabian Deputy Crown Prince and Defense Minister Mohammed bin Salman seemed hollow and perhaps…

• Russia Is Reportedly Set To Release Clinton's Intercepted Emails

  Published 13 June 2016 | viewed 310,281 times

  Reliable intelligence sources in the West have indicated that warnings had been received that the Russian Government could in the near future release the text…

• Jordan Moves Closer To Russia

  Published 28 October 2015 | viewed 13,651 times

  On October 23, 2015, the Government of Jordan signed a new agreement with Russia on counter-terrorism cooperation. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov noted: “Under an…

• The 8 Major Geopolitical Catalysts Of 2015

  Published 22 January 2015 | viewed 25,131 times

  Uncertainty about the immediate future seems to permeate most societies around the world. Few look far beyond the immediate. But what is now being put…

• Qatar Changes its Public Relations, Not its Strategies

  Published 10 January 2015 | viewed 7,441 times

  There was speculation in late 2014 that Qatar had begun to take a new strategic line, mending relations with Egypt, and that this could also…

• The Paris Jihad, Ready or Not, Has Begun, and Will Widen

  Published 09 January 2015 | viewed 11,840 times

  “The future must not belong to those who slander the Prophet of Islam.”— Barack Hussein Obama (address to the United Nations General Assembly, September 2012)…

• Libya May Be Focus Of Major Rift Between US And Regional Allies

  Published 28 August 2014 | viewed 27,047 times

  It had become clear by late August 2014 that Libya could no longer be seen as a unified state; at best it was in two…

• Expect Potentially Pivotal Shift in Libyan Situation

  Published 03 June 2014 | viewed 6,712 times

  Primary sources in Benghazi, Libya, inform that an invitation is being sent by the leadership of the Senussiyyah movement — the biggest Muslim sect in…

• China Hopes to Dominate Africa by Boosting Trade Via Indian Ocean

  Published 15 October 2013 | viewed 18,478 times

  People’s Republic of China (PRC) officials are becoming increasingly apprehensive about the rise in the use of the westward corridor to export oil, diamonds, and…

• Can Abe Revive Japan?

  Published 20 July 2013 | viewed 9,874 times

  Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s determination to revive Japan’s global influence faces considerable constraints, not least of which is the country’s persistent economic malaise. Although Abe…

• Sudan Attacks after Machar’s Falied Diplomatic Mission

  Published 08 July 2013 | viewed 9,179 times

  With input from Juba, Khartoum, and London resources. South Sudan Vice-President Riek Machar has begun escalating his attacks against Pres. Salva Kiir in order to…

• Colombia: Will Negotiations Work This Time?

  Published 01 October 2012 | viewed 8,326 times

  Pres. Juan Manuel Santos Calderón of Colombia is working toward the start of negotiations to end the protracted civil war with FARC and to essentially…

• Greece's New Centrality - and Dilemmas - in Energy

  Published 23 June 2012 | viewed 15,900 times

  Greece began assuming a new geopolitical significance in May and June 2012 as the “energy war” — or “pipeline war” — between US and Russian…

• Transitions: France, India, Iraq, Jordan, Madagascar

  Published 26 November 2010 | viewed 5,744 times

  France: Pres. Nicolas Sarkozy reshuffled the French Cabinet on November 14, 2010, to prepare for the 2012 Presidential Elections. He added more conservatives to the…

• Pakistan Defense Reorganization: Positive, Stabilizing Move to Enable Security After a Coalition Withdrawal

  Published 01 August 2010 | viewed 5,547 times

  The extension on July 22, 2010, by Pakistan Prime Minister Raza Yousuf Gilani, of the service of Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Gen. Ashfaq Parvez…

• Somaliland Predictions Bearing Out: al-Shabaab Terrorist Group Empowered; Ethiopia May React

  Published 30 July 2010 | viewed 21,709 times

  The Republic of Somaliland’s incoming President, Ahmed Mohamed Silanyo, on July 28, 2010, announced his new Cabinet, but the formation of the Government has done…