Analysis

Ted Galen Carpenter Tensions between Taiwan and the People’s Republic of China (PRC) are surging to an alarming extent. The latest indicator is the recent exchange of heated rhetoric between Gen. Wei Fenghe, China’s Minister of National Defense, and Taiwan’s Mainland Affairs Council, the Taiwanese government’s chief policymaking …

Dimitri Alexander Simes The growing economic ties between Moscow and Beijing could prompt the Kremlin to harden its stance towards Washington. While the trade war between Washington and Beijing continues to flare up, Chinese president Xi Jinping traveled to Russia this week for three days to attend the …

For the first time in the country’s history, the Israeli Prime Minister was unable to form a government. Today, the deadline for Benjamin Netanyahu to form the ruling coalition has expired. The Knesset, with 74 votes in favor and 45 against, voted for self-dissolution. Repeat elections will be …

IT IS GURILLA WARFARE. IS IT AN OTHER VIETNAM? OR A NEW AMERICAN – ISLAM WAR? HOW LONG IT TAKES?     HISTORICAL BACKGROUND —————————————————————————————— Christopher Columbus             Columbus’s signature                                        Columbus’s ships flag After five centuries, Columbus remains a mysterious and controversial figure …

Shehab Al Makahleh June 4, 2019 President of the Jordan-based Political Studies of the Middle East Center, Founder of the US-based Geostrategic and Media Center The public outrage seen in the Jordanian street has been growing louder, alongside the state’s failure to fight the country’s rampant administrative and …

By Andrew S. Erickson Gabe Collins It could provoke a response from Washington that Beijing does not want to see. As Washington and Beijing brace for a protracted trade war, Chinese sources increasingly discuss the potential for weaponizing the Middle Kingdom’s major mineral advantage: rare earth elements (REE). Some …

GIANCARLO ELIA VALORI   From the beginning, for Turkey the war in Syria has been a “domestic” problem – albeit not entirely so. For the West, it has been an opportunity to hurt a Russian ally, but it has failed, thus also making Syria become one of the …

GIANCARLO ELIA VALORI    The current situation in Libya is far from simple. In April 2019, Khalifa Haftar received from the new Russian envoy, Lev Dengov, the polite order not to reach Tripoli, which – however – is already surrounded from the South by the forces of the …

M. Al Sari and Nayef Al Sari Maybe the events of 11 September 2001 in U.S.A. beginnings, but definitely sharp turn off for American people and the whole world towards new stage at the beginning of new century. Few minutes before 9 AM ETD Tuesday 11 September 2001, …