February 28, 2024
Analysis, Geopolitics, Military & Security, NEWS, Op-ed, OPINION
The Biden administration’s diplomatic stance towards Iran has seemingly strengthened Iran’s position in the Middle East and its pursuit of nuclear capabilities. The significant advancements in Iran’s nuclear program, coupled with decreased transparency and heightened security motivations, suggest a plausible scenario where Iran might decide to develop a …
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February 26, 2024
Americas, Analysis, Asia Pacific, Economics, Geopolitics, Military & Security, NEWS, Op-ed, OPINION
The future of the United States’ engagement with the Asia-Pacific is at a critical juncture, particularly given the prospect of Donald Trump being re-elected as President. Despite currently facing legal challenges in the US Supreme Court over his eligibility to run, polls suggest he would likely triumph against …
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February 26, 2024
Analysis, Geopolitics, NEWS, Op-ed, OPINION, Russia-CIS
-While the European aid plan appears to have been resolved in some manner, it not only slowed down the process but also revealed that the aid was provided reluctantly out of a sense of obligation-The year 2024 poses significant challenges for Ukraine. The new aid earmarked for bolstering …
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February 26, 2024
Analysis, Geopolitics, Military & Security, NEWS, Op-ed, OPINION, Russia-CIS
Russia’s ‘special military operation’ causes $152B of direct damage in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022, the World Bank estimates– The UN forecasts that $486B will be needed for recovery and reconstruction as the war has devasted swathes of Ukraine and millions in need of aid– Russia has had …
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February 26, 2024
Analysis, Economics, Geopolitics, NEWS, Op-ed, OPINION
The US has increased its share in the global liquefied natural gas (LNG) trade from 1% in 2016 to 21% by the end of 2023 to become the world’s top LNG exporter. According to Anadolu’s compilation of data from CEDIGAZ, the International Information Center on Natural Gas, the …
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February 26, 2024
Analysis, Geopolitics, NEWS, OPINION
The reality has been clear for weeks, since former President Donald J. Trump trounced his opponents across the frozen fields and icy highways of Iowa. But his overwhelming victory on Saturday in South Carolina, where he defeated Nikki Haley in her home state, makes it all but official. …
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February 26, 2024
Briefs
Those who want to replace Biden on the 2024 ticket are glossing over the brutality and chaos that would ensure. On a debate stage in 2019, former Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro went there: suggesting that fellow presidential contender Joe Biden, who was 76 …
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February 26, 2024
Analysis, Geopolitics, NEWS, Op-ed, OPINION
We are at one of those junctures in the long path to the November general election in which Democratic fears — bordering on incipient panic — about Joe Biden’s reelection prospects have flared up. The most recent incendiary material was the offhand comment by Republican special counsel Robert …
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February 26, 2024
Analysis, Geopolitics, Middle East, Military & Security, NEWS, Op-ed, OPINION
“What if?” That is the much-hoped-for question now pinballing within the minds of certain politicians and staff members with regard to President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump. None may want to publicly admit to such eager anticipation, but some are not only thinking about the question, …
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