Geopolitics

Until last summer, nothing could be done in Europe without Germany’s consent. The whole eurozone had to embark on a policy of austerity, reforms were imposed and at the height of the last Greek drama, Wolfgang Schäuble, the German finance minister, could even propose a Grexit. Being the …

Russian bombers have carried out 131 sorties and destroyed 237 ISIL and Nusra Front targets in Syria’s provinces of Hama, Latakia, Homs, Damascus, Aleppo and Raqqa over the past 48 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry said Monday. A Russian Su-25 fighter jet carried out an airstrike on an ISIL stronghold …

Ekaterina Blinova There is a real danger that US Special Forces deployed in Syria and embedded with the new Arab-Kurdish force will coordinate the tactics and strategy of the terrorists (also known as “moderate rebels”) on the ground, US geopolitical analyst Eric Draitser told Sputnik.  The US war …

Amid the instability and violence that have plagued the Arab and Muslim world in recent years, the international community is searching for a sustainable model of state-building in the region.  Among restive populations and civil strife, two pillars of peace and progress have emerged:  the United Arab Emirates …

By Beat Guldimann In the days leading up to the Canadian federal election 2015, pundits and pollsters had gotten the basic result right when they predicted that Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Party would defeat Stephen Harper’s Conservatives. What nobody saw coming was the landslide that got the Liberal Party …

Iran was invited to take part for the first time ever in international talks aimed at ending the civil war in Syria, US officials said Tuesday.  Iran has yet to respond to the invitation, which was extended by Russia. The next round of talks will take place Thursday in Vienna. The United States …

By THOMAS S. HARRINGTON The great danger of faking your ability to do something in the public square is that someone with an actual desire to the job you are pretending to do might come along and show you up. This is what has just happened to the US …

By Ryan Pikrell Conflict between a rising power and an established power is not inevitable as most realist scholars suggest. However, in every relationship, there is a tipping point or a point of no return, and China and the United States are rapidly approaching this point. As traditional …

From his first days as commander in chief, the drone has been President Barack Obama’s weapon of choice, used by the military and the CIA to hunt down and kill the people his administration has deemed — through secretive processes, without indictment or trial — worthy of execution. …