Geopolitics

By Shehab Ali With June 5th marking the first anniversary of the Islamic State’s invasion into Iraq, there’s no time like now to assess unfolding events and developments that have taken place over the last 365 days. That iconic image of all that desert sand getting kicked up by …

The shaky truce in Ukraine has given NATO ample opportunities to spread the New Cold War beyond Eastern Europe and into new theaters, one of which has been the greater Black Sea region. The recent destabilizations in Macedonia and Moldova that endanger Russian interests there can be directly …

By Paul Pillar The New York Times hailed Israel’s ingenuity in addressing its water needs, but played down how Israel exploits its military domination to divert water away from Palestinians and to Israelis, as ex-CIA analyst Paul R. Pillar explains. Israel is the object of widespread admiration for its …

By Maria Dubovikova The confrontation between Russia and the West that started over the Ukrainian crisis, having led to mutual sanctions and blacklists, seems to be calming down. Both sides have shown readiness for dialogue and we seemed on the edge of a thaw in relations. However, it …

U.S. President Barack Obama arrived in southern Germany early Sunday for a G7 summit that is set to be overshadowed by tensions over Greece’s debt crisis and flaring violence in Ukraine. Before the start of the summit in the Bavarian Alps Obama said that leaders would discuss how …

Why is China leading in the race for renewable energy? In terms of a detective novel, China has both motive and means to build a new green growth system. It has abundant motives due to the appalling pollution problems it has created in over three decades of unbridled …

Belarus is holding a military exercise not far from its border with Ukraine, which is aimed at tightening border controls and improving its territorial defense.  Belarus is staging military drills aimed at testing the reinforcement systems of its border control and territorial defense, according to the country’s Defense Ministry. © SPUTNIK/ …

Kabul would welcome the admission of Afghanistan and its neighbors – Pakistan, India and Iran – to the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), Afghan Foreign Minister Salahuddin Rabbani told Sputnik on Thursday. MOSCOW (Sputnik) — At the moment, Afghanistan alongside Iran, India, Pakistan and Mongolia, has observer status in the SCO. “We …

The troubles in the Middle East sometimes seem to multiply by the minute as the conflict-ridden region grapples with terrorism and violence that Xinhua blamed on Obama’s “crippled” Middle Eastern policy.  “The Islamic State (IS) is gaining an ever stronger foothold that straddles both Iraq and Syria, and …