INF Treaty withdrawal The United States announced that it would suspend participation in The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF Treaty), planning to fully withdraw in six months. At the same time, the United States hopes to continue negotiations with Russia, Pompeo said. The document itself is of unlimited duration. At the same time, each of the participants has the right ...
Europe Yellow Vest Protests in France and the UK France’s Yellow Vest protests continued into the first month of the new year showing French society unrelenting rejection of the globalist policies imposed by President Macron. In addition, “yellow vest” style protests were held in the UK, with about 1000 people taking part in the January 12 demonstration. The organizers of ...
In September 2018, National Security Advisor John R. Bolton reportedly called on the ministry of defense to formulate an attack on Iran in response to a mortar attack on the American embassy in Basra, Iraq. Would the US actually be able to launch a direct attack on Iran? The White House has put forward three options for creating regime change ...
The European countries are almost competing with each other for the opportunity to take under their protection the Gülenists who fled from Turkey after the attempted coup d’etat on July 15. One gets the feeling that soon they will start organizing promotions to attract Gülen’s followers and grant them citizenship. After the failure of the coup d’etat some “prudent” members ...
The decision by US President Donald to pull American troops out of Syria has opened the path for a new process in Syrian conflict settlement. The active actors in the conflict are revising their policies and seeking to fortify their positions. Russian that has played an important role in the civil war in Syria and has supported the Assad regime ...
If you are not familiar with ancient Greek mythology, the phrase “global Minotaur” may seem a bit cryptic. Nonetheless, all players in the international arena who do not agree to submit to economic exploitation have become potential prey for this Minotaur. After targeting Mohammed Morsi in Egypt and Erdoğan in Turkey, the authorities of Venezuela have now caught its attention. ...
Coup attempt against Maduro In Venezuela, a pro-American opposition group tried to overthrow the government of President Nicolas Maduro. The United States supported oppositionist Juan Guaido, who called on Venezuelans to ignore the results of the presidential elections and recognize him as president, despite that he did not even run for the position. Mass actions in Venezuela began on January ...
On January 13, the FBI, without explanation, detained journalist and television presenter Marzieh Hashemi. The arrest of the 59-year-old Iranian mother and US citizen and the events that followed clearly demonstrate the duplicity of the United States and other Western countries. Despite being the first to invoke accusations of human rights abuses when their citizens are placed under arrest abroad, ...
The crisis in Venezuela can be explained in many ways and from different points of view, but little has been said about some of the fundamental issues related to geopolitics, natural resources and economics among some of the other issues intertwined in the conflict. Economic considerations are surely among the most central to the question. The Venezuelan economy currently depends ...
An increasing number of Palestinian and Israeli politicians and scholars believe that the two-state solution in Israel-Palestine is no longer an option, mostly because of Israel’s settlement policy in the occupied West Bank. The international community is increasingly more receptive to the idea of a shared country for Jews, Muslims and Christians in Israel-Palestine. Former US Vice President Joe Biden ...