President Trump, it appears, intends to ‘go nuclear’ against China, against Iran – and (who knows), perhaps Germany too.
At least it is clear; it’s explicit. The “We’re America, Bitch” formulation by an American official strips away the humbug of soft power. It’s not about ‘democracy’ or
Like him or hate him, President Trump has played a major part, if only by saying the unsayable.
The beginning of the end of the Bilderberg/Soros vision is in sight. The Old Order will cling on, even to the last of its fingernails. The Bilderberg vision is the notion of multi-cultural, international cosmopolitanism that surpasses old-time nationalism; heralding the end of frontiers; and leading toward a US-led, ‘technocratic’, global economic
The radical utilitarianism evident when Trump says that Jong Un will be “safer, happier and richer” if he accepts Trump’s ultimatum reflects precisely the shallow materialism, on which the global political tide has turned
The commemorative medal had already been cast and published. It depicts profiles of Trump and Jong Un, facing each other, at the 12th June historic meeting - at which Jong Un was supposed to disavow and discard his nuclear armament, irreversibly, and then to accept Trump’s gracious benediction. The meeting now is moot (and, since drafting, has been
Contrary to mainstream presentation, Trump’s ‘war’ on Iran has much wider geopolitical ramifications than just a deepening of Iran-Israeli tensions. We will witness further ‘unintended consequences’ for the US, in the weeks ahead.
Nahum Barnea writing in Yedioth Ahronoth sets out, plainly enough, the gamble underway between Israel and Iran (and to which Trump is willing accessory): In the wake of the US exit from JCPOA, Trump will threaten a rain of ‘fire and fury’ onto Tehran, should the latter attack Israel directly, whilst Putin is expected to restrain Iran from attacking
Powerful forces are arising in parts of the Middle East that are no longer sympathetic to western ‘priorities’ nor are they particularly sympathetic to Israeli proxy-hegemony, which they see as disruptive of regional stability.
As Israelis and Palestinians reach demographic parity, the question of what type of state Israel will be is no longer theoretical.
A recent cluster of unrelated events is bringing Israel to a point of inflection; or at least, to a moment of deep almost existential reflection - on this, the seventieth anniversary of its founding. The depth of this quite anxious introspection became explicit in a
The message is clear: Israel gets Russia’s limited security guarantees but loses its freedom of action.
Israel is climbing up a high horse, Alex Fishman (the veteran Israeli Defence Correspondent) wrote in the Hebrew daily, Yedioth Ahronoth, last month, “and is approaching with giant steps a ‘war of choice': Without mincing words, it’s an initiated war in Lebanon.” In Fishman’s article, he notes: Classical deterrence is when you
