It’s looking more likely that neither the US nor the rest of the Western world will do much to punish the world’s most important oil exporter, which can “weaponize” the oil market seemingly on a whim.
After ditching a treaty with Iran to rebuff an ICJ sanctions ruling, Bolton announces review of international agreements to prevent future court decisions.
Amid mounting concerns about possible war with Iran after the Trump administration ditched a decades-old bilateral treaty in response to an International Court of Justice (ICJ)
Mike Pompeo’s fingerprints are all over Trump’s new Syria policy, including the Washington Post’s main source for details on the changes, James Jeffrey, Pompeo’s “representative for Syria engagement.”
WASHINGTON -- Despite his having expressed his desire to get U.S. troops out of Syria only months ago,
The US-Iran relationship took a nosedive after Iran threatened to block the Strait of Hormuz in early July. President Trump told the Iranian leadership in a tweet that he would respond with force if Tehran’s hostile anti-US rhetoric did not stop.
According to ABC, the US is going to strike Iran’s nuclear facilities. An operation may start as early as next month. The UK and Australia will participate in intelligence efforts, such as identifying
With top Iranian officials condemning Trump’s words as “psychological warfare,” Iran doubled down on its refusal to bow to U.S. pressure by unveiling a new mass production line of medium-range air-to-air missiles just hours after Trump’s tweet.
WASHINGTON – On Monday, Iranian officials overwhelmingly rejected recent threats from U.S. President Donald Trump, who had warned Iran via Twitter that the country would “suffer consequences the likes of which few throughout history have ever suffered before” were it to “threaten” the United States. With top Iranian officials condemning Trump’s
Mike Pompeo’s remarks during a recent trip to Afghanistan suggest the promotion peace talks with the Taliban disguise a new approach, one which is set to formalize the U.S.’ nearly two-decades-long occupation of the country.
KABUL – During an unannounced visit to Afghanistan on Monday, a brief speech by Mike Pompeo betrayed what appears to be a major shift in U.S. policy towards the war in Afghanistan, the longest war in American history. Though the
It’s not far-fetched to consider ‘The Art of the Deal’ applied to North Korea’s allegedly vast rare earth resources.
This may not be about condos on North Korean beaches after all. Arguably, the heart of the matter in the Trump administration’s embrace of Kim Jong-un has everything to do with one of the largest deposits of rare earth elements
