Japan recently cancelled the purchase of a key missile defense system from the United States. It is a testimony of Japan’s new approach to its defense policy – the most significant change since World War II. Japan’s Shifting Geopolitical Perspective...
The looming US troop removal from Germany is the result of Trump’s lack of geopolitical aptitude. Nonetheless, this culmination of a dramatic alienation between Washington and Berlin is not merely one-sided. Details of the Troop Drawdown US troops stationed in...
American President Donald Trump’s rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma last week should have marked a new chapter, namely the post-pandemic chapter. The successful defeat of the “invisible enemy”, “the plague” or – of more recent vintage – “Kung Flu,” as the...
John Bolton’s book the Room Where It Happened is making waves internationally. To date, a plethora of books on the Trump administration have been published — including by former government officials such as Sean Spicer and Sarah Sanders. The latter...
While Russia and the USA are currently discussing the extension of a New START agreement in Austria, China continues to build its military weaponry of the future, including one that is already in Russian possession. Unlike the Kremlin, however, hypersonic...
The USA and Russia are set to meet in Austria this week to discuss nuclear arms reductions. While President Donald Trump is sending his Special Presidential Envoy Marshall Billingslea, the Kremlin is sending its Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov. The...
Last week the UN Security Council, the only body in the United Nations that can issue legally binding resolutions for the 193 UN member states, elected new non-permanent members. For Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, the vote was yet another...
From 1813-1907 Russia and Great Britain were engaged in a political and diplomatic confrontation over Afghanistan and neighboring territories in Central and South Asia. The dispute between the two great powers is known as the Great Game. A similar dispute...
In May — the first month after the apogee of the Covid-19 pandemic, in which several countries lifted the lockdowns restrictions for many industries — more than 4,000 people tried to enter the European Union illegally. The statistics are according...
If you’ve been following US news in the past two weeks, you might think the COVID-19 pandemic is over. Far from it. Almost half of all states are now registering rising infection numbers, and new exit restrictions may be necessary...
