Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s insistence to go ahead with the controversial S-400 Russian missile deal has sent shockwaves throughout much of the Middle East, Gulf region, and all the way to Washington. Parts of the most sophisticated anti-aircraft and...
Behold his virtues and plaster him in praise, and you’ll likely go far with America’s Donald Trump. Drop a few home truths and less-than-complimentary remarks, however, and you can expect thumb-tapping fury like no other. Just ask the UK’s “wacky”...
On July 7th, 2019, Greek people elected a new prime minister, the leader of the New Democracy Party, Kyriakos Mitsotakis. Meanwhile, in the eastern Mediterranean, a second Turkish drillship, Yavuz, was sailing towards Cyprus to begin drilling for oil and...
The British Ambassador to the US, Sir Kim Darroch, resigned on Wednesday morning to everyone’s surprise. Theresa May said shortly in Parliament that Sir Kim’s departure was “a matter of deep regret” after the ambassador said it was “impossible” for...
Every year, the United States Congress must allocate money to the US Department of Defense in what is known as the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). These series of legislation provide funding for all aspects of the military and national...
“Demolish your home or we’ll do it for you.” This, in a nutshell, is the ultimatum that was given to the Syrian refugees living in camps in the village of Arsal, northeast of Beirut. Last week, the Lebanese army demolished...
The weekly cost of Britain’s EU membership has become one of the most controversial issues surrounding the Brexit debate. It was not that long ago that Tory leadership frontrunner Boris Johnson was sued by businessman Marcus Ball for the ‘misleading’...
The rift between the United States and Iran continues to escalate, as Tehran refuses to return to the nuclear stockpile threshold set in the 2016 Iranian nuclear agreement. Whereas fallout from the diplomatic breakdown had previously been limited to a...
A Royal Navy warship has escorted a British oil tanker out of the Persian Gulf as three Iranian vessels attempted to intercept it, according to the UK Ministry of Defence. The claim has been strongly denied by the Iranians. The...
In 2013, Philip Hammond, who was then Secretary of Defence, told Andrew Marr that if Cameron failed to secure any substantial changes during his negotiations with Brussels over Britain’s EU membership, then he would campaign to leave. By February 2016,...