It is a strange version of Donald Trump who has flown to Japan. It is a long visit, four days, with the intention of reforging Washington-Japan relations, which are all the more crucial now that he has embarked on an...
The Washington Post wrote that Israel “might have to have a do-over” to enable the Government to lift itself out of its current predicament. This is the first logical step many politicians governing in a coalition take to secure a...
The US-China trade war is in danger of becoming a “clash of civilisations” with all the consequences. When Trump was elected he promised a stand-off with Beijing, and it has indeed been a clash, but one that has always kept...
Europe is not as its hardline pro-Europe supporters dreamt it. There is another Europe which has surfaced from these elections and which questions the entire structure which for years had been considered sturdy and permanent. And it is the European...
Jean Claude-Juncker’s tenure as President of the European Commission (EC) has been a memorable one. He has been captured on camera numerous times parading around drunk, thereby earning himself the nickname “Juncker the Drunker.” Despite his hilarity, his legacy is...
Greece was to emerge from the crisis to become the poster-boy of the European Union. Exit from the crisis would be the master-stroke whereby everyone would understand what Europe was, would see that a nation was exiting the debt crisis...
It’s November 8, 2016, and celebrations are already underway at Hillary Clinton’s election night party in Manhattan. Earlier in the evening, the New York Times reported Clinton had an 85 percent chance of winning. Supporters gathered under the glass ceiling...
A prison riot in Tajikistan leaves scores dead and the government blames it on Islamic State. As the possibility of political transition grows imminent in this remote but strategic Central Asian state, the government will likely amp up the threat...
Turkey has recently sent a drill ship (Fatih, “conqueror”), after announcing its willingness to conduct exploratory natural gas drilling, in an area of the Eastern Mediterranean that Cyprus considers to be part of its Exclusive Economic Zone. According to Cyprus...