Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said that his country had concluded its attacks on American forces and did not seek an escalation of war after launching more than 20 ballistic missiles at two military bases in Iraq. Although senior...
If war did escalate between the US and Iran, the greatest fear among many in the West is that Russia and China would collaborate with the latter, resulting in a devastating conflict. But fortunately for Washington, Beijing’s muted response to...
Trying desperately to buffer mounting tensions between America and Iran, Europe has sought to keep peace in the Middle East for years. Last week, those hopes were dashed. With his decision to assassinate General Qasem Soleimani, President Trump issues Tehran...
The killing of General Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran’s elite Quds force has sparked tensions in the Middle East as various Iranian leaders vowed revenge. The most chilling warning came from Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Hosseini Khamenei who said...
The growing and deadly tendency for American domestic terrorists to target members of various religions and their places of worship has reached a point where some parishioners are arming themselves before entering houses of God. While God and guns may...
On 29 December 2019, the heads of the US government gather at Mar-a-Lago, Donald Trump’s California villa. They have interrupted their Christmas holidays to meet with their commander in chief and, together, decide how to confront the revolts which, as...
John J. Mearsheimer, one of the most important and influential scholars of international relations in the world and a distinguished professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago, a famous exponent of the school of contemporary political realism, has...
A few minutes past midnight a plane from Syria lands in Baghdad, Iraq’s capital which, for the past few days, has been in a turmoil of protests. Onboard the aircraft are two key players of Iranian foreign policy: general Qassem...
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo defended the US drone strike against Iranian general and leader of the Quds Force (the Iranian military abroad), Qasem Soleimani, in Baghdad in order to prevent him from endangering American lives in the Middle...
Serving the Trump administration has given US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo a spotlight of his own, but many have speculated he could be considering a bid for the US Senate. Senator Pat Roberts, from Pompeo’s home state of Kansas,...