This past weekend’s attack on Saudi Arabia’s oil refineries has deepened tensions in the region. In response to their on-going war with the Saudis, the Houthi rebels of Yemen have announced responsibility. But it sounds as though no one is...
Following the dismissal of John Bolton last week, President Trump has appointed his new Security Advisor today – his fourth in twenty months. It raises questions not only in terms of strategies but on the degree of influence a Trump...
No laser bolts; no starships slaloming asteroids; no infantrymen trading high-energy fire. Just 350 demurely dressed individuals crowded into a few Alabama conference rooms. That’s what space conflict looks like. But don’t let the Schriever Wargame’s austere image fool you...
Maverick technology mastermind, or serpentine subordinate of the Chinese state? Ren Zhengfei, founder of Huawei, splits opinion. He’s grown the telecom firm to a $100bn behemoth, but his ties to the Communist Party are clear, and he – like any...
Jason Greenblatt, US special envoy to the Middle East, announced he will retire at the end fo the month. He revealed his intentions on Sept. 5 and while doing so, explained that the timing of his departure lines up with...
As the world watches in fascinated horror at America’s repeated mass shootings, President Donald Trump makes noise about tougher gun controls, then subsides into silence, fearing the loss of financial and political support of the powerful National Rifle Association (NRA)....
After US President Donald Trump fired his national security advisor, John Bolton on Sept.10th, the discussion immediately turned to the potential candidates who might serve as his replacement. Bolton, unabashed war-hawk, quickly became one of Trump’s closest advisors on vital...
There is little justice amid America’s spiralling opioid crisis. Drug companies get rich, addicts die. For the devastated families left behind, there’s scant hope of recourse, just an unending blame-game defined by a single question: who led their loved one...
On Wednesday, Sept. 4, the United Nations published a report saying that the United States, the United Kingdom, Iran and France – among other countries – may be complicit in war crimes by backing the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen with...
John Bolton, Donald Trump’s former national security adviser, is the 45th person to be sacked from the President’s administration, which is renowned for its high turnover of staff. The two disagreed on how to tackle Iran and North Korea, with...