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Israeli shift in military tactics threatens to be a double-edged sword
US pressure on Israel to switch gears and focus on targetted precision strikes and killings, rather than indiscriminate bombing of the Gaza Strip, potentially...
Core issue need to be addressed for a sustainable peace in the Middle East
According to a press release by the US department of State:“Secretary Antony J. Blinken will travel to Istanbul, Türkiye; Crete, Greece; Amman, Jordan; Doha,...
“Wanting To Know Nothing of Truth”: The Origins of Trump-Inflicted Harms
"The enemy is the unphilosophical spirit which knows nothing and wants to know nothing of truth." -Karl Jaspers, Reason and Anti-Reason in our Time...
NYT: The U.S. is now isolated over Gaza
Days of intense negotiations enabled the Biden administration to avoid casting a veto at the United Nations Security Council in defense of Israel’s military...
The Gaza war is set to spill onto the streets of Western cities
The question is not if but when Gaza-related violence will spill onto the streets of European and American cities.
This week’s killing in Beirut of...
White House, Pentagon officials unaware for days defense secretary was hospitalized
Senior Biden administration leaders, top Pentagon officials and members of the U.S. Congress were unaware for days that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin had been...
How to predict (and prevent) the next ASAT test
Introduction: Two years ago, Russia downed one of its satellites with a ballistic missile, creating a cloud of over 1,700 debris fragments. In response,...
India-Russia ties get a makeover
The visit by External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar to Russia on December 24-29 presented an extraordinary spectacle reminiscent of the halcyon days of Indo-Soviet...
Supplying Weapons to Israel During the Gaza War
There have been all kinds of US presidents: liars (Bill Clinton comes to mind), corrupt (The Teapot Dome Scandal 1921-1923), girlfriend problems (Grover Cleveland...
BRICS: Definition, Meaning and Usage
From January 2024, Russia took over the baton of BRICS chairmanship dealing first with the appropriate description of BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and...