The clock ticks to Israel’s reply
The panic attack in the crude oil market must have lit up Sleepy Joe’s phone with frantic calls from the Treasury as well as the Pentagon. The sudden spike unravelled…
Confrontation or coexistence?
WHILE there has been a recent flare-up in military tensions between the US and China in the Taiwan Strait, efforts have also been underway by officials of the two global…
Israel bent on genocide
Only the naïve could have imagined that Israel would continue the truce that allowed the exchange of some of the Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners. As soon as the week-long…
US military steps up Middle East surveillance as threats to troops grow
The US military is taking new steps to protect its troops in the Middle East as concerns mount about attacks by Iran-backed groups, and it is leaving open the possibility…
A shift in the Middle East
The recent Hamas attack on Israel has set off a chain reaction of events that promises to alter the geopolitical landscape of the Middle East and the world at large.…
The war goes on
The Nato member summit has just concluded in Vilnius, Lithuania. This was the first meeting since Finland was admitted to the alliance. After blocking the entry of Sweden, Turkey finally…
The long Ukraine war
Germany has finally decided to send its battle tanks, Leopard 2, to Ukraine. Earlier, the European country had remained neutral to avoid any escalation. This will provide a big boost…
War crimes
Abu Akleh’s killing in the Israeli-occupied West Bank was shocking, but hardly unusual. According to the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate, she was the 86th journalist to be killed while covering Israeli…
Is it geopolitical pressure?
This past weekend, the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) hosted the Shangri La Dialogue – the Asia security summit it hosts in Singapore each year and has been doing…
The US-China race
There has been little let up in the US-China tensions, this time on the perennial issue of Taiwan. During a meeting, which lasted nearly an hour, between Chinese Defence Minister…
