By: Dennis Ross*
Much remains uncertain about the Trump administration and its policies and priorities in national security. For any new administration, it takes time to get a clear picture of…
[caption id="attachment_55252658" align="aligncenter" width="2491"] Hassan Nasrallah, the head of Lebanon's militant Shiite Muslim movement Hezbollah, speaks during a ceremony on the eve of the tenth…
[caption id="attachment_55252559" align="alignnone" width="1024"] UNITED STATES – JANUARY 17: Dennis Ross, a counselor at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and special Middle East envoy…
[caption id="attachment_55252652" align="alignnone" width="1024"] French prime minister Jacques Chirac (C) shakes hands with Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak (L), along with Egyptian Prime minister…
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By Maia Otarashvili*
Throughout 2016 Russia made…
A short film on YouTube revealing similarities between terrorism and organized crime has won attention across the Arab world and the West. Titled “Outside the Box,” it shows how techniques used…
[caption id="attachment_55252591" align="aligncenter" width="5760"] GERMANY, BONN - DECEMBER 13: World Policy - Symbol photo with the masks of Donald Trump and the Russian President Vladimir Putin on…
[caption id="attachment_55252559" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] UNITED STATES – JANUARY 17: Dennis Ross, a counselor at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and special Middle East envoy…
[caption id="attachment_55252530" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 18: United States Secretary of State John F. Kerry speaks on stage during the 2016 Social Good Summit held…
[caption id="attachment_55252515" align="aligncenter" width="645"] Ruins of the Argentinian Jewish community center in Buenos Aires (AMIA) following the 1994 suicide bomb attack.[/caption]
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Military strategists have long warned that war should be waged only if those waging it know what they want to achieve. Herein lies a problem: Washington's war aims in Iran are incoherent.
Tehran isn't likely to easily fold if/when Trump attacks. This means that the longer a military confrontation drags out, the more untenable Washington's position becomes.
The conflict has forced Russia to scale back its global footprint and NATO to boost its defence spending. Meanwhile, China and Middle powers have emerged as key beneficiaries.
Natural resources like solar, wind, and water are set to provide 36% of global electricity production this year. Even for sceptics like Donald Trump, the trends are unmistakable.
Some point to his possible links to Mossad through his associate Ghislaine Maxwell, whose father was a known Israeli spy, and assert that he blackmailed powerful figures to exert influence
Al Majalla - London
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