I began writing this blog post about global hotspots three weeks ago assuming Hillary Clinton would be the next president of the United States. The Global Hotspots remain the same but how […]
Postscript 2, US Foreign Policy Post 2016 elections
This, the second postscript to US Foreign Policy Post 2016 Election underscores how unprepared, misdirected and dangerous US foreign Policy will be following the November 2016 elections. Democrats Clinton continues to wrap herself […]
US Foreign Policy, Post 2016 Elections
Looking ahead to post 2016 US elections it would be worthwhile to game the foreign policy scenarios, a Republican win with either Cruz or Trump; a Democrat victory with Clinton or […]
The Enemy Within
The US, the people and its congress, all fear Middle East migrants and a Parisian style attack with good reason. The bombing campaign in Syria and Iraq are fuelling widespread hatred […]
Finally, a Bi-partisan US Foreign Policy
The differences in US foreign policy between the Republicans and Democrats are becoming increasingly blurred. There are significantly different views on domestic issues but, in foreign policy, they seem almost in lock […]
Hello again, Libya!
As I wrote in my blog post of 1 August 2012, “Ongoing Arab Spring”, Libya is a ‘work in progress’. The role of the 120 independents has not been clearly defined and […]
China: Pivot to Syria
China is justifiably concerned about the US, its China bashing by the US congress and threats by a prospective US President, Romney to brand China a “currency manipulator“. More worrying and threatening […]
Syria a.k.a. Iraq
There was an excellent article outlining two possible scenarios for Syria on AP mobile news last week, neither of them good. To quote: “One scenario: a bloodbath as Syria’s majority Sunni population, […]
Israel-Iran Update
I refer to my blog of May 29, Election Game Changers, in which I wrote about the possibility of an Israeli (or US sanctioned) strike on Iran. Since then both Romney and […]
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