The perspective about Hong Kong offered in this post is very different from that presented to the world by the American government and members of its Congress. The US congress supports any […]
Trump’s Global Hotspots
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 […]
Syria, The 21st Century Great Game
The Great Game once described the battle between the British and Russian Empire for supremacy in Central Asia in the 1800s. Today’s Syrian Great Game has multiple players who could develop the cold […]
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 […]
Terrorism and US Foreign Policy: Wrong Priorities, again
Once again the United States terrorist and foreign policy have the wrong priorities. This time it is how to protect the US homeland against ISIS. The rhetoric and military focus is on ISIS in […]
Endless Circle of Violence
Endless Circle of Violence Gun control in the USA is out of the question. In the UK and Australia, their people pressured the governments to take action but that commitment is lacking in […]
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 […]
An Endless Cycle of Violence
We seem to be locked into an endless cycle of ‘tit for tat’ violence – Israelis and Palestinians, Muslim extremists and the West. Every act by one engenders a violent response by […]
A Medley of Issues
Israel Netanyahu’s win did not come as a surprise but it does throw a spanner into the works and the US’s (and international) unrealistic expectation for a two state solution. As […]
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