Will Lebanon’s collapse herald Hezbollah dominance or demise?
Hezbollah and Iran appear more discomforted and defensive than at any time in recent memory, faced as they are with intensifying sanctions, financial hardship,...
Hezbollah… the fall of the last ‘fig leaf’
With the verdict issued recently by the Netherlands-based Special Tribunal for Lebanon in the assassination case of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri in...
Why the U.S. military can't succeed in training foreign armies
It was big news last month when 7,000 U.S.-trained and -equipped Afghan security troops failed to defend the northern city of Kunduz against a...
U.S. economy slows sharply as oil and gas slump deepens
The U.S. economy eked out anaemic growth in the final three months of 2015, and the struggling performance of the oil and gas sector...
Why war crimes charges now extend to the destruction of ancient monuments
For the first time, the International Criminal Court in The Hague has opened war crimes proceedings against an Islamist militant accused of leading in...
Iran using US tensions to divert focus from virus crisis
Instead of concentrating on the public health crisis that the Iranian nation is facing, the theocratic establishment appears to be putting its focus on...
Why the U.S. may still have to go to war against Iran
Effective enforcement of the Iranian nuclear deal remains a conundrum. Enshrined in the agreement is "snapback" - the restoration of international economic sanctions against...
Pandemic challenges Europe’s sense of itself
COVID-19 has had a profound impact on how nations interact with each other. A pandemic is by definition global, and demands global responses; but...
Saudi Arabia turns oil weapon on Iran
Saudi Arabia's decision to scupper negotiations on a coordinated oil output freeze in Doha on Sunday seems to confirm a significant shift in the...
BDS extremists are playing into their enemies’ hands
By the time Hurricane Harvey ended its destruction of the Gulf of Mexico and the Texas coast in August, 75 people had lost their...
