In the last week of June 2019, as this article was being written, tensions between the U.S. and Iranian governments escalated sharply. On June 20, 2019, in response to aggressive U.S. actions, including the mobilization of troops, naval forces,...
It has been disappointing to see the trend of reportage and commentary
over the US-Iran confrontation, which has the potential to escalate into a war,
with frightful implications for Iran, the Gulf region, India, the US and the
world economy. It was...
On 30th
June 2019 Donald Trump became the first serving U.S. President to enter North
Korea that it has not officially recognised as a sovereign state and with which
U.S. still continues to be technically at war since early 1950s.
Comparisons are bound...
Traditional diplomacy is being given a
makeover – at least where it is not being abolished altogether and being
replaced by a replica of The Apprentice. US President Donald Trump’s seizure of
the art has been violent and molesting. Had Roman emperors had...
Democrats back Trump’s massive “World War III” military budge
By Andre Damon
For the third year in a row, the Democrats are voting for a massive increase in military spending, to put...
A Salvadoran father and daughter who drowned while attempting to seek asylum in the United States are the latest victims of a policy that has cost the lives and seriously affected the health of hundreds of people, most of...
Who was not rightly moved by the photograph of a Salvadoran father and his daughter drowned and laying on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande River?The father, Óscar Martínez Ramírez, was only 25 years old and his daughter,...
The plight of refugees across the world continues to be as disheartening as it has been over decades. Even as nations and international institutions continue to acknowledge and honour the courage, determination and strength of the millions of displaced...
The bizarre decisions and events over a 48-hour period
between the United States and Iran outlined the dangerous times that we are
confronting and point to Donald Trump as the most dangerous aspect of
all. Iran is a problem for U.S. interests,...
When Michael Rubin at the American Enterprise Institute argued in an article
in the National Interest last week that the ‘maximum pressure’ policy
of the Trump administration against Iran must be maintained despite the
dangerous brinkmanship at the Strait...
