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Trump should try on the velvet glove in dealing with Moscow

By Wesley Wark Every country in the world, Canada included, is scrambling to catch up to some breathtaking changes in the fundamental approach of the United States to global politics.…

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Birth of the inept Trump Doctrine?

By Tom Clifford There has been a lot of dutiful hand-wringing in the United States after Donald Trump's decision to bomb Syria. Many self-appointed strategists are happy to see the…

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Trump’s foreign policy muddle

By Brahma Chellaney U.S. President Donald Trump came to office vowing to end what he saw as China's free ride on trade and security issues that has allowed it to…

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What does Trump really want from SISI?

By Daniel Benaim On April 3, 74 days into Donald Trump's presidency, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-SISI will receive the White House welcome he sought in vain for three years…

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Answer ‘blows with blows’ if India plays dirty

China should not hesitate to answer "blows with blows" if India chooses to play dirty by allowing the Dalai Lama to visit Arunachal Pradesh, the Chinese official media said today.…

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America’s Yemen crisis is bigger than just Yemen

By Mohamed Zeeshan Long before the Trump administration launched missiles at an Assad regime air base in Syria and dropped the world's most lethal nonnuclear bomb in Afghanistan, it undertook…

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By whatever name, it is death

According to the UN, some 300,000 to 400,000 Iraqi civilians remain trapped in the Daesh-held Old City of Mosul By Michael Jansen Caught in the crossfire between Daesh defenders and…

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The Syria crisis has evolved into an int’l power struggle

By Robert G. Rabil No doubt, as reflected by many voices in Washington, DC corridors of power and media, the recent American cruise missile strikes against Syria's al-Shayrat Air Base…

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Contoursof a Russian – American ‘deal’ on Syria

By Raghida Dergham The bargaining for a potential Russian-American deal on Syria has started. It is without a putative “grand bargain” that would take into account Ukraine and Western sanctions…

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How far will the US go to tackle Daesh in Syria, Iraq and Libya?

By: Eli Lake Listening to his campaign rhetoric, the last thing you would expect Donald Trump to do as president would be to escalate a ground war in the Middle…

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