Geopolitics
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Great news: China preparing to seize Philippines-claimed island
Even more interesting times.
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Euphrates corridor: Jihadis, and territorial gains, metastasizing
Geographizing the fight.
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Fleeing the Gulf, aligning with Hezbollah and Iran
You thought Jimmy Carter was bad? Carter at least continued decades-old American policies – if on a sort of “less…
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Great news: Maritime lawlessness back in the Med
The Libyan navy reportedly fired on Sunday at a tanker that tried to enter a militia-held port in Eastern Libya…
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Chinese warship arrives off Syria
How many warships does it take to remove chemical weapons from Syria? One more this week than it took last…
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Missiles for Hezbollah; a dilemma for U.S., Saudis, Israel?
An interesting juncture is shaping up for three national policies: a juncture that will see its interactions played out on…
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The crown in the gutter: Saudis, Lebanon, and Middle Eastern realignment
The end of the year is a hard time to write about developing trends. There’s a lot to say, long-term…
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Taqiyya and Hudaybiyyah: The non-deal Iran ‘deal,’ Week 5
When we left our story last time, Iran hadn’t agreed to anything except further negotiation (if she felt like it),…
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Shocker: South Sudanese faction that shot at U.S. aircraft supplied by Iran, China
Three U.S. Osprey aircraft were hit by rebel fire in South Sudan on Saturday during an evacuation operation for American…
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Israeli security: ‘War war’ returns to the Middle East
One of the peculiar features of the Obama administration has been its apparent belief that it can maneuver against America’s…
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So, what they’re saying is: We skeptics were right about the Iran ‘deal’
A fresh lament has emerged in the languid saga of the non-deal Iran “deal.” Suddenly the spin is off the…
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Peace in our time: Belarus, missiles, and the revenge of the ‘Reset’
For whatever reason, peace is not busting out at all over. After months of coyness and denials from Belarusian president…
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Great news: U.S. has security plan for the West Bank!
One has to be sparing with exclamation points, but this one’s a lollapalooza. A dilly! A doozie. A big honkin’…
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Ukrainians not going quietly into that good night
It was a minor blip on the American radar screen when Ukraine’s president, Viktor Yanukovich, announced on 21 November –…
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U.S. airlines expected to comply with Chinese ADIZ rules
According to the State Department, the United States expects our airline carriers will comply with the ADIZ rules laid out…
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Iranian navy takes another big step outward
A couple of years ago, the Iranian navy announced it had deployed a submarine to the Red Sea as part…
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Bad tidings of sea and air space challenges
“History teaches that war begins when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap.” — Ronald Reagan It made the…
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The Geneva deal and triggers for Israeli action (Part 2)
This is Part 2 of a two-part post. Part 1 is here. The consequences of Iran getting the bomb are…
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The deal that will launch a thousand attack sorties? (Part 1)
This is Part 1 of a two-part post. Part 2 is here. It’s hard to overstate the concern with which…
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Russian navy: First port visit to Egypt (among others) in 21 years
Suddenly, even Vladimir Putin looks more attractive. He looks, at least, like he actually intends to fight radical Islamism –…
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Yet another reminder: Iran still closing in on bomb
So, who’s up for another round of graphs showing that Western diplomacy, sanctions, and technology have yet to out-maneuver Iran…
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Economy
Strange but true in the Far East
Now and then, it’s good to check in with the other side of the world. U.S. cabinet secretaries John Kerry…
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Russian navy promises ‘support’ to Nicaragua
… and other news from the brave new world In case you were wondering: no, the former-Soviet navy didn’t use…
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Obama’s Cuban missile crisis
What a coup it would be, for Team Obama to turn two weeks of dithering and squandering American credibility on…
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Syria: Now, the run-up to whatever ‘it’ will or won’t be
What the Senate Foreign Relations Committee has voted to authorize is a military operation not to exceed 90 days in…
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National Security
Yes, I think Assad did it
I’ve been hearing about an analysis from Yossef Bodansky, reportedly alluded to by Rush Limbaugh today, in which Bodansky suggests…
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Economy
Rock, hard place, Syria
Through his latest action, calling for a vote of Congress on a strike against the Assad regime – but not…
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Britain taking lead on Syria?
One of these days, the mainstream media will catch up with reality and start reporting things as they are. In…
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Obama on Syria: Low-quality 'jaw-jaw'
It being the silly season in Washington, there had to be a rumor of war. Well, a rumor of a…
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Egypt: This is big
One way to gauge the import of the conflict erupting in Egypt is by looking at the character of media…
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'Moderate' Rouhani misled West; sneaked in centrifuges?
There is a particularly interesting aspect to the video that has recently surfaced, in which Iran’s new president, Hassan Rouhani,…
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