Category Archives: Russia

Did Trump Abandon Taiwan?

In his Fox News Interview after his return from China, President Trump said, “When you look at the odds, China is very, very powerful, big country. That’s a very small island. Think of it, it’s 59 miles away. We’re 9500 … Continue reading

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A Pincer Movement?

German state-funded television network and public service international broadcaster Deutsche Welle (DW) reported the other day that Ukraine has declared a state of emergency as Russia is relentlessly targeting its infrastructure in the coldest winter since Russia’s full invasion in … Continue reading

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Anschluss

Annexation of Crimea by Russia has been compared with that of the West Bank by Israel today. Well, I had in mind the invasion of Kuwait by Iraq’s Saddam Hussein in 1990. While the West is still ignoring the decades-long … Continue reading

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Obama Cornered?

Only days ago, President Barack Obama was about to unleash war on Syria, whose government had caused hundreds of deaths on 21 August when having ordered the use of chemical weapons on rebel strongholds in Ghouta east of Damascus, even … Continue reading

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Does Putin Now Determine U.S. Foreign Policy?

In a remarkable op-ed today in the New York Times, Russian President Vladimir Putin made his American counterpart look like a fool. When Obama needlessly addressed the nation the other day explaining that a military strike on Syria is only … Continue reading

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