By Harlan Ullman, Arnaud de Borchgrave Distinguished Columnist NEWPORT, R.I., Dec. 12 (UPI) — Last week marked the 75th anniversary of Japan’s surprise attack on Pearl Harbor that destroyed much of the Pacific Fleet’s battleship firepower, forcing America into World War II. Pearl Harbor has since become synonymous with attacks …
Set aside the fact that Rex Tillerson, the chief executive of Exxon Mobil and Donald Trump’s choice for secretary of state, knows scores of world leaders and is a skilled businessman. Why would Mr. Trump choose as his top diplomat a man whose every decision or action would be tainted by …
Foreign Policy in Focus As Donald Trump ascends to the White House, he’s wading into the most dangerous conflict on the globe. President-elect Donald Trump’s off the cuff, chaotic approach to foreign policy had at least one thing going for it, even though it was more the feel of a …
By Fahd Husain In an age of reason, there is reason enough to reason your way through unreasonable situations. Rational thinking in the midst of a sea of raging irrationality is a reasonably safe course of action to adopt in search of a rational and reasonable outcome. And yet for …
For the first two years of his presidency, Dmitry Medvedev’s main task was simply tobe seen. Nobody in the world, or his own country, seemed to take him seriously, with the international media referring to him as the “handpicked successor” of Vladimir Putin, who had since become prime minister. Even …
By M Saeed Khalid The outgoing Obama administration has hurried yet again to tighten its embrace around India. An earlier attempt to push India’s membership of the nuclear suppliers’ cartel by arm-twisting several of its members backfired. Undeterred, Washington strikes back by designating Delhi as its major defence partner. The …
Spearhead Opinion – 13.12.2016 By Farrukh Karamat Senior Research Coordinator, Spearhead Research The recent tragic crash of flight PK-661 highlighted the precipitous decline in the safety and service standards of the once proud national carrier. The loss of 48 lives in seemingly terrifying circumstances is extremely disturbing. In the immediate aftermath of …
Malaysia’s besieged leader Najib Razak claims to have turned around his political fortunes despite the 1MDB scandal. While UMNO is increasingly confident of facing the coming general election, the ground may be far from sweet. By Yang Razali Kassim* The mother of all battles is shaping up in Malaysian politics …
By Harlan K. Ullman Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island: Last week marked the 75th anniversary of Japan’s surprise attack on Pearl Harbor that destroyed much of the Pacific Fleet’s battleship firepower forcing America into World War II. Pearl Harbor has since become synonymous with attacks launched without warning. Interestingly, Nazi …
By Paul Craig Roberts What do they mean? Before I give an explanation, let’s be sure we all know what an explanation is. An explanation is not a justification. The collapse of education in the US is so severe that many Americans, especially younger ones, cannot tell the difference between …