Bolton calls for support of Kurdish independence Former U.S. ambassador to the U.N. John Bolton calls for support of Kurdish independence and blasts the State Department for its opposition. “Independence could well promote greater Middle Eastern security and stability than the collapsing post-World War I order,” Bolton writes. He also repeats his earlier call for a […]

No real difference between Obama and Trump President Trump is noisier than his predecessor, but in foreign policy there is “no real difference between Obama and Trump, not in the Middle East and not anywhere,” Mideast columnist Caroline Glick concludes. We urge our readers to study her analysis in full.   Korean unification by agreement…or […]

Boeing war vs Bombardier innovation Back from the brink of bankruptcy, Canadian aircraft manufacturer Bombardier has produced a fuel-efficient, comfort-enhancing aircraft that Delta wants to buy. This is Bombardier’s first entry into the mainstream air travel industry, presently dominated by U.S. monopoly producer Boeing. Boeing does not produce a competitor to the 106-seat Bombardier CS-100 […]

Who lost Saudi Arabia? Saudi Arabian King Salman’s visit to Russia is an acknowledgement of Russia’s new role as a power broker in the Mideast and the relative decline of U.S. influence and prestige. In the wake of the King’s visit, Saudi Arabia will be buying Russian missile systems, investing in Russia, and having Russia […]

EU-Catalan crisis The independence vote in Catalonia isn’t just a crisis for Spain, its conservative government, and Spanish nationalism. There’s also an EU-Catalan crisis in the making. The EU Commission, whose members represent national governments not regions, is opposing Catalan independence. This contradicts the not-so-secret wishes of the Brussels-based “Eurocrat” bureaucracy to weaken national governments […]