Military

Who Created the Persian Gulf Tinderbox?

January 8, 2020 0

Daniel LAZARE Joe Biden’s statement that “President Trump just tossed a stick of dynamite into a tinderbox” by assassinating Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani was not inaccurate. But it skirts an all-important question: who created the […]

World Affairs

As Trump Backs Down, the Pips Squeak

July 22, 2019 0

Tom Luongo Last week it was all fire and brimstone. The US was threatening more sanctions on Iran, the Brits were seizing oil tankers and Iran was violating the JCPOA. This week things look different […]

Government

The War on Yemen: Where Oil and Geopolitics Mix

April 17, 2015 0

By Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya Everything about the war on Yemen is a smokescreen. Concealed behind the smoke is a tale of geopolitics and petro-politics that aims to control the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait and the Gulf of […]