Donald Trump Trump’s Response to the Crisis in Northern Syria: A Case of Principled Realism in Action?nationalinterest.org - Jim Cook Donald Trump faced a dilemma and had to consider which option produced a better outcome for U.S. national security interests—and he made the right …
Mic Newsflipped into NewsKurdistan The U.S. abandoning the Kurds isn't surprising. We've done it for decadesMic News - Ezra Marcus Last week, President Trump announced that he was pulling U.S. troops from northern Syria, paving the way for Turkey to invade Kurdish territories …
The EconomistKurdistan Kurdish dreams of a homeland are always dashedThe Economist A century of betrayalKurdish dreams of a homeland are always dashed Little has gone right since the end of the Ottoman empire THE TREATY OF SEVRES, …
Middle East SCOTT TAYLOR: Canada naive in Middle East policythechronicleherald.ca - Scott Taylor In the wake of Turkey’s military offensive against Kurdish forces in northern Syria, we have seen a complex regional conflict dumbed down to the …
Derrick Ashflipped into Power kegIran-Iraq War The Secret Origins of the U.S.-Kurdish Relationship Explain Today's Disaster in Syriaforeignpolicy.com - Bryan R. Gibson On June 30, 1972, two Kurdish men, Idris Barzani and Mahmoud Othman, arrived nondescriptly at the CIA’s sprawling headquarters in Langley, Virginia, …
Saddam Hussein ‘No Friend But the Mountains’: A History of US Betrayal of the Kurds -counterpunch.org - www.counterpunch.org To be clear, what follows is not an endorsement of a continued US military presence in Syria. There is, however, a difference between President …
The Guardianflipped into World NewsOpinion Betrayed yet again, the Kurds need our supportThe Guardian - LettersPresident Trump’s decision to green-light Turkey’s invasion of northern Syria (‘Betrayal is a bitter taste.’ Kurds’ anger at Trump as bombs fall, 11 October) is yet more proof of the danger he poses to
NPRflipped into World NewsPeace 2019 Nobel Peace Prize Winner Is Ethiopia's Prime MinisterNPR - Frank LangfittAbiy Ahmed was given the prize "for his efforts to achieve peace and international cooperation" in resolving the border conflict with neighboring Eritrea, the Norwegian Nobel Committee said Friday. Ethiopia's
New Statesmanflipped into New StatesmanOpinion The Nobel Peace Prize would be an insult to Greta Thunbergnewstatesman.com - Eleanor Penny It’s easy to hand out prizes – much harder to actually take action against climate change. In 1973, North Vietnamese communist leader Lê Đức Thọ …
CNBC-TV18flipped into Unwind with CNBCTV18.com Satire The Cockroach: Ian McEwan’s Brexit satire is a short burst of exasperated ridiculecnbctv18.com - Sanjay Sipahimalani It’s a delicious story, and one that’s been told many times over. When Henry Kissinger asked Zhou Enlai in 1971 what he thought of the impact of the …
Esquireflipped into NEWS & POLITICSChina The NBA and Adam Silver Are Part of a Rich American Tradition of Appeasing China's Totalitarian RegimeEsquire - By Charles P. PierceHard after the tanks rolled into Tiananmen Square in 1989, touching off bloody mayhem and massacre, Henry Kissinger was quick to absolve the Chinese government for its butchery in Beijing. Before all blood
The Epoch Timesflipped into The Epoch TimesAbortion How Did Election Campaigns Come to Be So Meaningless?theepochtimes.com There seems to be general agreement that this year’s Canadian election is a dud. Shrill, empty, with no apparent movement in the polls from the …
Conservative View Pompeo Is Trump's Kissingernewsmax.com - John Gizzi Colleagues who know Mike Pompeo well in the House Republican Class of 2010 and fellow Kansans who watched his winning bid for Congress and then his …
Politics The Impeachment Inquiry Must Be Broad, and the Reason Why Is Henry Kissinger - The American Prospectprospect.org - by Alexander Sammon President Richard Nixon meets with his foreign affairs adviser, Henry Kissinger, in the White House, June 11, 1973. Despite playing a key role in the …
PRIXi JinpingChinese President Xi Jinping (R) shakes hands with one of American history’s greatest statesman, Henry Kissinger, at thePRI - www.pri.org
The Washington Postflipped into OpinionsOpinion What the godfather of modern whistleblowing can teach us nowThe Washington Post - By Katrina vanden HeuvelAfter House Democrats launched an impeachment inquiry last week, President Trump condemned the person responsible for the whistleblower complaint that set the wheels in motion, likening the whistleblower
Bernie Sanders Sanders criticizes Pompeo for meeting with 'destructive' Kissingerthehill.com - Zack Budryk Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) criticized a meeting between Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and former Secretary of State and national security adviser …
Conservative View Sanders Slams Pompeo's Sit-Down With Kissingernewsmax.com - Solange Reyner Democratic presidential contender Sen. Bernie Sanders slammed Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s sit-down with Henry Kissinger, calling Kissinger “one …
China FM says China committed to non-confrontation, win-win cooperation with USglobaltimes.cn - www.globaltimes.cn Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi (L) meets with former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger (R) in New York, the United States, …
China China committed to non-confrontational, win-win cooperation with U.S.: Chinese FM - Xinhua |xinhuanet.com - www.xinhuanet.com Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi (L) meets with former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger (R) in New York, the United …
China FM says China committed to non-confrontation, win-win cooperation with U.S. - Xinhua |xinhuanet.com - www.xinhuanet.com Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi (L) meets with former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger (R) in New York, the United …
USA TODAYflipped into Top StoriesBrady Bunch 'Brady Bunch' at 50: The 'kids' reminisce about Davy Jones, Kissinger visit and 'Oh, my nose!'USA TODAY - Bill KeveneyHappy 50th anniversary to “The Brady Bunch”! It's older than Sam the Butcher. The sitcom story of one of TV’s first blended families premiered Sept. 26, 1969, with the symmetrically perfect union of Mike
China Chinese Foreign Minister delivers keynote speech in New Yorkglobaltimes.cn - By Li Liang Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi delivered a keynote speech on Sino-US relations during a dinner in New York on September 24 …
North Korea How to Solve the North Korea Crisis Once and For Allnationalinterest.org - Doug Bandow There’s no way to find out what Pyongyang's true intentions are without negotiating.Talks with North Korea have essentially been stalled since …
The Washington TimesMelania Trump Trumps host glittering state dinner for Australian leaderThe Washington Times - By Dave Boyer President Trump and first lady Melania Trump hosted a rare state dinner in the White House Rose Garden Friday night for Australian Prime Minister …
Tom Gibsonflipped into World TodayBenjamin Netanyahu Israel Election Results: Netanyahu Clings to Power With Bluff and Bluster – but His Days Are Numberedhaaretz.com - Chemi Shalev Benjamin Netanyahu isn’t going quietly. He will fight for his august position as prime minister, key to his quest for freedom, until he is forcibly …
POLITICOflipped into PoliticsU.S. Politics The Dangers of a Weak National Security AdviserPOLITICO - By JOHN GANSA lesson for Robert O’Brien: When the person in that role lacks authority, disorder follows. John Gans, director of communications and research at the University of Pennsylvania’s Perry World House, is
the_manolusflipped into don't forget HistoryLiberal View The Sorry State of the Nobel Peace Prizecounterpunch.org - Lawrence Davidson Photograph Source: Gösta Florman (1831–1900) / The Royal Library – Public DomainCriteria for a Peace PrizeThe Nobel Peace Prize was established by …
The New York Timesflipped into OpinionOpinion Trump’s National Security Yes Man Is In for a Bumpy RideThe New York TimesSetting aside the brief, disastrous tenure of Michael Flynn, two men have held the role of national security adviser under Donald Trump, and they could not be more different. H.R. McMaster was a pragmatic
Village VoiceCIA The CIA Report the President Doesn’t Want You to ReadVillage Voice - by The Village Voice Archives These are not the Pentagon Papers, but there are points of similarity. For, once again, an American president has set himself against the publication …
