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Trump's political theatre on Iran's nuke programme
News, Peter Van Buren, Published on 05/05/2018
» Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who on Monday presented what he claimed was evidence of a secret Iranian nuclear weapons programme, may have added fuel to a looming foreign policy crisis for the United States. On May 12, President Donald Trump is expected to decide to re-impose sanctions on Iran under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. That will significantly increase the chances of war -- and may be exactly the outcome Washington seeks.
The tragedy of US 'victory' over Islamic State in Iraq
News, Published on 31/01/2018
» Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi declared victory over the Islamic State (IS) on Dec 9, 2017. And while there will still be some fighting, the real war is over. Yet there were no parades, no statues pulled down, no "Mission Accomplished" moments. An event that might a few years ago have set American front pages atwitter wasn't even worth a presidential tweet.
The problem with a post-Tillerson State Department
News, Peter Van Buren, Published on 06/12/2017
» Donald Trump may be denying it, but there seems no doubt that Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is a marked man.
Trump not all wrong on hurricane-hit Puerto Rico
News, Peter Van Buren, Published on 06/10/2017
» It seems there's a template that critics follow for Donald Trump versus the hurricanes: They say he won't do enough, that it isn't being done fast enough, that everything will collapse (ready Katrina headlines) and then the draining, heroic reality of the response takes hold. With post-Maria Puerto Rico the latest example of that trope, it's time for a better understanding of how disaster management works.
Clinton, Trump offer bad strategies
News, Published on 20/10/2016
» Hillary Clinton has a plan for defeating the Islamic State in Syria. Donald Trump has one, too. With the conflict in Syria spreading beyond its borders, it's essential to understand the new president's strategies -- and how they may need to be adjusted over the next four years.
Nice cannot be the 'new normal'
News, Peter Van Buren, Published on 23/07/2016
» Hours after a truck ploughed through a crowd in Nice, France, killing 84 people, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump outlined his policy against the Islamic State: as president, he will seek a full declaration of war from Congress, the first such formal invocation since Pearl Harbour.
US health officials confirm Zika cause of severe birth defects
Peter Van Buren, Published on 14/04/2016
» WASHINGTON - US health officials have concluded that infection with the Zika virus in pregnant women is a cause of the birth defect microcephaly and other severe brain abnormalities in babies.
Mideast needs new Sykes-Picot deal
News, Published on 09/03/2016
» It's time to renegotiate the contract that put the Middle East together.
Abe risks job with military push
News, Peter Van Buren, Published on 27/07/2015
» Nearly to the day of the first successful test of a nuclear bomb in 1945, and just a few weeks from the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pushed through legislation to give his country's military the power to strike offensively for the first time since the war.