Asia
Is there an Upside to the US Military Presence in the Southeast Asia?
As of today the Southeast Asian and Asia-Pacific region have found themselves at the center of a complex international process of establishing a new regional architecture. As states carry on fighting for control over strategic sea routes that run across the region, numerous...
What is Left of Saudi Arabia’s Friendship with the United States?
If 2018 should have told us anything it is that geopolitical alliances exist to be broken - especially when the United States is involved. A fickle mistress, America is not one to be defined by its friendships, or even the treaties it signed, but rather its ambitions. And yet...
This Year's Major Shock Waves that Rippled the Middle East
The departing year has not been easy for the Middle East. Devastating conflicts in Syria, Iraq, Libya and Yemen have resulted in multiple causalities, destruction and a new flood of refugees. Mostly these events are linked to the policies of the West that, while sanctimoniously...