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China’s Burgeoning Influence in the Middle East

The United States policy shift from the Middle East to the Indo-Pacific has provided space for China to expand its influence in the region. China is now reshaping the regional dynamics in the Middle East by playing a larger-than-ever role. Recent developments in the Saudi-Iran deal and the inclusion of some Middle Eastern Countries in the BRICS indicate China’s interests in the Middle Eastern region encompass economic, geopolitical, and strategic issues along with traditional energy needs. China has established closer relations with multiple regional organizations for many years, but is now expanding…

Abbas Hashemite

Georgian Coup Plot Thickens: “We lost Ukraine BUT Saved Georgia from the Russians.”

The West is realizing that Ukraine is lost and that they need to be able to pull a white rabbit out of the proverbial hat, or to shift direction and fix the blame. Basically, this means to be able to claim some success from the ruins, which may be “We lost Ukraine, but we saved Georgia from the Russians.” This may help explain some recent headlines in the Georgians media: “A coup à la Euromaidan is being prepared in Georgia” – Security Services Claim. There are also suggested links, or too many coincidences, between…

Henry Kamens

West versus East Conflict is Finally Tit for Tat

I cheered silently when I read the headline on France 24 about Russia’s Putin saying the Ukraine grain deal won’t be restored until the West meets Moscow’s demands on its agricultural exports. Russia must counter the maniacal strategies with weighty consequences, or the Ukraine bloodbath will continue perpetually. Why should the Russians give an inch after being pushed into the corner? The sooner the public understands this, the sooner we can demand a stop. Russia set a record for the most grain exports in its history. And the Russians rule supreme when it comes to growing and exporting wheat…

Phil Butler