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The Trump administration’s proactive pursuit of ‘peace’ in the Middle East by helping establish diplomatic ties between Israel and the Arab states, e.g., the UAE and Bahrain, was at best a one-sided peace formula and a recipe of disaster at its worst. For one thing, The Abraham Accords focused on something where there was no conflict, i.e., between Israel and the UAE, while ignoring the epicenter of tensions, i.e., the constant tension between Israel and Palestine. Ignoring this seems to have contributed massively to the Palestinian’s frustration with Israel and the rest…

On September 10, Cyclone Daniel made landfall in eastern Libya, where it caused 4,000 deaths and left 10,000 people missing, presumed dead. It also caused massive damage to Libya’s infrastructure, destroying many homes, washing away bridges, flooding roads and ruining crops and fields. Many countries responded rapidly, sending humanitarian aid, medicines and rescue equipment to alleviate the suffering of the Libyan people affected by this unprecedented catastrophe. Teams of emergency response specialists were also dispatched, including highly experienced rescue teams from Russia, who worked around the clock for ten days…

As Ukraine’s “spring counteroffensive” nears five months of intense fighting and equally intense losses achieving only negligible gains, Kiev’s sponsors in Washington, London, and Brussels find their military stockpiles nearing depletion and their military industrial base stretched far beyond capacity. This single conflict has tested the limits of US military power, diplomatic reach, and economic influence, exposing significant and growing weakness. At the same time cracks begin to emerge militarily, diplomatically, and economically in the US and among its European allies…