The German Embassy in Colombo has sought to clarify Germany’s political situation following news of a surge for the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) in the regional state election in Saxony-Anhalt, stressing
The Iranians have demonstrated that Trump badly misjudged their capability. Trump is now calling on other countries, with little success, to send their warships to help keep open the Strait of Hormuz as
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The failure of Putin and Xi to stand up for their countries in the face of Washington’s aggression has convinced Trump that he can act with impunity anywhere in the world. Remember, Trump
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Trump’s claims against Iran are a packet of lies. They are Trump’s excuses for complying with Netanyahu’s demand that Trump take the United States to war against Iran for the sake of
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President Trump has infuriated some of his supporters. Trump’s alignment with Israel at the expense of America’s interest and the valid interests of other countries is especially galling for those Trump supporters who
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For decades I have been watching American democracy unravel as it became increasingly dysfunctional. US democracy murdered President John F. Kennedy and followed up by murdering his brother, Robert F. Kennedy. Then President
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Russia’s President Putin should read The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli and ponder the famous statement that “it is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both.” Putin’s problem is that he is
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The Cuban Missile Crisis in October 1962 was a wake-up call for President John F. Kennedy and his Soviet counterpart, Nikita Khrushchev, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Both
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What do we make of it? A good result came of it. Trump moved away from his demand for a ceasefire and said that it was more important to work toward a permanent
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Yesterday President Trump in his public statements validated my conclusion that Trump does not know what the Russian position is and that he is going to the meeting to find out what
More Americans and the Western World face many threats that receive little, if any, attention because they are long term and slow acting. They are not immediate in our face like Trump increasing tensions
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