At least when it comes to “great” powers and war these days, one lesson seems clear enough: there simply is nothing great about them, except their power to destroy not just the enemy, but themselves as well.
Middle East
As fallout from movement in geopolitical tectonic plates, Russia may be close to revisings its stance towards Israel and Palestine.
Yes, sports fans, the Administration blew it with Saudis. Dealings may have been set to sour, but Team Biden accelerated the process.
Col. Larry Wilkerson describes how the media barely covered the damage wrought by the U.S.-led “coalition of the willing” in Iraq
The US has managed to alienate Saudi Arabia, a one-time key ally.
On the three-year anniversary of Keir Starmer becoming Labour Leader, Adam Bienkov analyses whether he has kept to his word or broken it
On the cultural and political factors that keep the war stokers in power in the US.
Hugh Pope finds out why Iraqi Kurds who have migrated to Europe are on their way back to their unpredictable home country
US policy takes a hit in the Middle East.
If this geopolitical shift continues, the world will, once again, find itself divided into camps. While it is too early to determine, with any degree of certainty, the winners and losers of this new configuration, it is almost certain that a US-western-dominated world is no longer possible.
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