June, 2021

• 28 June

  Israel must stay out of the US-China struggle – editorial

  

  President Joe Biden is keen to continue the Trump-era legacy of pressure on the People’s Republic, but Beijing won’t sit back and accept this behavior. In recent years, the United States has expressed growing concern about the rise of China, and especially Beijing’s role in seeking to play a greater …

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• 28 June

  Six takeaways from Iran nuke negotiations – analysis

  

  Issues include the use of ballistic missiles, the Islamic Republic’s destabilization of the Middle East and potentially extending nuclear limitations beyond 2030. Some major events have happened in the last week of the nuclear talks’ standoff between Iran, the US and other world powers, which give some additional insights into …

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• 28 June

  Pompeo to ‘Post’: Iran unwound nuclear deal in a matter of months

  

  The Mossad-CIA story in the Mike Pompeo, Yossi Cohen era It would be foolish for the Biden administration to return to the Iran nuclear deal when it can see the Islamic Republic was able to unwind from the nuclear limitations in a mere matter of months, former US secretary of …

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• 28 June

  As France Draws Down in the Sahel, How Will it Impact Regional Stability?

  

  France is ending Operation Barkhane, shifting its counterterrorism posture in West Africa and attempting to devise a new approach in the Sahel. Without robust Western counterterrorism assistance, large swaths of West Africa could end up being controlled by al-Qaeda and ISIS affiliates.

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• 28 June

  Lebanon’s Army Approaching a Crisis Point

  

  The Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) is in dire need of emergency assistance to help sustain it and prevent an outright collapse. The average monthly salary for a soldier is just $80, leading some soldiers to abandon their jobs amidst deteriorating morale within the army.

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• 28 June

  Far-Right Violent Extremists in Europe Pose a Growing Threat to NATO

  

  Italian police recently announced that they had disrupted a terrorist plot by an Italian far-right violent extremist group planning to bomb a NATO base. Italian authorities, like their counterparts throughout Europe, are increasingly concerned about far-right violent extremism and terrorism.

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• 28 June

  Iran’s Next President

  

  The regime’s efforts to ensure the election of a president closely allied with Iran’s Supreme Leader succeeded with the victory of Ibrahim Raisi in Friday’s vote. The low voter turnout indicates widespread resentment at the regime’s narrowing of the candidate field to favor Raisi, foreshadowing potential future unrest. As president, …

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• 28 June

  Fizz is gone from Biden-Putin summit

  The morning after a Russian-American summit is most critical to know whether the previous day’s bonhomie was real, surreal or unreal. Surveying the Geneva Summit (June 16) between presidents Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin, I cautiously assessed the next day, “Does Biden have the political capital to press ahead with …

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• 28 June

  Games the Pentagon plays

  

  Modern warfare is waged with high-tech weapons. Each battle fought eats up loads of ammunition and modern weapons systems need spare parts and fuel. All this meaning that no military action is possible without an advanced economy and supplies. Even terrorist organizations forced to go deep into the underground have …

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• 28 June

  The Long Crusades of Western Imperialism

  

  In late April 2021, US President Joe Biden announced a withdrawal from Afghanistan. In other words, the US has been trounced in Afghanistan by its very own jihadist Frankenstein, the Taliban. The defeat of USA is covered with the ugly debris of history. The dirty war on Afghanistan was part …

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