What Qatar’s quitting OPEC means for the oil cartel

Since June 2017, OPEC kingpin Saudi Arabia — along with three other Arab states — has cut trade and transport Continue reading →

Fact-checking Trump’s rationale for defending Saudi Arabia in Khashoggi killing

By Robert A. Vella The rationale President Trump is using to defend Saudi Arabia in the assassination of journalist Jamal Continue reading →

A modern-day Cuban Missile Crisis probably won’t turn out so well this time

By Robert A. Vella In October 1962, the world barely escaped a devastating nuclear war between the U.S. and U.S.S.R.  Continue reading →

Russia, China Pledge New Military Ties, Challenge U.S.

Russia and China have pledged to strengthen their bilateral military and political ties as part of a strategic cooperation that challenges Continue reading →

In Syria, longstanding U.S. interests overshadow Trump

By Robert A. Vella President Trump, a megalomaniac of prodigious proportions, has caused great consternation throughout the world over his Continue reading →

Review of Frontline documentary “Bitter Rivals: Iran and Saudi Arabia” (Part One)

By Robert A. Vella For those interested in learning more about the postwar Middle East, which has destabilized the entire Continue reading →

EU rebuffs idea of recognizing Jerusalem as Netanyahu visits

BRUSSELS — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged the European Union on Monday to back a new U.S. peace initiative Continue reading →

The billionaires, lobbyists, and Christian extremists behind Trump’s Jerusalem move

Hours after US president Donald Trump declared yesterday that the US would move its Israeli embassy to Jerusalem, US allies Continue reading →