By Robert E. Hunter French President Emanuel Macron has said, “What we are currently experiencing is the brain death of NATO.” He attributes much of that to his belief that “European coun...
http://lobelog.com/french-president-macron-is-right-nato-is-brain-dead-without-u-s-leadership/
By Daniel Brumberg The widespread protests caused by the Iranian government’s decision on November 15 to raise the price of gasoline by a whopping 50 percent have generated a flurry of specul...
By Amir Delshad Two weeks after the eruption of protests in Iran due to the rise in petrol prices, the unrests may have subsided but discontent is still on the rise, like the clam before the stor...
http://lobelog.com/background-and-consequences-of-protests-in-iran-a-look-from-within/
By Paul Pillar Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, under indictment for corruption, has been launching vociferous counterattacks that sound quite familiar to anyone (including editorial ...
Rarely is out-of-the-box thinking needed more than in this era of geopolitical, political and economic turmoil. The stakes couldn’t be higher in a world in which civilizationalist leaders risk ...
http://lobelog.com/global-turmoil-ethics-offer-a-way-out-of-the-crisis/
By Dr. James Zogby After years of investigation and months of delay, Israel’s Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit formally indicted Benjamin Netanyahu for crimes ranging from his violation of p...
Saudi efforts to negotiate an end to the Yemen war in a bid to open a dialogue with Iran could call into question continued Gulf support for US President Donald J. Trump’s maximum pressure camp...
http://lobelog.com/mending-gulf-fences-could-weaken-support-for-us-sanctions-against-iran/
By Robert E. Hunter Russia, and especially Ukraine, have been centerpieces of the House impeachment hearings, as well as of massive media coverage. But largely lost in the domestic politics focus...
http://lobelog.com/impeachment-and-damage-to-u-s-foreign-policy/
By Joshua Cho The death of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in October, during a raid by US special forces in Syria’s Idlib province, would have been an opportune time for US media to reflect o...
http://lobelog.com/after-al-baghdadis-death-media-failed-to-ask-where-war-on-terror-is-going/
By Eldar Mamedov Popular protests in Iran came at a particularly delicate time for the nuclear agreement between Iran and the world powers, known as Joint Comprehensive Plan Of Action (JCPOA). Mo...
http://lobelog.com/can-the-iran-crisis-be-a-blessing-in-disguise-for-europe/