Russia’s decision to withdraw its troops from Syria and pressure Bashar to make peace may be linked to its agreement with Saudi Arabia to freeze oil production
Syria and the Search for a New World Order
Syria takes center stage as the world’s current flashpoint as negotiations over its future start and both the U.S. and Russia commit their military to the 4 and a half year old conflict.
Pay attention or go to the beach?
Something special happens on the Mediterranean coast in August and perhaps we should let world events fade into the background for a few weeks.
After Crimea, What about Venezuela?
As expected, Russia has annexed Crimea and will have enormous influence on Ukraine’s interim Prime Minister, Arseniy Yatsenyuk unless he wants to also lose the Eastern half of his country. At issue is that . Without allied support, U.S. President Barak Obama can not threaten military action because he will then look too much like […]
Crimea & Ukraine
As I write, apparently Russian troops are, according to CNN, taking strategic positions in Simferopol, the capital of the autonomous region of Crimea, which has been formally part of Ukraine since 1954. Russian troops are also reportedly being deployed around the Russian bases which have been leased from Ukraine. The provisional Ukrainian government, which was […]