“Escalation is in no one’s interest,” Matthew Miller, the State Department spokesperson, told reporters in a briefing on Monday. He added that the United States did not consider escalation “inevitable” and was sending messages to Iran through its allies in the region that a...
Israel's far-right government has also announced plans to build 5,000 new buildings in its settlements within the occupied West Bank, while in April police carried out a raid on the al Aqsa mosque - one of the three holiest sites in Islam. On the other hand, the...
Washington and the EU are alsopreparing new sanctionson Iran in response to its missile and drone attack on Israel over the weekend and as part of their efforts to prevent a forceful retaliation from Israel. Curbing exports from Tehran will be difficult: the country is exporting more oil than ...
People have worked very hard to rewrite the history of Ronald Reagan’s presidency, but objective historical facts dispute the wishful thinking of the 40th president's admirers. What were some of the bad things that Ronald Reagan did as president?
Israel Russia’s attack on Ukraine has placed Israel, a staunch U.S. ally, in a delicate position. Initially cautious in its reaction, Israel has condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in increasingly tough language, but so far has not joined with other democracies in imposing ec...
But few of the ships targeted have had direct links to Israel. In a recent attack, one of the commercial ships hit — the Unity Explorer — had a tenuous Israeli link. It is owned by a British firm that includes Dan David Ungar, who lives in Israel, as one of its officer...
Britain and America’s shared energy fears were secretly formalised during the planning for Iraq. It is widely accepted that Blair’s commitment to support the attack dates back to his summit with Bush at Crawford in April 2002. The Times headline was typical that weekend: Iraq Action Is Delay...
Going nuclear is a mammoth decision. The current international order is built on the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons, and those that threaten this order, such as Iran and North Korea, have paid a high price. Analysts say the South Korean public has probably not considered the consequences...
As much as we support Israel in their own defense we have to be careful about how much airstrike they have command of – were in favour of removing any immediate they have at this moment even in contemplation against IRAN and unfortunately the only way to do this is to DEMAND America...
And while they spent a significant amount of time on foreign policy — talking about Israel, Ukraine and China — they spent hardly any time talking about North Korea, though Trump at one point bragged in the third person that the country was “afraid of him” when he ...