Is the Middle East’s Makeover a Mirage?

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the conversation By Joost Hiltermann In mid-July, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan completed a high-profile tour of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates, a trip that brought tens →

China boosts consumption as services activity slows

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asia times by Jeff Pao China on Monday announced 20 new measures to stimulate its domestic consumption as the growth of activities in the services and construction sectors slowed in July. The →

More Bakhmut fighting may see war end – or expand

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asia times by Stephen Bryen No matter what pronunciamentos may come from Washington, the Russian government is expecting greater attacks on Russian territory – especially Moscow and maybe Russian →

US pledges support for multinational police force for Haiti

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brussels times “We are committed to finding the resources to support this multinational force,” State Department spokesman Matthew Miller told reporters, adding that it was “still too early” to give →

Why Trump Is Winning the Primary—So Far

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​american conservative​​​ by Sohrab Ahmari In a decade and a half of punditry, I’ve had to eat my share of crow for incorrectly predicting voter behavior. I was notably wrong about Brexit and wrong →

DOJ’s Dirty Deeds

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american thinker By Clarice Feldman It has been a week of scandalous doings on Attorney General Merrick Garland’s watch. Congress seems paralyzed to intervene with more than hearings, and so far, →

What NASA and the European Space Agency are admitting but the media are failing to report about our current heat wave (bumped)

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american thinker By Thomas Lifson Bumped from Sunday: The current heat wave is being relentlessly blamed on increasing levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, but there is a much more plausible →

Niger coup makers say ousted govt ‘authorised French attack to free Bazoum’

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al jazeera The coup leaders who seized power last week in Niger have alleged that the toppled government had authorised France to carry out an attack on the presidential palace to try to free →

Antony Blinken’s Visit Is a Turning Point for Guyana

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national interest by Riyad Insanally U.S. secretary of state Antony Blinken’s visit to Guyana on July 6 was significant, both for the country and for South America more broadly, for a number of →

Viewing BRI as Trojan horse pushes West off course of globalization

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​global times​​​ More than 700 years ago, the description of the Oriental world in The Travels of Marco Polo sparked curiosity among Europeans. Nowadays, the Western media describes China's →

Indonesia blindsided by Musk snub on Tesla plant

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asia times by John McBeth JAKARTA – Indonesian Maritime Affairs and Investment Coordinating Minister Luhut Panjaitan is seeking a meeting with Elon Musk after the multibillionaire carmaker left him →

Ukraine: An Expendable Country May Soon Run out of Expendables

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american thinker By Alexander G. Markovsky Right before the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley told lawmakers that Kiev could fall within 72 hours →

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