US Foreign Policy

“Other options cannot be accepted because they infringe on the sovereignty of Syria.”

Ostracized by Neighbors, Qatar aims to Invest $45 bn in United States

The value of bilateral trade between Qatar and the US has doubled in 10 years

Trump’s Erratic Foreign Policy in 2019: Will it put us in More Danger?

President Trump’s ‘America First’ policies, which drove the global economy into chaos last year and caused a stir in the international community.

Israel

“Dangerous!:” Israel Denounces Trump’s withdrawal from Syria

Middle East Monitor

Syrian Kurds also protest “Stab in the Back”

Kurds

Erdogan warns Trump: Drive YPG Kurds from Manbij or Turkey will Invade

AFP

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his US counterpart Donald Trump agreed Friday to “more effective coordination” between their countries’ operations in Syria, after Ankara threatened to launch a new offensive in the war-torn nation. The two leaders spoke after Erdogan warned of a fresh Turkish operation against a Syrian Kurdish militia that risks aggravating […]

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Senate Fingers Saudi Bin Salman as Murderer, Demands End of Yemen War

Juan Cole

The Senate invoked the War Powers Resolution for the first time since it was enacted under Nixon in 1973

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Trump’s App’t of Nauert at U.N. is a National Security Threat to the U.S.

Juan Cole

To plumb the depths of Nauert’s ignorance about international affairs it would be necessary to deploy the Deepsea Challenger (DCV 1)

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Senate Rebukes Trump, Saudis on Yemen, Advances Withdrawal Bill

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Senate slapped the Trump administration around on Wednesday, voting 63-37 to bring to the floor a proposal to end US involvement in the Saudi-led war on Yemen. I should declare my own interest by saying that I was one of 50-some Middle East experts and policy-makers who signed a […]

China

Oceania and Eastasia? New Cold War, this Time against both Russia and China?

Michael T. Klare

( Tomdispatch.com ) | – – Think of it as the most momentous military planning on Earth right now. Who’s even paying attention, given the eternal changing of the guard at the White House, as well as the latest in tweets, sexual revelations, and investigations of every sort? And yet it increasingly looks as if, […]