[T]he Chinese system allows … Xi Jinping to lead the economy with a strategic discipline difficult to replicate in Western democracies.

All the dead, the prisoners, the exiles and the marches seem to be of less importance than the barrels of oil that still rest under Venezuelan soil.

Trump getting rid of this instrument would be illogical because it would undermine the entire existing alliance agreement.

The differing statements from Trump and Netanyahu on a quick end to the military conflict have also revealed a first crack in the alliance.

The world cannot afford a leadership that treats international relations as a game of personal honor or conquest.

[A]nytime America saw/sees the need for peace, they embrace it and benefit from it but when the situation demands, they shift to embrace war.

Ninety percent of his MAGA base backs the war, and that is all he needs.

If Russia and China were to provide Iran with military, intelligence and technological support, along with the necessary military equipment, particularly in the fields of air defense, aviation, electronics and drones ... then Iran would undoubtedly turn into a dangerous trap for the U.S.