[O]il, CITGO and the control of gold remain the key pieces on a geopolitical chessboard, with the suffering of the Venezuelan people relegated to the background.

[I]f the ideologues prevail, there will be no "deal," but at most a frozen conflict. And before long, a new war.

[U]nity among the Arab Gulf states is completely collapsing.

Europe is not — and will not be for a long time — self-sufficient in confronting Russia's military potential.

The question raised ... is one that the entire world is curious about: Does Trump himself actually understand the state of the war?

The summits are not endpoints. They are the mechanism by which two countries, which can neither resolve their differences nor afford to rupture them, manage the interval between crises.

Among the lessons is that the international community is interconnected and interdependent due to the phenomenon of globalization.

The [U.S.] should know by now that it cannot bomb Iran back to the negotiating table.

It goes without saying that the war against Iran will take center stage in Beijing.

As always between the cup and the lip there is many a slip.

[I]f in the past the [U.S.] stood by Israel, today it is more present inside the decision-making process itself.