by Conn Hallinan, March 5, 2021 In the aftermath of the recent war between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the Nagorno-Karabakh region, drone warfare is being touted as the latest breakthrough in military technology, a “magic bullet” that makes armored vehicles obsolete, defeats sophisticated anti-aircraft systems, and rout entrenched infantry. While there is some truth in the hype, one needs to ...

President Joseph Biden Jr’s.administration faces a host of difficult problems, but in foreign policy its thorniest will be its relations with the People’s Republic of China.

The Chinese leadership may be waking to the fact that they need allies, not adversaries.

There is no evidence that the US, India and China want a war, one whose effect on the international economy would make Covid-19 look like a mild head cold.

Feb. 5, 2020 On the surface, Turkish intervention in the Libyan civil war appears to be a savvy move on the Eastern Mediterranean energy chessboard, a check on plans by a consortium of the European Union (EU), Greece, Egypt, Israel and Cyprus to exploit offshore gas and oil deposits. In exchange for military support, the beleaguered UN supported Government of ...

'The Americans, who have dominated the Middle East since 1945, will become simply one of several international players in the region, along with China, Russia, India and the European Union.'

The man may be down but he is hardly beaten. There are turbulent times ahead for Turkey.

In memory of Dr. Victor Sidel who once said, “The cost of one-half day of world arms spending could pay for the full immunization of all the children of the world against the common infectious diseases.”

Nuclear Treaties: Unwrapping Armageddon

As clueless as the Trump administration is on foreign policy, the people around the White House ... know that sanctions rarely produce results, and unilateral ones almost always fail.

The problem with designating “great powers” as your adversaries is that they might just take your word for it and respond accordingly.