Moment of truth: Trump orders review of Obama’s Iran nuclear deal
Geostrategy-Direct By Dr. Jack Caravelli In an April 19 letter to Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson concludes that Iran has been complying with (more…)
Team Trump does a 180 on ties with NATO, Russia
Geostrategy-Direct By Dr. Jack Caravelli Two of the Trump administration’s most important diplomatic meetings last week either “evolved” or amounted to an abrupt reversal of past stances, setting a (more…)
Missile strike puts rogue nations on notice, signals dramatic shift in U.S. policy
Geostrategy-Direct By Dr. Jack Caravelli President Donald Trump backed up statements about his revulsion at the Syrian military’s use of sarin gas that killed some 100 civilians and injured (more…)
EU anxiety: Brexit, Le Pen’s surge in France have bureaucrats in Brussels on edge
Geostrategy-Direct By Dr. Jack Caravelli The growing worry among European Union (EU) insiders is that Marine Le Pen, the right-wing, National Front candidate for the French presidency not only (more…)
Letter from London: As Brexit ‘divorce’ proceeds, UK grapples with state media, Muslim assimilation and the ‘Deep State’
Geostrategy-Direct By Dr. Jack Caravelli Prime Minister Theresa May, with the support of both houses of the UK Parliament, will make good on a pledge to begin the process (more…)
UK report finds its ‘hollowed out’ military has lost combat relevance for NATO
Geostrategy-Direct By Dr. Jack Caravelli For years, various civilian experts and senior British military commanders have been warning that budget cuts were eating away at the nation’s defense capabilities. (more…)
‘Situation is very bad’: IAEA reports N. Korea has doubled size of enhancement site
Geostrategy-Direct North Korea has doubled the size of its uranium enhancement facility and its willingness to sell its nuclear capabilities is a huge concern, the UN’s top and usually (more…)
Push for power by Turkey’s Erdogan leads to crisis with Germany
Geostrategy-Direct By Dr. Jack Caravelli In a blow to alliance solidarity, two of NATO’s most important allies — Germany and Turkey — have been engaged in open verbal warfare with (more…)
Oil prices again under pressure due to U.S. fracking rebound
Geostrategy-Direct By Dr. Jack Caravelli Late last year OPEC and Russia agreed on a round of production cuts designed to boost oil prices. That strategy is backfiring. The new (more…)