Why Did Anyone Think Mosul Could Be a Cakewalk? Obama hoped for a quick victory in Mosul. He really should not have Marko Marjanović 18 Nov 16 972 0
The Su-35s Russia Is Selling China Are a Downgraded, Export Version Contrary to reports Russia isn't handing over its most precious aviation technologies for just $2 billion Marko Marjanović 17 Nov 16 3943 4
Gaming DC: How America’s Clients Succeed at Getting off the Leash Not so long ago only Israel would be allowed to defy US interests. Now it's a free for all Marko Marjanović 17 Nov 16 693 0
Hezbollah Now Has a Full Mechanized Battalion in Syria World's most powerful non-state army is no longer an infantry force only Marko Marjanović 15 Nov 16 2875 0
Barry Hearts Dmitry: The Only Real US-Russian Presidential Bromance But then stabbed him in the back ending Medvedev's presidential career Marko Marjanović 14 Nov 16 1244 0
Trump’s Security Guru Is Now a Hired Gun for Turkey’s Erdogan The arch anti-Islamist is carrying water for the former benefactor of ISIS Marko Marjanović 12 Nov 16 694 0
Japan Tells Trump It Is Already Paying Enough in Tribute Will Trump force Tokyo to grow a backbone? Marko Marjanović 12 Nov 16 670 0
Russia Could Be Spending Less on Defense Than Six Other Nations in 2017 World's second military might have to get by on just $45 billion in 2017 Marko Marjanović 10 Nov 16 2474 0
The Egyptian-Saudi Split Is Now Indefinite Saudis say no cheap oil for Egypt 'until further notice', expect relations to erode further Marko Marjanović 10 Nov 16 721 0
US Wants to Leave ISIS an Escape Corridor to Flee Mosul, But Iraqi Militias Have Other Plans Iraqi PMUs promise to seal off ISIS escape routes before the battle starts in earnest Marko Marjanović 8 Nov 16 1447 0
Brace for Occupation: US Plans to ‘Seize and Govern’ Syria’s Raqqa — Joint Chiefs of Staff Americans reveal they are setting up a partition of Syria Marko Marjanović 7 Nov 16 781 0
J-20: China’s New Fighter Jet Is a Marvel, But Not for the Reason You Think Nobody develops top fighters this fast anymore Marko Marjanović 7 Nov 16 3038 1
Are We Seeing the Beginnings of an Egyptian-Saudi Split? Cairo would like to break from its Saudi financiers on Syria, but can it afford to? Marko Marjanović 6 Nov 16 889 0
Americans Claim ‘Close Relationship’ With Philippines as They Block Arms Sale. Duterte: They’re ‘Monkeys’ Both say that's no way to treat a friend Marko Marjanović 3 Nov 16 646 0
Flush With Gulf Cash Al-Qaeda Has Recruited Hundreds of Children to Fight Syrian Army Washington's shock troops in the war on Assad Marko Marjanović 2 Nov 16 565 0
How Does Someone Like Philippines’ Duterte Get Elected? Pretty easily actually Marko Marjanović 28 Oct 16 1047 0
Welcome Back to a Bipolar World, Courtesy of a Moscow-Beijing-Tehran Axis America's 'unipolar moment' is over Federico Pieraccini 26 Oct 16 445 0
It’s Time to Talk About the Rebel Blockade of East Aleppo The rebels are preventing residents from leaving lest the city empties and media loses interest Marko Marjanović 26 Oct 16 521 0
Ankara Amps up the Turkish-Pentagon Proxy War in Syria Turkish invasion of northern Syria pits it against a US-backed Kurdish Militia Marko Marjanović 30 Aug 16 648 0
Diego Garcia: A Human Rights Cause Humanitarian Bombardiers Won’t Touch With a Six Foot Pole Too useful for lobbing bombs and ruling the oceans Marko Marjanović 30 Jun 16 706 40
Incredible: Saudi Arabia’s 2015 Military Spending Was Second Only to That of US, China The nation of 30 million has poured $87 billion into its military Marko Marjanović 7 Apr 16 653 0
