Will Trump save Erdogan from himself?
August 12, 2018
Turkey’s worsening crisis is the result of Erdogan’s megalomania, not Trump’s bullying. But that will not be how it is seen by Turks…and many others.
Category: Global Agenda Blog
The Icebreaker Cometh
January 29, 2018.
Trump’s presidency is not a fleeting phenomenon, but rather ‘an icebreaker’, smashing the established structure of American politics and portending systemic change. Israel has been there and done that, with interesting results.
Things that go HEMP in the night
November 30, 2017.
The North Korean crisis is not a Punch and Judy show, although Kim and Trump make it seem that way. It is a deadly serious power struggle with huge stakes and the latest missile launch on Wednesday night (November 29) brings the climax much closer.
De-nial is a river in London
July 14, 2017.
The British Labour Party, now led by the Hard Left, is likely to win power at the next general election. It will then adopt overtly anti-Israel policies. Yet the Israeli Establishment, especially the Foreign Ministry, is willfully blind to these imminent dangers — because it cannot adjust to the bitter realities of the twenty-first century.
Trump will go. Then what?
18th May, 2017 All analytical paths now point to the same end — that Trump’s presidency is doomed. If the problem was Trump, then his fall would resolve it. But the noise generated by Trump obscures the real problem, which is America itself. The article can be found also on Times Of Israel blog, link.
» Read moreThe news as Circus Maximus
If it’s getting big play in the mainstream media (MSM), it’s probably not important. If it’s genuinely important, it’s probably not getting big play in the MSM. That is the guiding principle I have learned to use as a yardstick for measuring what I see, hear and read in the MSM. It has proven to be pretty accurate and hence […]
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