The Aramco IPO: A Geopolitical Game Of Thrones
Authored by Cyril Widdershoven via OilPrice.com,
Authored by Cyril Widdershoven via OilPrice.com,
Ahead of tonight's missile launch across Japan, North Korea warned that The UK “faces a miserable end” should it decide to join the joint military exercises being conducted by the US and South Korea that began last week, according to local media reports cited by Russia Today.
The annual Ulchi Freedom Guardian drills, which have been conducted every year since the Korean War ended in an uneasy ceasefire, involve nearly 20,000 troops and have long provoked the ire of North Korea’s leaders.
16 years since the Bush administration launched its military intervention in Afghanistan, President Trump has announced his intention to increase the U.S. military presence in the country. As Statista's Niall McCarthy notes, there are approximately 8,400 U.S. troops on the ground in Afghanistan and reinforcements could start arriving within days. Trump's new strategy is set to extend the longest war in U.S. history and add even further to its already staggering cost.
Authored by Alastair Crooke via ConsortiumNews.com,
America’s Deep State players have tied down President Trump on Russian sanctions and other foreign and economic policies but that doesn’t mean the struggle is over...
President Trump has had his foreign policy hands and feet tied by the Russia (and Iran) Sanctions Act.
Just hours after North Korea fired a ballistic missile across Japan, South Korea has released footage of its testing of a new ballistic missile, in a show of "overwhelming force."
While The White House has yet to respond to North Korea's provocation, South Korea's Blue House has stated that:
"We are considering the development of strategic assets in the US and we will consult with the United States."