Special to WorldTribune.com Analysis by correspondents in Addis Ababa, GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs Ethiopian Prime Minister Dr Abiy Ahmed Ali on June 28 called a unilateral ceasefire in military operations against the Tigré (Tigray) Popular Liberation Front (TPLF) forces in Tigré Region of Ethiopia. This allowed TPLF forces unfettered access to the regional capital, Mekelle, […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs LONDON — Incoming UK Prime Minister Theresa May on the evening of July 13, 2016, was asked by the Sovereign, Queen Elizabeth II, to form a new Government, following the resignation of Prime Minister David Cameron. Immediately after her audience with the Queen she announced the key […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Gregory R. Copley, Editor, GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs Egypt’s military leadership entered August 2013 without any illusions as to the magnitude of the challenges facing the Egyptian Armed Forces, the Egyptian government, and all of Egypt, in the coming months and years. The decision by the Supreme Council of the Armed […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Analysis by Gregory R. Copley, Editor, GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs, May 1, 2022 Before considering the consequences, the fundamental question must be asked: Did U.S. President Donald Trump get the outcome he actually wanted from his blatant interference in the Canadian Federal election? Trump’s final intervention into the Canadian election — on the […]
FPI / February 12, 2025 Geostrategy-Direct Analysis by Lt.-Gen. (rtd.) Lazaros Kampouridis, GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs Bureau Chief, Eastern Mediterranean The dismissal by early February 2025 of five young Turkish second lieutenants and three senior officers of the Military Academy continues to reverberate and reinforce trends within the Turkish Armed Forces (TAF), highlighting the persistent […]
FPI / November 13, 2024 Geostrategy-Direct Excerpts from a Nov. 12 analysis by Gregory R. Copley for GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs What has been “a global civil war” between globalist and nationalist elements of societies reached a major tipping point with the overwhelming nature of the electoral wins in the United States by Republican Party […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 15, 2024 Of Iran’s more than 300 drones and missiles launched in Saturday’s attack on Israel, 99 percent were intercepted by Israeli and U.S. forces. They were able to crush Iran’s attack in large part “because Arab countries quietly passed along intelligence about Teheran’s attack plans, opened their airspace to warplanes, […]
FPI / November 8, 2023 Geostrategy-Direct Analysis by GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs Near East Bureau The Hamas breakout against Israel on Oct. 7 was consciously part of a broader Islamist initiative to build a coalition with the anti-Western bloc of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), Russia, and Iran. In that respect, it was also […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Analysis by Gregory R. Copley, Editor, GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs, June 16, 2023 Russia appears to have finally won secure access to the warm waters of the Indian Ocean, the goal it has pursued vigorously since the 17th Century: the old Great Game may be over, and the new begun. Russia’s inchoate, […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Analysis by Gregory R. Copley, Editor, GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs, September 26, 2022 Most of Iran’s 36 provinces saw mass demonstrations in September 2022 against the clerical Government of the Islamic Republic, and, as with earlier periodic waves of demonstrations, each occurrence prompts the question: Is this the outburst which topples the […]
