U.S. markets Iran diplomacy in Pyongyang’s backyard: Deal ‘demonstrates our flexibility…’

U.S. markets Iran diplomacy in Pyongyang’s backyard: Deal ‘demonstrates our flexibility…’

Special to WorldTribune.com The United States proved with the recently-concluded Iran nuclear agreement that it is willing and able to be flexible on such talks, including with North Korea, a U.S. envoy said. During a visit to Seoul, South Korea on July 27, Sydney Seiler, special envoy for the now-defunct six-party talks on ending the […]

Iran ‘agreement’s energy impact and ‘anti-sabotage’ clause: This deal is beyond belief

Iran ‘agreement’s energy impact and ‘anti-sabotage’ clause: This deal is beyond belief

Special to WorldTribune.com By Norman Bailey Close examination of the nuclear agreement with Iran reveals just how much it will damage the West and boost the ayatollahs. Here are other implications of the six-power-Iran agreement that have been largely overlooked: Iran will begin pumping oil again and exporting every drop that it can in order […]

Exiting Army chief: U.S. could have stopped ISIL ‘if we stayed in Iraq longer’

Exiting Army chief: U.S. could have stopped ISIL ‘if we stayed in Iraq longer’

Special to WorldTribune.com The United States might have prevented the rise of Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) “if we had stayed a little bit more engaged,” Gen. Ray Odierno said. Odierno, 60, chief of staff for the U.S. Army, is retiring after nearly 40 years as a soldier. In an interview with Fox […]

Gen. Dunford calls Russia’s ‘existential threat’ to U.S. ‘alarming’

Gen. Dunford calls Russia’s ‘existential threat’ to U.S. ‘alarming’

Special to WorldTribune.com by Dr. Jack Caravelli, Geostrategy-Direct Gen. Joseph Dunford, testifying at the confirmation hearing that almost certainly will lead to his Senate approval as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, describes Russia as an “existential threat” and the greatest security challenge to the United States. “My assessment today, senator, is that Russia […]

Downfall of the ayatollahs: Strategic hope for the future, Persia-centric Middle East

Downfall of the ayatollahs: Strategic hope for the future, Persia-centric Middle East

Special to WorldTribune.com By Gregory R. Copley, and Dr. Assad Homayoun GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs I’ve reached the end of this great history And all the land will talk of me: I shall not die, these seeds I’ve sown will save My name and reputation from the grave, And men of sense and wisdom will […]

Reading Kim Jong-Un’s mind as he reads the fine print of Iran nuclear agreement

Reading Kim Jong-Un’s mind as he reads the fine print of Iran nuclear agreement

Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk, East-Asia-Intel.com The Greeks made a deal to reform their free-spending ways and stay in the European Union, while the Iranians agreed to restrain their nuclear ambitions and crawl out from under onerous sanctions. Can anyone imagine two such crucial agreements in the space of two days? After all those […]

Ex-Saudi spy chief: Nuke deal will ‘wreak havoc’; Arabs lose faith in ‘oldest and most powerful ally’

Ex-Saudi spy chief: Nuke deal will ‘wreak havoc’; Arabs lose faith in ‘oldest and most powerful ally’

Special to WorldTribune.com Arabs will continue to turn away from the United States after a nuclear deal with Iran that will “wreak havoc in the region,” Saudi Arabia’s former head of intelligence said. Prince Bandar bin Sultan, writing in Lebanon’s Daily Star on July 16, said the deal between Iran and Western powers will allow […]

Exit of pro-China Obama officials may signal shift toward Taiwan as well

Exit of pro-China Obama officials may signal shift toward Taiwan as well

Special to WorldTribune.com By Parris H. Chang At the recently-concluded U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED) in Washington, top U.S. officials sternly rebuked China’s behavior in cybertheft and demanded that China terminate its island-building spree in the South China Sea, which has heightened tensions in the region. At the opening of the S&ED on June […]

Mexican cartels using new countersurveillance tech against U.S.

Mexican cartels using new countersurveillance tech against U.S.

Special to WorldTribune.com by Dr. Jack Caravelli, Geostrategy-Direct Senior drug enforcement officials in Washington and along the U.S. southwest border have spotted new technologies used by Mexican drug cartels to track their trackers in U.S. law. The concern grows out of the availability, capability and low cost of drones and unarmed aircraft systems (UAS), many […]

Nuclear agreement with Iran a diplomatic disaster of historic proportion

Nuclear agreement with Iran a diplomatic disaster of historic proportion

Special to WorldTribune.com Sarah N. Stern The Obama administration has entered into a nuclear deal between the P5+1 powers and the Islamic Republic of Iran that is more deplorable than we had even anticipated. The deal threatens the security of the United States, the security of our ally Israel, and the security of the entire […]

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