Look at commodities-export strongmen like Chavez and Putin if you want to understand Trump.
Obama’s “Moderate” Syrian Deception
Russia is targeting hardline groups the United States has tacitly aided for more than a year.
China: A Free Hand in the South China Sea?
Is Beijing’s maritime strategy sinking freedom of navigation In the South China Sea?
The World’s Most Innovative Countries
Which countries contribute to global innovation? And which detract from it?
Putin & Trump: Can They Survive “Internet Terror”?
Internet espionage as an equal opportunity discriminator.
High Time for a Western Oil Strategy
Yes, we can boost global security and good governance.
Trump and Palin: Is America Becoming an Oil Kleptocracy?
That such a substantial number of Americans want to see Trump as their president is an alarming signal.
United States: Cruel and Unusual
There is a recent decline of capital punishment in one of the two remaining industrialized nations with the death penalty.
That Eerie Feeling About Saudi Arabia
Is the Saudi monarchy echoing the final stages of the Shah’s monarchy in Iran?
U.S. Economy: A Money Laundering Operation?
America is emerging as safe haven for the world’s super-rich and their money – honest and ill-gotten alike.























