Jan 8, 2020Trump’s Fake War BluffDid Iran call or fold? The mountain bore a mouse. After the Iranian attack on U.S. bases in Iraq, the United States just backed down. Donald Trump announced some more sanctions to come soon, asked the world to help with the Iranian nuclear program and even finished his address by…Iran Deal2 min readIran Deal2 min read
Jan 7, 2020Was Trump Framed by Generals to Kill Soleimani?A possibility that can’t be excluded. Four days into the madness after Soleimani was slain, we still can’t be sure about the reasons behind that act. Yes, initially I thought it was a good PR move by Trump to change the agenda from the impeachment story. But then, I remembered…Donald Trump3 min readDonald Trump3 min read
Jan 6, 2020Democracy — my ass.Elections never were meant to be like that. Three days have passed since Soleimani was killed and still, there is no war with Iran. Meanwhile, the situation seems to be stabilizing at a certain level of tension. …Politics2 min readPolitics2 min read
Jan 5, 2020Threaten Iran, actually attack the DemocratsYes, it’s Donald Trump who just did that. The U.S. President just twitted some new threats to Iran, but the actual value of the tweet is not what it seems. It is the first time I know, when a tweet substitutes an official document from the head of the executive…Donald Trump2 min readDonald Trump2 min read
Jan 5, 2020Iraq parliament votes to remove American forcesBut war doesn’t look like happening. Yet. The Soleimani situation continues to develop. And while, at least for now, it develops along a predictable way, the whole region starts to look like a volcano that is trembling. And nobody can be sure if it explodes or not. Iran managed to…Iran3 min readIran3 min read
Jan 4, 2020Kill Soleimani and get re-elected.A simple move that will resonate well. In 10 months, United States will have an extremely important presidential election. …Politics2 min readPolitics2 min read
Jan 4, 2020How can Iran retaliate to the U.S. and will it do so?Yes, and they will also go for the big bomb. After the Soleimani “termination”, as Donald Trump called it in his remarks, the question that the whole world wants an answer to, is simple: What will the Iranians do now and will there be a large-scale war? …Iran4 min readIran4 min read
Jun 27, 2018The Arrogance Of PowerA Lesson That Is Never Taught — Power is intoxicating. Super-power is super-intoxicating. If we look over the past years, we will see that at the moment a state became so powerful that it felt nothing can threaten it, the countdown to destruction started ticking. Roman Empire was invincible in battles but when the Romans understood…War5 min readWar5 min read
Jun 23, 2018A New Superpower In The CradleBorn in 20th century. Will it reach adulthood? — Throughout history, there were many states that managed to become superpowers. The first one was definitely the Roman Empire, although there may have been other states equally powerful in other places in ancient times but we don’t know much about them. Then there were the Arab Caliphate of the…China5 min readChina5 min read
Jun 10, 2018Greed Killed a SuperpowerAnd gave birth to a new one — If you want to be a really powerful state, you have to conform to some criteria. You must have a large and educated population. You must have a strong military that is based on your own production of weaponry. And you must have a strong economy, in other words…Politics5 min readPolitics5 min read
