The State Department says it’s paying more than $2 million per month to provide 24-hour security to former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and a former top aide, both of whom face “serious and credible” threats from Iran. Pompeo and Hook led the Trump administration’s “maximum pressure” campaign against...
Next Time Israelis Talk About a World That Closed Its Gates to Refugees
Never again. The world stood idly by. Like sheep to the slaughter. The world closed its gates to Jewish refugees. These and other emotion-evoking slogans will again feature in the next Holocaust Remembrance Day. Politicians, public figures and intellectuals will focus on that part of history, ignoring the disgraceful...
As Ukraine Burns, Saudi Arabia and UAE Try to Get Biden to Do Their Bidding
If the United States thinks it can ignore or insult Gulf leaders because it’s no longer dependent on Middle East oil, its status as a superpower involved in international disputes puts it in a diplomatic stranglehold that forces it to tread cautiously even with “pariahs,” as President Joe Biden...
Israel’s Knesset Passes Law Barring Palestinian Spouses
Israel’s parliament has passed a law denying naturalization to Palestinians from the occupied West Bank or Gaza married to Israeli citizens, forcing thousands of Palestinian families to either emigrate or live apart. Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s party allied with right-wing factions in the opposition to pass the legislation above...
Zakaria: Putin’s Invasion of Ukraine Marks the Beginning of a Post-American Era
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is a seismic event, perhaps the most significant one in international life since the fall of the Berlin Wall, says Washington Post columnist Fareed Zakaria. The war marks the end of an age, he says, but what will the new era hold? According to Zakaria, a defining...
China Refuses Aircraft Parts Deliveries to Russia
Russia’s air transport agency Rosaviatsiya is considering various alternatives for aircraft parts supply after China refused to supply aircraft parts amid sanctions, Russian news agency Interfax reported. Rosaviatsia official Valery Kudinov was quoted by Interfax as saying: “As far as I know, there is information that a request has been...
Ian Bremmer: As Democracy Erodes, Watch These ‘Supremely Dangerous’ Global Trends
As Russian forces invaded Ukraine, Pakistan's PM Imran Khan, one of Vladimir Putin’s few friends these days, visited Moscow. His trip did not go down well in the US, a longtime ally of Islamabad. On the latest episode of GZERO World, Ian Bremmer talks to Pakistan’s former Foreign Minister,...
Russia’s Onslaught Is Brutal, but It Is Not ‘Shock and Awe’
Russia’s unprovoked assault on Ukraine has been shocking, incompetently waged so far and brutal. But it has not been “shock and awe” as many have suggested. The country's initial offensive was based on an exaggeration of its ability to send armored forces racing into Ukraine to occupy Kyiv. This...
Voters Believe Putin Wouldn’t Have Invaded Ukraine Under Trump. Logic Agrees
A new Harvard Center for American Political Studies (CAPS)-Harris Poll survey released Friday found that 62 percent of those polled believed Putin would not be moving against Ukraine if Trump had been president. When looking strictly at the answers of Democrats and Republicans, 85 percent of Republicans and 38 percent...
3 Russian Billionaires Resign From Board of $22 Billion Investment Firm
Three Russian billionaires have resigned from the board of a $22 billion investment firm amid their country's ongoing invasion of Ukraine. It comes after London-based LetterOne froze out Mikhail Fridman and Petr Aven, who are subject to Western sanctions, blocking access to their buildings last week and forbidding them to...