BlackGrowth

The Syrian Civil War ending... and then what? from https://buffalonews.com/2018/04/17/ the-briefing-why-syria-matters/ In Syria, the battle for Idlib - until now occupied by terrorists affiliated and related to Al-Qaeda - is imminent. Other territories controlled by rebels - 'moderate' or not - are few and isolated. Kurds are negotiating with Assad and will likely see recognized part of the autonomy they ask, if Syria territorial integrity will be reconstituted. All in all, the war in Syria is coming to its conclusion - and the USA-led Coalition can't do much to hinder that, as we prefigured . So, is it almost done? Or do we have to expect other crisis and possibly escalations before we can call the conflict off? Of course, in a future perspective, one major issue will be Israel attitude - along with the ones of Saudi Arabia and Turkey on the backsides. Relationships between Israel and Syria will be difficult to normalize without finding a compromise over th...

Presidents Trump and Putin eventually had their first bilateral meeting, yesterday 07/16/2018 in Helsinki [ full video of the press conference ]. Supposedly, the Summit was going to set of a new course in the relationships between USA and Russia, marking the inversion of the negative trend established during Obama’s Presidency. Many Trump’s critics – in USA, most Democrat and Neocon politicians and commenters – questioned the opportunity of the Summit itself. They reacted with outrage to the final declarations that Trump released to the press, even going as far as ousting Trump as a traitor to the USA 1 , 2 . So, here we will look at facts and their implications. Was the Summit a success for any party? Who got the best advantages? Can Trump count it as a victory or was it a defeat? In which direction can we expect USA and Russia to evolve their foreign politics? First, of course, the meeting was an evident success of image for Russia and a personal success of Vladimir Putin. It...