Late last week, three of the largest regional powers in the Middle East signed a mutual defense pact. The Mecca Joint Deterrence Agreement binds Turkiye, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan to come to one another’s defense in the event of an attack. This agreement, they claim, is not aimed at Iran, but it is quite clear […]
The chatterati clutched their pearls and tore their garments yesterday as Abdul El-Sayed, a left-of-centre politico, won the Michigan Democratic nomination for the US Senate seat up for election this year. They worry that he is too far left, that he has trouble with white working-class and black voters, that he comes across as arrogant.
The US-Israeli war with Iran and its proxies has depleted the American missile supply, bringing the stockpile levels to dangerous territory. The missiles in question are expensive and take a lot of time to build, meaning boosting stockpiles will cost millions if not billions and take months if not years. The risk is not that
The media are reporting that Iran and Oman are close to making a deal on opening the Strait of Hormuz. This wouild not be a return to the status quo ante bellum, in which ships sailed freely through the narrow maritime channel between the two countries. It would be a system of fees for environmental clean
The former Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, is now Prime Minister. He got there by a unique route. He resigned as Mayor to stand in a by-election brought on by the resignation of a sitting MP specifically to allow Mr. Burnham to return to Commons. He won, and within a couple of week, Labour
