May 2018

 April 27-28, 2018 may go down in history as a very significant weekend in Asia with consequences impacting the whole world. Coincidentally, on this weekend, the two most populated countries in the world, China and India, will have an informal summit meeting between the two strong leaders, President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Narendra Modi while the Supreme Leader Kim Jong-Un of North Korea...

 April 27-28, 2018 may go down in history as a very significant weekend in Asia with consequences impacting the whole world. Coincidentally, on this weekend, the two most populated countries in the world, China and India, will have an informal summit meeting between the two strong leaders, President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Narendra Modi while the Supreme Leader Kim Jong-Un of North Korea...

The reason that this author has not devoted much space in this column to discussions of the Middle East (M.E.) issues is not because of a lack of problems there; rather too many messy problems with no solutionsin sight to inspire meaningful discussions. The author subscribes to several newsletters and publications covering the M.E. issues and the U.S. involvement there. The nearly daily bombardments...

The reason that this author has not devoted much space in this column to discussions of the Middle East (M.E.) issues is not because of a lack of problems there; rather too many messy problems with no solutionsin sight to inspire meaningful discussions. The author subscribes to several newsletters and publications covering the M.E. issues and the U.S. involvement there. The nearly daily bombardments...