What the American midterms results really mean
The media is spinning it as a win for the Democrats, but losing the House is rarely considered a victory
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Tag: USA
Political attacks on oil producers put votes before security
The rest of the world has adjusted to the new reality. Why can’t Trudeau and Biden?
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Canada and the Indo-Pacific: Slow boat to Cold War 2.0?
The Biden administration has clearly signalled it wants a new Cold War in Asia
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U.S., Saudi Arabia in a battle to control oil market
And that will have consequences for the rest of the world
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Saudi Arabia losing confidence in U.S. security blanket
Washington is not as important to Riyadh as it used to be
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The CIA’s man in Cuba
Rolando Cubela was a key player in ongoing American plots to kill Fidel Castro
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Will OPEC oil price hike lead to a Saudi/U.S. “divorce”?
Ultimately – or after the U.S. mid-terms – the animosity will cool down
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Remembering the Cuban Missile Crisis 60 years later
The narrative that emerged of American triumphalism was false. There had been a deal
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The rise and rise of Daesh
The terrorist group isn’t a spent force yet
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Stop the spread of American fascism before it’s too late
Fascism involves fear, unquestioning loyalty, intimidation, hatred of minorities, violence, and manipulation of democratic structures
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Liz Cheney’s fall from political grace is her own doing
As a disloyal conservative and Republican, her political fate has largely been sealed – and she has no one to blame but herself
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Richard Nixon’s California embarrassment
How did a man with one of the highest profiles in American politics – someone who’d just come within a hairsbreadth of winning the presidency in 1960 – flop so badly in 1962?
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