On July 17, 2018, leaders of the EU and Japan signed a sweeping deal doing away with almost all tariffs between them, according to Germany’s DW TV. The same day, Japan’s Newsroom Tokyo aired its video clip of the Economic Partnership Agreement … [Read more...]
December 21, 2017 – Middle East, so what’s next? Part Two
On Monday December 18, 2017, the 15 Member UN Security Council voted 14-1 to condemn the US decision “to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital”. As expected, the USA exercised its veto. This then was followed by a vote in an UN General Assembly … [Read more...]
June 11, 2017 – Western World Right Now
These days the European Union appears increasingly at loggerheads with America and Britain. And events in late May as well as in early June apparently only made things worse. The UK-EU Split Gets Messier In April, Conservative … [Read more...]
May 24, 2017 – President Trump’s Visit to Middle East
President Trump’s first trip overseas started off spectacularly. The United States Secretary of State held a press briefing with the Foreign Minister of Saudi Arabia outlining the accomplishments of day one. According to Yahoo News in … [Read more...]