The war on Iran has not only ended in a humiliating defeat for the United States, but resulted in a dramatic shift in the balance of power in the Middle East and the Global South.
Not since the notorious 2012 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) provided for indefinite detention of American citizens, has the annual funding bill been as misused as this year. Embedded in the bill is an insult to every American who values our national sovereignty. The NDAA’s Section 224, the “United States-Israel Defense Technology Cooperation Initiative,” would “integrate” the Israeli military with our own, fusing technology, production, intelligence-sharing, and more.
“We’re gonna win so much, you may even get tired of winning.”—Donald Trump
Israel will benefit enormously and Americans will bear the burden
A Model of Attritional Warfare Suggests Yes
The cartoon was published as a commentary by Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten days before the prime minister landed in Oslo.
Ironically, we could ask: “what would have happened if enlargement had not been a priority”. The fact that never in the history of the EU has 13 years passed without enlargement speaks more to the priority this process has been than political declarations about the importance of enlargement as a high strategic priority. If this is the success of enlargement, then we do not know what the failure could be.
U.S. President Donald Trump’s visit to China raises the question: what exactly did the United States and China achieve through these talks? The answer appears to be very little – and perhaps with an undertone of concealed strategic rivalry beneath the diplomatic smiles.
