The Alawites are seen as religious deviants by the Sunni Islamists, and as remnants of the ousted regime, and their position ...

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Trump’s corollary to the Monroe Doctrine – “speak loudly AND carry a big stick” – has not been applied full force on ...

Russian Spies Warn That The UK Is Trying To Sabotage Trump’s Envisaged “New Détente”. Trump 2.0 must become aware of the threat that the UK poses to its plans, and respond accordingly to defend the US ...

Drawing on newly declassified documents that reveal the central role of energy in the unraveling of détente, Guy Laron explores how escalating energy crises in the 1970s transformed US-Soviet energy ...

Although the United States and Soviet Union had begun a process of détente in 1970, both sides were still anxious that the other not achieve any advantage in the overall balance of power.

The policy of détente refers to the time in the 1960s-1970s when the two superpowers eased tension and tried to cooperate to avoid conflict. Détente helped the superpowers reduce spending on the ...

There is a blessing in disguise in the uncertainties caused by the "American First" policy by US President Donald Trump. That is, the long-awaited US-Russia détente has finally happened, removing the ...