UN Resolution 2231

The Sanctions War Heats Up: US vs. the World

May 22, 2018

Mike Pompeo, in his first speech as Donald Trump’s new secretary of state, threatened United States’ allies: “You should know that we will hold those doing prohibited business in Iran to account.” Pompeo, speaking at the conservative Heritage Foundation in Washington, D.C., on May 21, is actually pitting the US against the United Nations, …

Middle East, Nuclear Disarmament, P5 Monitor, US Foreign Relations, US-UN Relations

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P5 MONITOR

Europe to Trump: We Are Not Giving Up on the Iran Nuclear Deal

April 5, 2018

by Enrico Carisch

While the Trump administration stocks up on Iran hawks like John Bolton, the new national security adviser, and Mike Pompeo as secretary of state, an impending collapse of the Iran nuclear deal could rapidly turn into a new global reality: further isolation of the United States, Saudi Arabia and Israel as the rest of …

P5 Monitor, Security Council

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GEOPOLITICS

Loose Missiles, Loose Talk: Nikki Haley’s Claims of Iran’s ‘Lawless Behavior’

December 16, 2017

by Enrico Carisch

Why are the United States Department of Defense and the US ambassador to the United Nations acting as spokespeople for Saudi Arabia’s atrocious war against the religious Yemeni-Houthi minority? And why is Ambassador Nikki Haley throwing herself in front of the international community with laughable evidence to claim, among other statements: “The Iranian regime …

Geopolitics, Middle East, Security Council, US Foreign Relations

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UN Resolution 2231

The Sanctions War Heats Up: US vs. the World

Europe to Trump: We Are Not Giving Up on the Iran Nuclear Deal

Loose Missiles, Loose Talk: Nikki Haley’s Claims of Iran’s ‘Lawless Behavior’

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