Monthly Archives: February 2023

The Wall Street Journal, one of the remaining few American  mainstream print media sources with any credibility at all,( at least as long as Trump is not the subject)  had on 24 February, a very informative collection of news articles … Continue reading →

The last couple of weeks there have been a flurry of articles describing the increasing level of ties between China and Saudi Arabia. This has probably  been prompted by the visit of Chinese leader Xi Jinping to Saudi where he … Continue reading →

Since I wrote my piece on the Russians using Syria as a test  bed for the war in the Ukraine, https://wp.me/p2oiqJ-3VT things appear very differently. The seemingly more professional Russian army has not been evidenced in the war so far. The … Continue reading →