The Axe Of The Fasces

Donald Trump: Rewriting American Foreign Policy   Is there a method in his unconventional ways? When Donald Trump was elected into the White House in November 2016, there was a cloud of uncertainty over the direction American foreign policy would take under his leadership. After all, the United States was getting deeply involved in the Syrian conflict and had seen its ties with Russia reach a dangerously new low, perhaps the lowest since the collapse of the Soviet Union. Today, President Trump’s foreign policy remains the most hotly debated aspect of his presidency, with many claiming that his unconventional methods have succeeded so far. One of the key aspects of Trump’s foreign policy seems to be a certain degree of flexibility over the United States’ stance on geopolitical issues. The first indicator of this was the decision to launch airstrikes against the Syrian government in April 2017. The United States launched 59 tomahawk missiles aimed at government-controlled

Syria Alert: Turkish Ground Invasion !  New phase in the war Turkish tanks roll into Syrian territory. Credits: Kazu Multi-frontier war Just when it looked like there have might be an opening for some dialogue between the warring parties to the Syrian conflict  amidst uncertain calm, Erdogan has effectively opened a new front in the war by launching Operation Olive Branch. On 19th January, 2018, Turkish ground forces began a military operation in north-western Syria. This came as a direct response to the United States' announcement for a plan to set up a 'border security force' in a corridor ranging from Afrin to Manjib, and along Turkey's border with Syria.  Now here's the tricky part- a large majority of these 'security personnel' are Kurdish fighters backed by the US, belonging to groups like the SDF and the YPG, groups deemed as terrorist organizations by the Turkish state, based on these groups' affiliations with Turkey's own dom