The Learners' Den

US President Donald Trump whispering in China's Xi Jinpin ear In this new age of ambiguous strategic rivalry in geopolitics among Washington, Beijing, Moscow, Tehran, etc., I thought the United States, under President Trump’s second term, would seek strategic relationships based on mutual interest and respect. I thought the alarming bell he had been ringing at his campaign trails about why he must take on China to contain its rapid economic and military growth and its increasing dominance in the South China Sea was serious from the first day in office. I thought he would build win-win bridges across the world to facilitate mutual partnerships and access for Africa, Asia, and Europe to US markets, and vice versa. Instead, Bibi Netanyahu lured him into a war with Iran: he also threatened to buy Greenland forcefully; again, slapped a swath of trade tariffs on foreign countries; and later deodorized this strategic blunder with sanctions and extreme regulations for foreigners. It's ...

Firaministan Isra'ila Binyamin Netanyahu Tunda rikicin Isra'ila da Yankin Zirin Gaza ya ɓarke a Gabas ta Tsakiya, ranar bakwai ga watan Oktoba na shekarar nan, duniya ta yi Allah wadai da salon yaƙin da kuma muhimmin goyon baya kamar su tallafin kuɗi, makaman yaƙi, da bayanan sirri da ƙasar Amurka ke ba wa ƙasar Isra'ila. Wannan yaƙi ba ƙaramin sarƙaƙiya ba ne dashi domin a yanzu haka, ƙasar Amurka tana ta ƙoƙarin haɗa kan ƙasashe da ƙungiyoyi masu faɗa aji a wannan yanki don kawo ƙarshen rikicin. Sai dai babban ƙalubale da ake fuskanta yanzu shi ne, Firaminista Bibi Netanyahu ya nuna aniyar dulmiyar da yankin gaba ɗaya cikin mummunan rikici.  Netanyahu ya fahimci cewa rashin wannan rikici zai zama babban kalubale ga makomar siyasar sa a ƙasar. Da zarar an ce yaƙi ya ƙare, za a gudanar da zaɓe a ƙasar Isra'ila, wanda zai iya haifar da rasa kujerarsa ta Firaminista. Amma idan yaƙin ya ci gaba, zai ci gaba da riƙe madafan ikon ƙasar, domin cika burinsa na zama...