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Nowhere to go but up
The world grapples with a new Syria and prays for a better outcome than the old Syria Syria, a nation known for more than a decade as...

Samuel Waitt
Jun 65 min read


Democracy or a Coup?
When elections go off the rails and judges intervene, chaos ensues It’s not every day when one hears the name Kim Kardashian at an...

Samuel Waitt
Jun 65 min read


Trade War
My Newsletter on Trumps "Liberation Day" Tariffs It should be no surprise to anyone Americans love our almighty dollar. Perhaps more than...

Samuel Waitt
Jun 66 min read


Overslept
The roots of the US-Europe breakdown, as told by someone who saw it coming “I hate bailing out Europe again.” “I fully share your...

Samuel Waitt
Apr 146 min read


Taiwan and the Silicon Shield
After two Ukraine entries, I journey you to a geopolitical hotspot in an entirely different corner of the world After two previous...

Samuel Waitt
Mar 265 min read


Bigger than Ali-Frazier
I really hoped to publish something related to anything other than Ukraine. After the brawl last Friday, such hopes were no longer...

Samuel Waitt
Mar 264 min read


Dosvidanya
The US government has many priorities. Ukraine is not one of them. Greetings everyone, This week, I had been writing an essay about the...

Samuel Waitt
Mar 266 min read


Shock and Awe
With the dismantling of the US Agency for International Development, America dismantles our soft power overseas Recently, a young man...

Samuel Waitt
Mar 266 min read


Yes, I did go to Trump's Inauguration
With a little gentle nudging, of course Imagine you are standing on a sidewalk on a cold January morning and a woman walks by and shouts...

Samuel Waitt
Mar 264 min read


Happy New Year!
A little update for my readers as this century is now one-quarter complete Happy new year, readers! I would like to start off this...

Samuel Waitt
Mar 264 min read


Endless War?
As one administration hands over control to another administration in Washington, I analyze the prospects for a peace agreement in...

Samuel Waitt
Mar 2612 min read


What is the Three Seas Initiative?
I take a stab at explaining the Three Seas Initiative- and why this often-overlooked region matters to the United States So long as...

Samuel Waitt
Mar 265 min read


What Happened on November 5th
I break down the factors, some well-known, others more obscure, as to why Donald Trump will be returning to the Oval Office next year Our...

Samuel Waitt
Mar 266 min read


History often Rhymes
A little history lesson, just in time for the election, courtesy of Mark Twain Back in 1860, the year before the United States began to...

Samuel Waitt
Mar 264 min read


Swimming with Sharks
The author attends a highbrow security conference- and reads the tea leaves. Heads up- this article is by far my longest yet. Ah,...

Samuel Waitt
Mar 2613 min read


Mr Gorbachev, Tear Down This Wall!
Samuel reviews a film about Ronald Reagan Last month, my family and I sat down at the local cinema to enjoy the film Reagan , a biopic...

Samuel Waitt
Mar 263 min read


You Can't Handle the Truth
With exaggerated partisan attacks relating to foreign policy now at an all-time high, we all must take a step back and examine the facts...

Samuel Waitt
Mar 264 min read


A Summer Bookworm
I make a slight detour from geopolitics to review some books with a historical flair I read over the Summer. The time has now come to...

Samuel Waitt
Mar 264 min read


Hostage Diplomacy
Washington and Moscow hatch a deal to swap each other's prisoners- over the heads of the countries actually holding the Russian ones On...

Samuel Waitt
Mar 265 min read


Persian Delight
The Iranian people vote for a reform-minded president. Question is- will Iran's deep state allow him to actually implement reforms? For...

Samuel Waitt
Mar 264 min read
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