The Fortuitous Fed

Israel continues to escalate strikes against southern Lebanon on Wednesday, and has killed at least nine people across the region, including two paramedics who were slain in an attack on an ambulance. These attacks follow reports from President Trump that on Monday Israel agreed to postpone its attack on Beirut and that Hezbollah had made […]

Read The 14-Point US-Iran Draft Deal Set For Friday Signing With US and Iranian officials preparing to formally sign a memorandum of understanding in Switzerland on Friday, the conflict is entering the much-needed diplomatic phase to avert a potentially disastrous energy cliff. The MoU would open a 60-day negotiating window aimed at ending the war, restoring maritime traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, and hammering out the future of Iran's nuclear program. Bloomberg published the text of the 14-point draft MoU, offering the clearest look yet at the proposed trade:...

North Korean state media published a statement reaffirming its commitment to maintain nuclear weapons in response to the US, Japan, and South Korea issuing a statement calling for the Korean Peninsula to be free of nuclear weapons.  On Monday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun and Japanese Foreign […]