Financial Tribune - The resignation of US Defense Secretary James Mattis and his likely replacement by an Iran hawk could intensify the US pressure on Tehran, a foreign policy expert said. General Mattis was both a proponent of JCPOA [Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action or Irans nuclear deal] and an opponent of war, Hossein Mousavian, a former Iranian ...

The Guardian | Julian Borger: While a government shutdown and a key resignation grabbed headlines, diplomats were stunned by US actions over Yemen The US stumbled into the holiday season with a sense of unravelling, as a large chunk of the federal government ground to a halt, the stock market crashed and the last independently minded, globally respected,...

Euronews - Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis resignation apparently on principle has rocked the U.S. national security community, if not the entire nation. Retired military officers, former cabinet officials, think tank experts and congressional leaders from both parties appear united in their concern about the implications for the nations future security....