Capitol Times National Desk

Mansoor Ijaz is well-known in Washington and Islamabad power corridors – political, military and intelligence.  A physicist and neuro-mechanical engineer by education and hedge fund manager and venture capitalist by profession, Mansoor has long played an unofficial “citizen diplomacy” role in some of the most intractable problems the world has faced in the past three decades.  He ventured into Sudan when no nation was willing to talk to Khartoum so the US could get access to Sudanese...

The Strait of Hormuz is not just another stretch of water. It is the beating artery of the global economy — a narrow corridor through which nearly one-fifth of the world’s oil supply flows. When Iran began choking that artery during the ongoing war, oil prices surged past $100 per barrel, sending shockwaves through global markets and threatening the energy security of the free world. And now President Donald Trump has done something Washington elites rarely do anymore: he told the truth. If...

In a dramatic escalation of U.S. pressure on communist Cuba, President Donald Trump declared Monday that the island nation may face a “friendly takeover” as it collapses under economic and humanitarian crisis. Speaking at a news conference at Trump National Doral Miami, the president said Cuba is “down to fumes,” with no energy, no money, and a failing communist system that can no longer sustain itself. According to Trump, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is leading negotiations with Cuban...