Victor Angelo

A few decision-makers and intellectuals think that the political UN -- read "political", I am not talking about the specialised ag...

Have the big questions changed because of Covid-19? What are the essential questions we all face today? Is there a new ranking in terms o...

All along, I have listened to a good number of dinner speakers. And I have noticed that, in general, they believe that a successful speec...

John Bolton is a crazy warmonger. I expressed my deep concern when he was appointed US National Security Advisor. I should now show some ...

This week, we were engaged in a discussion about the future shape and configuration of the armed forces in contexts such as those we find...

The United Nations is always required to be politically smart. That’s the way I saw it, when performing the responsibilities that had bee...

Once more, the conflict between Israel and Palestine is not on the agenda of this year’s Munich Security Conference.  This annual con...

President Trump’s decision to pull out of the 1987 Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) is as much about Russia – the other cou...

President Trump said today that the US intelligence chiefs are “extremely passive and naïve” and that “they should go back to school”. Th...

The Kremlin has been surprisingly slow in responding to the measures taken by Theresa May against Russia´s hostile actions. It´s difficul...

Vladimir Putin´s speech on weapons and new missile systems, including the repeated reference to nuclear means, cannot be taken lightly. T...

Kim Jong-un is above all a provocateur. But a dangerous one, let's be clear. His repeated provocations have created a very delicate si...

The most dangerous mistake regarding North Korea could result from erroneous intelligence. It´s a real possibility. I know from a number o...

The recent US statements on the current status of the Iran Nuclear deal are not wise. They contradict the position of all the other signat...

There are a number of shockingly bizarre leaders and unacceptable governance regimes in the world. The North Korean one is certainly the s...

The North Korean problem is very much linked to Kim´s power base. Therefore, its solution passes above all through a package of actions th...

The sponsors of terrorist acts against European countries should be told two things. First that we are much better prepared to prevent...

Notwithstanding the recent political developments in the US, the European leaders should keep a cool approach and fight every manifestatio...

The more I listen to the noises made by the incoming US President on matters of international affairs, the more I get convinced that when ...

We reached today a new peak of tension between the US and Russia. It is directly related to the Syrian crisis and the fact that each count...