John Duncan Why Donald Trump will try to declare victory in Iran well before November Violent protesters, loyal to Donald Trump, storm the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) The Iranian regime is certainly brutal . But it’s also powerful as it continues to project its might after a month of illegal air strikes by the United States and Israel. Iran is in the top 10 per cent of countries by size and population , has the third largest proven petroleum reserves and controls...

John Duncan Venezuelan support for Maduro is rooted in the Bolivarian Revolution - The Globe and Mail Published on March 11, 2019 JUAN BARRETO/AFP/GETTY IMAGES As the crisis in Venezuela deepens, with nationwide blackouts, food, water and medicine shortages, hyperinflation and political uncertainty, media reports make little mention of the Bolivarian Revolution. Its legacy plays an important role in the current situation in the country. Initiated by the late former president Hugo Chavez 20...

John Duncan Trump’s ‘maximum pressure’ Iran strategy in historical perspective – Canadian Dimension February 21, 2020 Anti-American propaganda artwork on a wall just outside of the former American embassy in Tehran. In January, the Doomsday Clock —a symbol of how close we are to “destroying our world” using “dangerous technologies of our own making”—was advanced to its most dire setting since it was created by the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists in 1947. Among the reasons given was “the US...