Not surprising, Monsanto, today hidden behind the Bayer logo, as the world leader in patented GMO seeds and the probable… More►
Politics
16.01.2019
Europe on the Brink of Collapse?
The Empire’s European castle of vassals is crumbling. Right in front of our eyes. But Nobody seems to see it. The European Union (EU), the conglomerate of vassals – Trump calls them irrelevant, and he doesn’t care what they think about him, they deserve to be collapsing. They…
Europe
16.01.2019
Despite Reassurances, the US Can’t Change the Middle East
The US secretary of state Mike Pompeo’s visit to the Middle East has come at a time when the US politics at both domestic and international levels is facing extreme contradictions. There is a government shutdown at home, and at international level, Donald Trump and his team are…
USA in the World
15.01.2019
Pentagon Wants Big War Funding – Now
We are off to a huge news cycle for 2019, with everything from shifting sands in the Mideast, to what some say could be a growing class rebellion in the EU, which might tip its house of cards over. The Trump White House interprets its Syria policy differently day after day. More countries state their intentions to resume ties with Syria, including many in Europe…
USA in the World
15.01.2019
When did the Infamous Red Coats became Cheap Cannon Fodder?
In the aftermath of the disastrous Libyan campaign of 2011, the United Kingdom would demonstrate a certain degree of restraint in its foreign policy endeavors, getting particularly picky every time a politician would go as far as to even mention military interventions…
Middle East -
Syria
14.01.2019
The US Institute of Peace... Promotes Endless Syrian War
An “independent national institute founded by Congress and dedicated to the proposition that a world without violent conflict is possible,” would be the last place you would expect to find calls for continued war. Yet the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) is just the place…
Middle East -
Syria
14.01.2019
China Sends Europe Yet Another Positive Signal
On 18 December the Xinhua news agency publicized the state China’s Policy Paper on the European Union. We would like to highlight straightaway that this is not a unique document in the history of their official bilateral ties, established in 1975. Similar policy papers were issued in 2003 and 2014. But the latest in this series of documents has generated heightened interest from experts. The…
Eastern Asia -
China
14.01.2019
The War Against America’s Only Anti-War Candidate
Born in American Samoa, Representative (Major) Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii, a Democrat and, far more than Trump, someone who stands against hypocrisy and fakery of every kind, is now running for President of the United States. Unlike Trump or Clinton or Obama or Romney or so many…
USA in the World
Economics
16.01.2019
Comprehensive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership Entered into Force
1 January 2019 marked the third day since the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) came into force. Irrespective of what will happen during this whole, still new year, the aforementioned event will remain among the most…
Eastern Asia -
Japan
10.01.2019
Washington Cheats its Way into the EU Energy Market, Yet it Lives Off Russian Gas
Over the past two years, Washington has been adamant in its attempts to pursue a dominant position on the international energy markets in accordance with the strategy presented by Donald Trump, which included an aggressive takeover of the European market by ensuring…
Russia in the World
31.12.2018
Whatever Happened to Peak Oil?
Back during the early days of the Bush-Cheney administration, countless articles and even official statements by the International Energy Agency and various governments proclaimed the onset of what was termed Peak Oil. This was a time when former Halliburton CEO, Vice President Dick Cheney…
USA in the World
29.12.2018
Today's Arctic is Nothing but the Desired Treasure Land
It’s curious that some people do not fully grasp the fact that the Arctic is so much more than a barren frozen desert or the proverbial homeland of Santa Claus. According to American geological experts, under its impending vastness the Arctic region hides up to 30% of world’s undiscovered…
Russia in the World
19.12.2018
Blocking Nord Stream 2: To Fight "Russian Dictatorship," US Dictates to Europe
Rarely is irony and hypocrisy so thoroughly combined as it was when the US House of Representatives passed resolution 1035 – “Expressing opposition to the completion of Nord Stream II” (.pdf). Bloomberg in its article, “U.S. House Passes Resolution Opposing Russian Gas Pipeline”…
Europe
19.12.2018
Is Canada Huawei Arrest Attempt to Sabotage Trump Xi Talks?
The arrest of the CFO of the China’s largest telecoms equipment company, Huawei, carries hallmarks of deep state or behind-the-scenes sabotage designed to rupture recent progress between US President Trump and China President Xi Jinping on strategic issues. Here are some elements…
Eastern Asia -
China
11.12.2018
Beware, Income Disparity is among the Leading Global Trends
It’s hardly a secret that there was an abrupt increase in income disparity pretty much all across the globe in the period from 1980 to 2017, as it has been recently confirmed by a report released by World Inequality Lab (WIL). Pretty much the same conclusion was voiced by a group of…
USA in the World
Society
15.01.2019
Oil and Other Stocks Up on War for the Border Wall: No, Really
US President Donald Trump is in a pickle. Having put his foot down over the controversial border wall, the enigmatic billionaire has put himself and millions of Americas up against a wall. Excuse the metaphor, but his determination, while admirable, is going to end up in disaster…
USA in the World
12.01.2019
Saudi Arabia Declares War on Free Speech and Civil Liberties
Saudi Arabia has done it again … that is to land itself in the middle of a controversy that exposes not just the dictatorial devolution of its system of governance but the inaptitude of its governing dogma to self-sustain against the pushes of technology.тEarly this January news surfaced that Prince Mohammed bin Salman called on…
USA in the World
12.01.2019
American Liberalism vs. Scientology – A Strange Fight
The US media’s campaign to expose the Church of Scientology, while pointing to very ugly truths about the organization, also points toward the problematic outlook of the cynical liberal establishment. Detractors of Marxism long accused it of being a secular religion. They pointed to its rites, holy books, and mission…
USA in the World
12.01.2019
Case of Ko Hyon-chol and Other Unsavory Tales of Sexual Abuse in South Korea
Once the story criticizing a report on mass-rape in DPRK was published, its author has faced with a fierce backlash. Many people were unwilling to believe that by “presenting notorious stories not as exceptions but as examples of daily tactics, and by then employing a similar…
Eastern Asia -
South Korea
11.01.2019
Why is Japan so Bitter About Unstoppable Rise of China?
There used to be a pair of beautiful swings for children, not far from an old rural temple in Mie Prefecture, where I used to frequently powerwalk, when searching for inspiration for my novels. Two years ago, I noticed that the swings had gotten rusty, abandoned, and unkempt. Yesterday…
Eastern Asia -
Japan
09.01.2019
Lobotomized: Secrecy and the “Dis-enlightenment”
As we enter 2019, one thing above all others is clear, the mechanisms of human engagement, education, media and information, even what passes for human contact through social media and email, is all subjected to “algorithms,” whatever those are. It was Snowden that brought it to our attention…
USA in the World
06.01.2019
Depopulation Crisis - When Numbers Don't Add Up, You've been Cheated
The population of the Earth today is just over 7.6 billion people. Up until the 1970s, the world’s population would grow in accordance with a hyperbolic formula discovered by the Austrian physicist Heinz von Foerster. Most recently, as sociologists were bracing for a demographic record, birth rates have suddenly come to a stall…
USA in the World
