It wasn’t long ago when top U.S. military officials had accused Russia of supplying weapons to the Afghan Taliban, an… More►
Politics
14.02.2019
Warsaw Conference – Is the US Coalition Pre-staging War with Iran?
As we approach the start of the Warsaw conference it is time to read the teas on what to expect. I had to wait a day or two later than I wanted to write this because so much of the Foreign minister attendee list was still up in the air when that was needed to gauge the initial…
Middle East -
Iran
13.02.2019
France and Italy Set at Odds by Failed EU Elites
In news from Paris today, the French have warned Italy’s Deputy Premier, Luigi Di Maio, to stop “interfering” in France’s political process. The caution came after a meeting Di Maio had with after he met a senior figure in France’s Gilets Jaunes, ‘yellow vest’ movement. As tensions…
Europe
13.02.2019
Yemen: US "Accidentally" Arming Al Qaeda (Again)
US weapons are once again falling into the hands of militants fighting in one of Washington’s many proxy wars – this time in Yemen – the militants being fighters of local Al Qaeda affiliates. CNN in its article, “Sold to an ally, lost to an enemy,” would admit: Saudi Arabia and its coalition partners have transferred American-made weapons to al…
Middle East -
Yemen
13.02.2019
Two Rounds of US-China Talks are Behind Us. What’s Next?
An important event for international policy in 2019 has been held; two rounds of talks (between 7 and 9 January in Beijing, and between 30 and 31 January in Washington) dealt with the major challenge currently affecting relations between the two leading world powers, which is…
Eastern Asia -
China
13.02.2019
Will the Queen of England be Evacuated to Saudi Arabia or Iran?
These days controversy has become the earmark of modern geopolitics. Yet, there’s things most anybody would agree with, regardless of his or her alignment. For instance, there’s no arguing that when you’re navigating troubled waters the last person you want to see at the helm…
Europe
12.02.2019
Trump Re-Sets the Sail for U.S. Nuclear Supremacy
While for many the scrapping of INF at the hands of Donald Trump is a symbolic revival of cold war geo-politics, there are many important differences, which strongly indicate there is much more to it than meets the eye. This isn’t just a second coming of cold war; rather at the heart…
USA in the World
12.02.2019
Saudi Arabia and the US – a Partnership between the Hedgehog and the Snake
Saudi Arabia at the beginning of this year is experiencing a number of fairly serious crises, above all in the political, economic and financial areas. There is the ongoing fallout from the scandalous, and still unresolved, murder of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi…
Middle East -
Saudi Arabia
Economics
09.02.2019
Is Debt China’s Achilles Heel?
China’s credits to various countries along its much-discussed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), the most ambitious infrastructure undertaking in history, have recently been criticized for drawing poor countries into a debt trap by extending huge credits. Myanmar is often cited, as well as Sri Lanka. Malaysia and Pakistan are renegotiating …
Eastern Asia -
China
05.02.2019
China, Germany and Japan at the Сentre of Davos 2019 Forum
The scheduled World Economic Forum, held at the end of January of this year in a Swiss town of Davos, was noteworthy in several ways. First of all we would like to highlight that its focus on Globalization 4.0 is a direct throwback to the times when the concept of the Fourth…
Europe
24.01.2019
Brace for Impact: Global Financial Crisis May be Just Around the Corner
The cyclical nature of the world economy, when every single decade ends in a major meltdown of the world financial results in a number of experts predicting a global crisis to take place in 2019. Everyone remembers the crisis of 2008, from which the West hasn’t fully recovered…
USA in the World
20.01.2019
The Tale of "Count" Soros and the Young Latvian State he Destroyed
All across the globe alternative media sites would typically describe George Soros as the mastermind of a “globalist” movement, who would undermine any society it can profit from through subversion, manipulation and trickery…
Europe
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…
USA in the World
Society
14.02.2019
America’s “Chattering Class”
While a world largely dominated by American arms and culture careens from one disaster to the next, its propagandists are obsessed with trivia: whether a governor whose college year-book exhibits a photo of a black-face standing next to a hooded clansman thirty-five years ago should resign, how many hours a day the President spends watching television, or what…
USA in the World
07.02.2019
Finally, Washington is Now Law-Bound to Compensate its Victims!
Since most of us are aware of the way Washington approaches its alleged fight against terrorism, murdering tens of thousands of civilians in the process, it seems that the relatives of all those who perished under American bombs in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria may finally get their…
USA in the World
02.02.2019
China Creates, Macau Burns and Robs
It is truly an amazing site: monstrous US hotels and casinos, just few hundred meters from the Mainland China. All that kitsch that one usually associates with Las Vegas or Atlantic City, but bigger, much bigger! In fact, Macau is the biggest casino sprawl in the world. Casinos, most…
Eastern Asia -
China
02.02.2019
Can Saudi Arabia Get any More Terrorism-prone
After following in the wake of Washington’s policies both silently and obediently for decades, it would seem that the EU decided to man up and make a couple of steps of its own, even if just for a change. However, one would be rather surprised to know that among these steps was…
Middle East -
Saudi Arabia
30.01.2019
Yellow Revolution Will Be Televised
The Yellow Vests movement, that was launched by French workers to oppose the fuel tax that Macron chose to introduce doesn’t seem to be inclined to go away even after months of continuous protests. Moreover, even though the tax was scrapped almost immediately, the protesters want…
Europe
27.01.2019
Social Credit Systems and Basic Human Rights
As many know, China has instituted a system of official “social credit” monitoring which is supposed to come online by 2020. Every man, woman and child in China would have a magic number, based on key behaviors, personal finances, health and education levels, social and political…
Middle East -
Israel
26.01.2019
Propaganda - the Only Weapon that London has to Distract Humanity from its Crimes
Back in the early days of mankind, warriors would paint their faces to intimidate their enemies on the field of battle. This example serves as a clear indicator that psychological warfare is just as old as the conventional one. It’s the strategies that are changing…
Europe
