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The Post-War ‘Consensus’ is Over – ‘Either We Reinvent Bretton Woods, or It Risks Losing Relevance’
by Alastair Crooke
The EU premise was of ‘uncle’ America, always being ‘there’, in case of difficulties. This is no longer true – and shocking it is, for EU élites.

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British Election Heralds Collapse of United Kingdom
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British Election Heralds Collapse of United Kingdom
December 16, 2019

Boris Johnson may claim to have a mandate to cut off ties with the European Union. But the results also mean Scotland and Northern Ireland are empowered to now cut off their ties with the rest of Britain.

Finian Cunningham
Fires Rage in Canada as Professor Attacks the Myth of Holodomor
December 15, 2019

University of Alberta Professor Dougal MacDonald raised hell by writing in a personal Facebook post that the 1932-33 genocide of Ukrainians referred to as Holodomor never happened but was rather a “myth fabricated by Hitlerites”

Matthew Ehret
Fires Rage in Canada as Professor Attacks the Myth of Holodomor
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Ukraine Peace Hostage to Washington’s Russophobia
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Ukraine Peace Hostage to Washington’s Russophobia
December 15, 2019

When Zelensky seeks to reassure that “no red lines” have been crossed, his mind is not on genuine peace negotiations

Finian Cunningham
Czech-Russian Relations and the ROA: Conflicting Historical Narratives
December 14, 2019

Tony Wesolowsky’s December 8, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) article “The Vlasov Army: Nazi Sympathizers Or WWII Freedom Fighters?”, leads to some additional thoughts.

Michael Averko
Czech-Russian Relations and the ROA: Conflicting Historical Narratives
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Sore Sports: Russia Barred From Olympics for Thwarting Washington’s Geopolitical Game Plan?
December 13, 2019

Clearly, the motivation here is to humiliate, provoke and punish Moscow by any means available – even on the field of dreams.

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Impeachment Drama Doomed to Fail From Bad Casting
December 13, 2019

Trump was crafted by Fate and his brilliant media career from The Apprentice to Worldwide Wrestling Central Casting to be the Hero of Impeachment.

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Disconnect Over Afghanistan War Shows Dysfunction of US Politics
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Disconnect Over Afghanistan War Shows Dysfunction of US Politics
December 13, 2019

The amount of political and media capital expended on “Russiagate” and “Ukrainegate” is wildly disproportionate to the scant or slight evidence.

US Weaponizing Space in Bid to Launch Arms Race
December 12, 2019

The US has utilized the 29-nation NATO alliance to rubber-stamp its criminal weaponization of space.

Finian Cunningham
US Weaponizing Space in Bid to Launch Arms Race
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NATO Becomes Schizophrenic as It Loses Credibility
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NATO Becomes Schizophrenic as It Loses Credibility
December 12, 2019

NATO’s loss of credibility is symbolic of the change in the world order, where the West no longer has any option other than to acknowledge today’s multipolar reality.

Federico Pieraccini
Donald Trump and Israel: When Does a ‘Passionate Attachment’ Threaten National Security?
December 12, 2019

The Jewish state is frequently referred to hyperbolically as America’s best friend and closest ally. But Israel is in reality neither a friend nor an ally.

Philip Giraldi
Donald Trump and Israel: When Does a ‘Passionate Attachment’ Threaten National Security?
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NATO Secretary General Targets ‘Rising China’: Why Cold War Newspeak Never Went Away
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NATO Secretary General Targets ‘Rising China’: Why Cold War Newspeak Never Went Away
December 11, 2019

We need to grow up, and grow up fast. We cannot afford to be led by childish stories of the boogeyman and be governed by fear so easily any longer.

Cynthia Chung
The 1508 League of Cambrai and BRICS Today: How Not to Repeat History
December 11, 2019

The stakes have never been higher and the liberty to act the fool in the face of Venetian evil never so intolerable.

Matthew Ehret
The 1508 League of Cambrai and BRICS Today: How Not to Repeat History
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Netanyahu-Pompeo Meeting Solidifies War Plan on Iran
December 10, 2019

The hastily arranged meeting last week between Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had the hallmarks of a war-plan summit amid a peak in renewed media provocation against Iran.

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Trump’s Monroe Doctrine 2.0
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Donald John Trump has turned back the clock in the Western Hemisphere to an era that saw coups and political unrest as the order of the day.

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Why the Results of the Normandy Four Summit Were Predetermined… Almost
December 10, 2019

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Trade and Peaceful Cooperation Will Beat the Warmongers
December 10, 2019

Much of the European Union beckons with enthusiasm that is entirely contrary to the drum-thumping rhetoric of Nato.

Brian Cloughley
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Score One for Tulsi
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Score One for Tulsi
December 9, 2019

Tulsi Gabbard’s demolition job on poor Kamala shows why a well-aimed ideological thrust is more important than any number of silly opinion polls telling experts what they want to hear.

Daniel Lazare
Preparing the Stage: A Flawed Prospectus for War, This Time With Iran
December 9, 2019

The new type of warfare is using economic pressure to trigger popular protest and then to leverage the economic grievances of the ordinary populace.

Alastair Crooke
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Senile, Demented and Incontinent: NATO at 70
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Senile, Demented and Incontinent: NATO at 70
December 8, 2019

The London Summit made it clear to the whole world: NATO at 70 has become a global joke.

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As Winter Comes Pipeline Wars Heat Up
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There is real fear that Gazprom will walk away from the talks with Ukraine and will wait out the completion of Nordstream 2.

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