Trump Dangles Wooden Carrots at Russia over Crimea
Shanghai Spirit Gets Indian flavor at Qingdao Summit
When, Where, and How Will the Empire Strike Back?
Bernard Lewis: The False Prophet of the Big Lie
Lewis’s real heritage is clear: It lies in more than a million dead in Iraq since 2003, more than 600,000 killed in Syria and in the continuing specter throughout the region of wars without end.
Macedonia Removes an Obstacle on Its Path to NATO but Every Decision Has a Downside to Consider
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Arkady SAVITSKY | 18.06.2018FEATURED STORY
Is Merkel’s End Right Around the Corner?
The knives are coming out in Germany against Merkel and it is only the pro-EU Social Democrats who are coming to her defense.
Western Media Whitewash Yemen Genocide
As the horror of Hodeida unfolds, Western media are reporting with a strained effort to whitewash the criminal role of the American, British and French governments in supporting the offensive.
US Acts As World’s Cop Making Others Comply with Its National Laws
If Europe wants to remain Europe and not become the 51st US state, it should revise its foreign policy priorities and prepare for a big fight.
Italy Wins First Showdown over Migrants
Only days after coming to power, Italy’s new populist government has won in an early showdown with the European Union establishment over the contentious issue of migration.
How the New York Times Lies About Lies: Obama v. Trump as Example
The New York Times’s calculation altogether ignores some of President Obama’s very worst lies — ones that were real whoppers.
It’s Time for America to Cut Loose Our Useless So-Called ‘Allies’
Our “allies” cede geostrategic control of their own countries and are rewarded at the expense of domestic American economic interests.
‘Not a Single Adult in the Room’: How G7 Was Reduced to Infighting, Arm Wrestling & Anti-Russia Hysteria
With member-states haggling over tit-for-tat protectionist measures against each other, Russia’s absence from the economic talk shop has never been more conspicuous.
Russian Army Gets the Weapons of the Future Today
Many nations are working hard to put unmanned systems onto the battlefields, but Russia appears to be leading this race, fielding its military robotics more quickly than anyone else.
Norway Substantially Increases US Military Presence on Its Soil
Norway has never shown enthusiasm toward the idea of an independent European deterrent force and is turning toward Poland and the Baltic states to form a kind of US-led alliance in Europe.
Trump and Kim Defied the Odds for Successful Summit
All we can say perhaps for now with regard to US-North Korea relations is that a good start has been made. But peace is still a long way off.
Arron Banks Scandal: ‘Investigating’ Non-Events to Smear Russia
The whole story is part of the pattern of psychological operations against Russia, and the fact is that the entire exercise was nothing but an absurd charade.
Trump Confounds the Pundits
In any international agreement no one ever gets everything they want, but they can get enough to make the enterprise worthwhile.
While the U.S. government’s failure to take care of its citizens may be viewed as a good thing because it lets them turn to solutions in the private sector to solve their problems, the government is still robbing citizens through taxes, and making it look as if it will benefit them in the long run through programs such as Social Security...
The social engineers who manufacture the narratives which are dispensed to the mass media and repeated as fact to unsuspecting audiences rely heavily on the tactic of generating sympathy.
All of us, of course, now live on the planet Bush’s boys tried to swallow whole. They left us in a world of infinite war, infinite harm, and in Donald Trump’s America where cluelessness has been raised to a new power.
The United States once again warned this week it would "take firm and appropriate measures" against the Syrian government forces should they continue pushing into the southwest of the country, which has long been held by Al-Qaeda, ISIS, and other groups fighting the Assad government.
Britain has a special relationship with Israel that is little recognised in the mainstream media but unmissable in light of the killings in Gaza. With more than 110 protesters dead, Britain is in effect defending Israeli actions. The British government has not, as far as I have seen, actually condemned Israel for the killings.
In an environment that is saturated with mass media propaganda, it can be hard to figure out which way’s up, let alone get an accurate read on what’s going on in the world. Here are a few tips I’ve learned which have given me a lot of clarity in seeing through the haze of spin and confusion.
