Russia Slides Towards Internal Political Crisis Submitted by SouthFront, The Russia of 2019 is in a complicated economic and even political situation. Smoldering conflicts near its borders amid continued pressure from the US and NATO affect the situation in the country negatively. This is manifested in society and in national politics. The approval rating of …
February 2019 archive
Feb 27
Today’s News 27th February 2019
Final Steps Of The Multipolar Revolution: Containing The US In Europe Authored by Federico Pieraccini via The Strategic Culture Foundation, We discussed in the previous article how China and Russia are using diplomatic, economic and military means in areas like Asia and the Middle East to contain the belligerence and chaos unleashed by the United States. In this …
Feb 26
Today’s News 26th February 2019
The Militarization Of Xi Jinping's China: "Recovering" Areas They Have Never Ruled Authored by Gordon Chang via The Gatestone Institute, The People’s Liberation Army is arming fast, and that development is triggering alarm. Beijing has always claimed its military is for defensive purposes only, but no country threatens territory under China’s control. The buildup, therefore, …
Feb 25
Today’s News 25th February 2019
Watch Deep-Sea Iranian Sub Carry Out First Cruise Missile Test-Launch Yesterday, we published some commentary written by author Steven Metz where he argued that a US-orchestrated military intervention in Iran would be “one of the worst blunders in American history.” And while Venezuela has continued to attract most of the media attention and speculation that …
Feb 24
Today’s News 24th February 2019
America: "Indispensable Nation" No More? Authored by Andrew Bacevich via The American Conservative, Rather than seeing ‘far into the future,’ American elites have struggled to discern what might happen next week… “Only those of us who were born under Queen Victoria,” wrote Ronald Knox, “know what it feels like to assume, without questioning, that England …
Feb 23
Today’s News 23rd February 2019
"Humanitarian Intervention" And The New World Order, Part 3 Authored by Vladislav Sotirovic via Oriental Review, Read Part 1 here… Read Part 2 here… NATO’s Aggression Against Serbia and Montenegro in 1999 The NATO launched a military intervention against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) on March 24th, 1999 in the name of …
Feb 22
Today’s News 22nd February 2019
As The Real Estate Market Slows, Canadians Continue To Plunder Equity From Their Homes Canadians are accelerating the rate at which they borrow cash against their homes, despite the fact that the real estate market is slumping in the country. This exposes the country’s financial system to obvious vulnerabilities, according to rating company DBRS and Bloomberg. Home …
Feb 21
Today’s News 21st February 2019
"Consequences for NATO": Germany Rebuffs UK Call To Back Off Saudi Arms Freeze Germany is feeling the pressure from western allies over its weapons exports freeze in the wake of the Saudi killing of Jamal Khashoggi, a freeze first announced in November, which included plans to reject any future export licences to Riyadh, but not previously …
Feb 20
Today’s News 20th February 2019
Staged Chemical Attack Videos And Other Trends In Modern Propaganda Submitted by Southfront.org The scandal regarding the fake hospital video published by the White Helmets as a proof of the Douma chemical attack has reached its peak in the media and has caused reaction on the diplomatic level. On February 13, BBC Syria’s producer Riam …
Feb 19
Today’s News 19th February 2019
Escobar: How New Silk Roads Are Shaping Southwest Asia Authored by Pepe Escobar via The Asia Times, Businesses in the Middle East have begun to think ‘Make trade not war’ and being part of China’s Belt and Road scheme Singapore, aiming high for the status of Asia’s unofficial capital, seems like the ideal venue for …
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