World Affairs

The key Word in the Trump-Kim Show

June 14, 2018 0

by Pepe Escobar (cross-posted with the Asia Times by special agreement with the author) By reaffirming the Panmunjom Declaration, the US President has committed to bringing its military back from South Korea and thus a complete denuclearization of […]

World Affairs

Why is Washington Pressuring Jordan?

June 12, 2018 0

Are the Jordanian demonstrations a sign of a new episode of the Arab Spring, or, on the contrary, are they a means of pressuring King Abdallah II to accept the US plan for Palestine ? […]

World Affairs

Putin and Xi top the G6+1

June 12, 2018 0

by Pepe Escobar (cross-posted with the Asia Times by special agreement with the author) East vs. West: the contrast between the “dueling summits” this weekend was something for the history books. All hell broke loose at the G6+1, […]

World Affairs

America’s Genocide in Yemen Starts Tuesday

June 12, 2018 0

Eric Zuesse The Houthis in Yemen are expected to start being slaughtered en-masse on June 12th. The U.S.-Saudi-UAE plan is to destroy the Yemenese port city of Al Hudaydah, which is the only entry-way by […]

World Affairs

U.S. Challenges Russia to Nuclear War

June 11, 2018 0

Eric Zuesse, originally posted at strategic-culture.org Now that the United States (with the cooperation of its NATO partners) has turned the former Soviet Union’s states other than Russia into NATO allies, and has likewise turned the […]

World Affairs

As G-7 Fractures In Canada, Putin Meets Xi In China

June 8, 2018 0

by Tyler Durden While President Trump insults his erstwhile foreign partners in a colorful twitter tirade ahead of a G-7 (or rather, G-6+1) summit in Quebec, exposing the very real fragmentation of longtime western partnerships as the US […]

World Affairs

Is Putin Really Ready to “Ditch” Iran?

June 7, 2018 0

[This analysis was written for the Unz Review] The topic of Russian actions in Syria still continues to fascinate and create a great deal of polemics.  This makes senses – the issue is exceedingly important on […]

Wealth Abuse

Italy’s Long, Hot Summer

June 5, 2018 0

May 31, 2018 CARMEN M. REINHART Severe political uncertainty, chronic slow growth, and a sovereign-debt level currently hovering around 160% of GDP already is enough for Italy to trigger a debt crisis. And there is no […]

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