World Affairs

When a President Lies

June 29, 2021 0

BY DAVID ROSEN “Did you, too, O friend, suppose democracy was only for elections, for politics, and for a party name?” – Walt Whitman, “Democratic Vistas” (1871) Joe Biden received much media praise for his meeting with […]

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Article by Vladimir Putin ”Being Open, Despite the Past“

June 22, 2021 0

An article by the President of Russia has been published in the German weekly newspaper Die Zeit and is timed to coincide with the 80th anniversary of the beginning of the Great Patriotic war. June 22, 2021 Being Open, Despite the Past On June 22, 1941, exactly 80 years ago, the Nazis, having conquered practically […]

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The Geneva summit: nothingburger or watershed?

June 20, 2021 0

[this column was written for the Unz Review] The long awaited summit between Presidents Putin and Biden has finally taken place, but was it a success? Will it change anything? The answer to this question very […]

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Why a Yalta II ?

June 16, 2021 0

The United States is not the hyper-power it dreamed of being. It has endured a terrible military defeat in Syria with a hundred allied states. Even if they continue to delude themselves, the time of […]

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Empire of Clowns vs. Yellow Peril

June 15, 2021 0

Global South will be unimpressed by new B3W infrastructure scheme funded by private Western interests out for short-term profit  By Pepe Escobar with permission and first posted at Asia Times It requires major suspension of disbelief […]

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G7: Desperately Seeking Relevancy

June 9, 2021 0

A G7 rebooted as a Sinophobic crusade will have few if any takers due to members’ rising dependence on Chinese goods and markets by Pepe Escobar with permission and first posted at Asia Times The upcoming […]

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