Tyranny
The Twilight of the War
If we consider the war in Syria not as a singular event, but as the culmination of a world war which has persisted for a quarter of a century, we have to ask ourselves about […]
Trump
Wealth Abuse
Tariffs, Barriers and Subsidies
Raúl Ilargi Meijer There’s not a shade of a doubt that I’m not an expert on tariffs, trade barriers and subsidies, and I’d be the last to suggest any such thing. But I can read. […]
Wealth Abuse
Yuan Tumbles As China Rages At Washington’s “Extortion, Demonization”
Tyler Durden, The brief rebound in the Yuan is over as a barrage of headlines from China and US spark renewed concerns at Beijing’s ability to withstand Washington’s war. Just when you thought the trend had […]
Government
The Putin-Trump Helsinki Summit: the Action is in the Reaction
[This article was written for the Unz Review] Now that a little over a week has passed since the much awaited Putin-Trump summit in Helsinki took place, I have had the time to read many of […]
World Affairs
What is Left Unsaid in the Anglo-Saxon Accusations Against Russia
Is Vladimir Putin’s Russia a Wild West where Power can strip a billionaire of his fortune, like in the days of Boris Yeltsin? Is Russia interfering with the United States electoral process? According to the […]
Government
The Coming Coup to Overthrow President Trump: Sedition at the Highest Levels
Paul Craig Roberts The annual budget of the military/security complex is $1,000 billion. This vast sum is drawn from US taxpayers who have many unmet needs. To justify such an enormous budget a major enemy […]
Tyranny
Trump and NATO bureaucracy
Contrary to mainstream thinking, the NATO summit did not set the United States against the other members of the Alliance, but President Trump against the intergovernmental senior administration. For Thierry Meyssan, the problem is not […]
World Affairs
Trump’s and Putin’s Responses to Mueller’s Russiagate Indictments
Eric Zuesse In the July 16th joint press conference between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, the question arose of U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s recent indictment of 12 Russian intelligence officials […]
World Affairs
Assad Rejects Trump’s ‘Peace’ Terms
Eric Zuesse Elijah Magnier, one of the world’s most respected reporters in and about the Middle East, reported on Sunday, July 15th, that Syria’s President, Bashar al-Assad, has rejected a proposed offer from the U.S. Trump Administration. […]
World Affairs
Trump, NATO and ‘Russian aggression’
by Pepe Escobar (cross-posted with the Asia Times by special agreement with the author) The US President’s blitzkrieg at the Brussels summit, calling NATO obsolete and for member states to boost spending to defend themselves is correct. Hysteria […]