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USA – shooting star

Over the past decade, the United States turned from democracy, where the real power belongs to the people, an oligarchy, where the financial elite, facing both the right and left of the political spectrum, coordinated rule the country. The fact that Noam Chomsky (Noam Chomsky), considered the most outstanding intellectuals of America and the most […]

Russia desperately relies on Turkey and China

Nearing the end of January 2015. However, even in 2014 about Russia had a lot of information that has not been digested. Russia’s problems have become so large that there is a question about what will happen to the world economy and international politics. It all started with the revolution in February 2014 Compared with […]

Putin’s Nuclear surprise

For anyone who does not understand the peace rhetoric President of Russia. Washington’s strategic blunder led to a radical change in the military balance of power. Today in Europe, Russia is much stronger NATO. From now on Russian military dominance in the continent has an undeniable factor. The triumph of Russian technology The first in […]

Underwater surprise Putin

With the advent of a new Russian submarine “Lada” in the past will go a whole era of the American “command of the sea,” Washington has lost the main instrument of “power projection” to remote regions and in danger of completely losing its global geopolitical role. In recent years, the West avalanche of anti-Russian hysteria […]

Seven Reasons the U.S. Shouldn’t Help Ukraine’s Fight With Russia

By Doug Bandow Ukraine’s military has lost control of the Donetsk airport, and the rebels have launched another offensive. Fortune could yet smile upon Kiev, but as long as Russia is determined not to let the separatists fail, Ukraine’s efforts likely will be for naught. As I pointed out on Forbes.com, “Only a negotiated settlement, […]

President Putin of Ukraine?

By Greg Austin January 29, 2015 he knows what is best for Ukraine. He feels very comfortable defining its national interests, which in his view are to be aligned with Russia. This was the picture he conveyed to students at St. Petersburg’s Mining University on 25 January. He said that volunteer units fighting against the […]

The umbrella revolution won’t give Hong Kong democracy. Protesters should stop calling for it.

This is about inequality, not politics, so democracy can’t fix the problem. HONG KONG — The prevailing media narrative about the Hong Kong protest — namely that the citizens are politically dissatisfied and are fighting for democracy against the tyranny of Beijing — is false. What’s actually happening is this: A fringe of radical (or sometimes, […]

Russia, China mock divide and rule

By Pepe Escobar ROME and BEIJING – The Roman Empire did it. The British Empire copied it in style. The Empire of Chaos has always done it. They all do it. Divide et impera. Divide and rule – or divide and conquer. It’s nasty, brutish and effective. Not forever though, like diamonds, because empires do […]

Dr. Strangelove’s Advice to U.S. and Russian Nuclear Planners

Relations between Washington and Moscow are strained for many reasons. And advice from the ivory tower, no matter how well intentioned, can sometimes make things even worse. This year, a  working group of U.S. and Russian academics deliberated on how to make their two countries’ strategic forces more “compatible.” The lead authors, an American and […]

Pyongyang and Moscow boost ties as tense Beijing watches from the sidelines

North Korea’s special envoy to Russia has returned home after appearing to make significant progress in improving bilateral ties, suggesting that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un may visit Moscow for a summit, ahead of its longtime ally China. Beijing, with its relations with Pyongyang deteriorating in recent years, is anxiously watching the developments between […]