September 12, 2016 | Astute News

How Israel Stole the Bomb

September 12, 2016

In 1968, CIA Director Richard Helms was presented with a disturbing National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) stating that Israel had obtained atomic weapons, a dangerous development that occurred earlier …

25 Years Since Collapse of USSR, 25 Years of Global Instability

September 12, 2016

Opinion

Yes, you have read the title of this article correctly. And no, this is not a press release by the Communist Party of the Russian Federation. What this is, however, is an article documenting what has …

Will the U.S.-Russia Deal Bring Syria Peace? Don’t Hold Your Breath

September 12, 2016

Middle East

There’s little trust among the diplomats in Geneva, in fact, and far, far less among the fighters on the ground. In the late summer of 2011, President Barack Obama declared the reign of Bashar al-Assa…

5 Corporations Now Dominate Our Privatized Intelligence Industry

September 12, 2016

North America

This unaccountable oligarchy of spies controls the information that guides our military and civilian leaders. The recent integration of two military contractors into a $10 billion behemoth is the late…

F-35 May Never Be Ready for Combat

September 12, 2016

Military

Testing Report Contradicts Air Force Leadership’s Rosy Pronouncements The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program is the most expensive procurement program in Pentagon history. It’s been plagued by schedule…

Forces of Opposition Commander Take All Three Key Libyan Oil Ports

September 12, 2016

Opinion

Libyan National Army forces loyal to a controversial eastern Libyan commander have seized all three of Libya’s oil ports, ruining the plans of the Tripoli-based UN-backed Government of National Accord…

Silk Road: ‘Iran Seeks Closer Cooperation With Russia, China and India’

September 12, 2016

Asia

With Iran supporting the revival of the Great Silk Road that once connected East Asia with Europe, Sputnik asked Moscow-based Oriental-affairs expert Vladimir Sazhin to about the role Tehran will play…

Israeli Victory is the Only Way to Advance Peace Process

September 12, 2016

Middle East

At his first security briefing, Avigdor Liberman, Israel’s Defense Minister, declared that Israel no longer has “the luxury of conducting drawn-out wars of attrition.” 100 days into his term, with no …