Why the New Silk Roads Terrify Washington

Why the New Silk Roads Terrify Washington

Almost six years ago, President Putin proposed to Germany ‘the creation of a harmonious economic community stretching from Lisbon to Vladivostok.’ This idea represented an immense trade emporium uniting Russia and the EU, or, in Putin’s words, “a unified continental market with a capacity worth trillions of dollars.” In a nutshell: Eurasia integration. Washington panicked….

Putin Slams US With Geopolitical Judo

Putin Slams US With Geopolitical Judo

With a swift, determined twist, Russian leader Vladimir Putin has wrong-footed his American adversary, pinning him to the ground over the Syrian crisis. Writhing and flustered, the American opponent is protesting at being upended. First, in the form of a contorted media campaign smearing Russia’s military operations as somehow criminal. Second, the Americans are breathlessly…

War Without End: Things to Know as Afghanistan Invasion Turns 15

War Without End: Things to Know as Afghanistan Invasion Turns 15

US troops invaded Afghanistan on October 7, 2001, less than a month after the 9/11 terror attacks in New York and Washington. What seemed like a quick victory over the Taliban regime turned into a bloody, endless guerrilla war that continues to this day. President George W. Bush’s administration accused Osama Bin Laden’s Al-Qaeda network…