January 24, 2017 | Astute News

“Neo-Marxism” and “The New Middle East”

January 24, 2017

One of the most curious quirks of recent history is that self-proclaimed followers of the Cold War-era ideology of Marxism are on the upswing two and a half decades after the dissolution of the Soviet…

Trump and the War in Afghanistan

January 24, 2017

Opinion

Afghanistan is America’s longest war, and it seems it could go on indefinitely. President Trump has said he ‘will pursue a new foreign policy that finally learns from the mistakes of the past’ but has…

China is Building a Navy to Displace, Not Defeat the US in Asia

January 24, 2017

Opinion

In many ways, China’s socioeconomic and military influence in Asia has already balanced a long-lopsided equation of geopolitical power in the region. The social and economic stability brought by the r…

From Yin to Yang

January 24, 2017

Opinion

The ascent of Donald Trump is more than a change of tenant of the White House on 1600, Pennsylvania Ave. It is a momentous swing from Yin to Yang, from dark feminine to bright masculine paradigm, from…

Why Russia May Win in Libya

January 24, 2017

Opinion

What snapshot best captures the insanity of America’s approach to the Middle East? The most obvious answer is the war in Iraq—a country in which we’re still bogged down almost fourteen years after ove…

Nobody Likes Trump Anyway

January 24, 2017

Opinion

I noticed a very interesting trend in recent days. Kenneth “Russians bombed the last hospital in Aleppo” Roth, executive director of Human Rights Watch: https://twitter.com/KenRoth/status/823087082356…

Warship Diplomacy: Chinese Fleet Tours Gulf in Bid to Build Ties

January 24, 2017

Diplomacy

Three Chinese military vessels have docked in Doha, Qatar, as China seeks to match its economic power with a more prominent international role. The Chinese fleet, comprising Harbin, a destroyer, Handa…

They are Coming for Your Cash! Currency Bans are Sweeping the Globe

January 24, 2017

Money

The war on cash is a war on your freedom, and its beginning to happen everywhere. If Governments around the world are able to ‘trash cash’ they will be able to monitor and predict your every move just…