February 23, 2017 | Astute News

The Sahelian-Saharan Silk Road is One of China’s Master Plans for Africa

February 23, 2017

Strategic Background The word “Africa” conjures vivid images in the minds of many, with most unaware non-Africans reactively recalling stereotypical images of war, famine, and poverty that they were i…

What’s Really Happening in Syria’s al-Bab?

February 23, 2017

Middle East

Following Turkey’s path in the war against the Islamic State (IS) in Syria is extremely confusing. One cannot even rely on high-level officials’ statements regarding developments on the ground. For in…

Western Russophobia in Psychotic Phase

February 23, 2017

Opinion

Western irrational fear of Russia – Russophobia – is no longer a random prejudice. It has become endemic pathological thinking among Western states. Divorced from reality this mindset has become psych…

Syrians Face Toxic Time-Bomb of Radiation, Poison and Pollution

February 23, 2017

Middle East

Syria faces public health catastrophes that will linger for decades due to toxic rubble dust, oil fire pollution and the US-led coalition's use of depleted uranium weapons on Islamic State targets, ca…

How Palantir Helped the NSA Spy on the Whole World

February 23, 2017

Technology

Donald Trump has inherited the most powerful machine for spying ever devised. How this petty, vengeful man might wield and expand the sprawling American spy apparatus, already vulnerable to abuse, is …

Is Trump’s Ego Picking a Fight with China?

February 23, 2017

Opinion

Are Xi’s China and Trump’s America on a collision course toward war? It may certainly feel that way sometime. China under Xi Jinping has become more intransigent and more assertive – aggressive even –…

The West’s Moral Hypocrisy on Yemen

February 23, 2017

Opinion

Only a few months ago, interventionists were demanding a militant response by Washington to what George Soros branded “a humanitarian catastrophe of historic proportions” — the killing of “hundreds of…

Pablo Escobar’s Son Reveals His Dad “Worked for the CIA Selling Cocaine” — Media Silent

February 23, 2017

Opinion

Juan Pablo Escobar Henao, son of notorious Medellín cartel drug kingpin, Pablo Escobar, now says his father “worked for the CIA.” In a new book, “Pablo Escobar In Fraganti,” Escobar, who lives under t…