Day: April 25, 2017

What’s CPEC, and How Does the Future of the Multipolar World Depend on It?

On By Asif AzizIn Opinion

Andrew just returned from Pakistan's National Defence University where he was lecturing on the geostrategic significance of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, and he's eager to share his insight with Sputnik's readers. The world order is going through profound changes in transitioning from the Western-controlled unipolar system to the non-Western model of multipolarity, and the ongoing multifaceted friction between the opposing forces …

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Israel Makes it Official: The Destruction of Syria will Legitimize Israeli Land Grabs

On By Asif AzizIn Middle East

Israel argues that there is no Syria to 'negotiate with' — which means the occupation of the Golan is now 'legitimate' Israel's deputy minister for diplomacy Michael Oren has announced that 'there is no Syria to negotiate with', which means that Israel's illegal occupation of the Golan should be recognized by the international community. Capitalizing …

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Afghanistan Mazar-e Sharif Attack: US-Backed Regime Suffers Another Setback

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It was just recently that the United States deployed its GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast (MOAB) weapon against alleged tunnels belonging to the Islamic State terrorist organization in Afghanistan. The strike was meant to project US strength amid an increasingly challenged and contracting “international order.” However, striking a terrorist organization’s tunnel complex in a country the organization …

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The Madder Trump Gets, the More Seriously the World Takes Him

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The more dangerous America’s crackpot President becomes, the saner the world believes him to be. Just look back at the initial half of his first 100 days: the crazed tweeting, the lies, the fantasies and self-regard of this misogynist leader of the Western world appalled all of us. But the moment he went to war in Yemen, fired missiles at Syria and bombed Afghanistan, …

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The Tall Israeli Who Runs Hip Hop: An Investigation into Engineered Culture and Bankers

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“Old white men is runnin this rap shit, Corporate force is runnin this rap shit, a tall Israeli is runnin this rap shit, Quasi-homosexuals is runnin this rap shit” – Lyrics to the song “The Rape Over” by Mos Def, a reference to record label mogul Lyor Cohen. When we look around at people, and …

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New Snowden Leaks Reveal Secret Deals between Japan and NSA

On By Asif AzizIn Military

New papers released by whistleblower Edward Snowden, and published by The Intercept, reveal that Japan made secret deals with the NSA – with one document noting that the agency's relationship with Tokyo goes back to the 1950s. The information, published in collaboration with Japanese news outlet NHK on Monday, states that Japan has allowed the …

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