June 2, 2017 | Astute News

Why is ISIS Attacking the Philippines?

June 2, 2017

As ISIS moves across the world, conveniently popping up wherever America wants to touch down, the fact that the terrorist organization is an American creation is becoming more and more obvious to many…

Goodbye Pacific Pivot, Hello Pacific Retreat: Who Will Take America’s Place in Asia?

June 2, 2017

Opinion

Asia has been the future for more than a generation. When Americans try to glimpse what’s to come, images of the Pacific Rim flood the imagination. For movie audiences in 1982, the rain-soaked Los Ang…

Qatar-Saudi Spat Threatens Riyadh’s Influence. But What are the Saudis Really Worried About?

June 2, 2017

Opinion

Saudi Arabia’s move to use its influence among other Muslim countries to threaten Iran appears to be backfiring as Qatar now reveals an entirely new plan, a third way for the entire region. Oops, Qata…

Massive Bombing in Kabul as Washington Mulls Afghan Escalation

June 2, 2017

Opinion

A massive bomb transported in a sewage tanker truck blew up Wednesday morning in the center of Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, killing at least 90 people and wounding over 400 more. The death toll is ex…

Why is the World so Unsettled? The End of the Post-Cold War Era and the Crisis of Global Order

June 2, 2017

Opinion

U.S. foreign policy is likely to be wracked by crises in the coming years. Yet crises are often symptoms of deeper structural transformations, and the fundamental fact of international politics today …

Funding Corruption: Why the World is ‘Better Off’ Without Western Aid and NGOs

June 2, 2017

Politics

Around the world, Western aid is failing to fulfil its stated objectives. Nowhere is this more flagrant than Haiti, where despite billions flowing in to the ravaged country, little progress has been m…

Israel’s Military Indoctrination of Children

June 2, 2017

Opinion

The modern roots of Zionism go back to its founding at the First Zionist Congress in Basle, Switzerland, in 1897, its programme being the “establishing for the Jewish people of a publicly and legally …

The Bilderberg 2017 Agenda: “The Trump Administration – A Progress Report”

June 2, 2017

Opinion

Every year, the world's richest and most powerful business executives, bankers, media heads and politicians sit down in some luxurious and heavily guarded venue, and discuss how to shape the world in …