June 30, 2017 | Astute News

India: Why an Autonomous Gorkhaland is Best Way Forward

June 30, 2017

The Himalayas in and around Darjeeling and Kalimpong and down to Siliguri are in turmoil, several protesters have been killed and many police and protesters injured. Government offices have been set a…

Tread Carefully: The Folly of the Next Afghan “Surge”

June 30, 2017

Opinion

We walked in a single file. Not because it was tactically sound. It wasn’t -- at least according to standard infantry doctrine. Patrolling southern Afghanistan in column formation limited maneuverabil…

U.S. Retreats From Al-Tanf – Gives Up On Occupying South East Syria

June 30, 2017

Military

The U.S. is giving up its hopeless position at the Syrian-Iraq border crossing near al-Tanf in south east Syria. The U.S. military had earlier bombed Syrian forces when they came near that position bu…

Zakharova: Russia Aware of Possible Locations for False Flag Attack

June 30, 2017

Opinion

Russia speaks with a unified voice while America is becoming a land of confusion. Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has called America’s bluff in naming two possible locations in no…

Would Yet Another False Flag Attack Allow the US to Go All In Against Syria?

June 30, 2017

Opinion

It won’t be much of a surprise for those who closely follow geopolitical news that the number of people who think positively about the United States has significantly since the day Donald Trump took o…

America’s Death Throes

June 30, 2017

Opinion

China and Russia have already ditched the US dollar in their vast energy trade. Now China is leveraging Saudi Arabia to also abandon the greenback for oil sales. No wonder, it seems, that US policies …

Saudi Arabia is Weakening US Influence in the Middle East

June 30, 2017

Opinion

As widely anticipated, tensions between members of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) are slowly corroding the unity of Washington’s allies in the Middle East In a series of almost unprecedented event…

Spy Planes & Aircraft Carrier: US Boosts Presence Off Syria Amid WMD Accusations

June 30, 2017

Military

US surveillance planes have intensified flights off the coast of Syria after Washington accused Damascus of plotting a chemical attack. Meanwhile, the aircraft carrier USS George H. W. Bush is en rout…