July 27, 2017 | Astute News

India’s Got Itself into a Fine Mess in Doklam, It’s Time to Get Out and Let China and Bhutan Work It Out

July 27, 2017

China and India are locked yet again in a stand-off of Himalayan proportions. Almost five weeks after Indian troops trespassed and forcibly halted the activities of a Chinese road construction crew on…

Israel’s Deliberate Trajectory Towards an Escalating Conflict

July 27, 2017

Opinion

The short-term policies of the now discredited Netanyahu government that are aligned towards ensuring another war with Hezbollah and Hamas, treat the future of the next generation of both Israelis and…

Imperial Power Centers: Divisions, Indecisions and Civil War

July 27, 2017

Opinion

Introduction One of the most important outcomes of the Trump Presidency are the revelations describing the complex competing forces and relations engaged in retaining and expanding US global power (‘t…

The Secrets of the Syrian War: The Israeli Factor

July 27, 2017

Opinion

In the last few days Israel has picked up the pace of its shelling and bombardment of Syrian government troop positions in the border zone of the Quneitra province. This suggests that Israel may have …

Armageddon is Two and One-Half Minutes Away

July 27, 2017

Opinion

Are you ready to die? You and I are going to die and not from old age, because our fellow Americans are so stupid, ignorant, and brainwashed that they believe the lies that are leading us to our certa…

Mosul’s Bloodbath: ‘We killed Everyone – IS, Men, Women and Children’

July 27, 2017

Opinion

The Iraqi soldier looks out from his tiny three-walled room, across a wasteland of rubble that crumbles steeply down to the banks of the Tigris, and contemplates his final, brutal, days of fighting Is…

The Military Industrial Complex is Undermining US National Security

July 27, 2017

Opinion

The ongoing problems with the F-35 and other military programs, stemming from virtually unlimited budgets, underline the inefficiency of the American military-industrial complex (MIC). In contrast, Mo…

Five Things You Need to Know About Al-Aqsa

July 27, 2017

Middle East

The last couple of weeks have seen daily demonstrations and confrontations between Israeli forces and Palestinians in the occupied Palestinian territories. Tensions have risen in occupied East Jerusal…