September 24, 2017 | Astute News

Western Contempt for China Turns to Panic

September 24, 2017

Not since the British garrison at Singapore surrendered to Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashita in 1942 has Western opinion of an Asian power changed so fast. When China’s 2015 stock market bubble popped, prevaili…

Congress Fuels Christian Rivalries With Bid to Arm Iraqi Militias

September 24, 2017

Opinion

A little-noticed provision to arm Iraqi Christians in the House version of a must-pass defense bill is inadvertently fueling unrest between rival militias on the Ninevah Plains, an Iraqi melting pot. …

Macedonia’s Geostrategic Role in Multipolarity

September 24, 2017

Opinion

Russia and China are wary of having their multipolar Balkan megaprojects transit through a state which increasingly looks likely to end up internally partitioned or worse, and are instead considering …

Trump’s Was One of the Most Bizarre UN Speeches in History

September 24, 2017

Opinion

The United Nations General Assembly’s annual plenary session has heard a fair share of bizarre speeches by world leaders in the 72-year history of the world organization. U.S. President Donald Trump’s…

NATO’s Anarchist Brigades

September 24, 2017

Opinion

« War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength ». George Orwell, 1984. In the ’80’s and ’90’s, Kurdish society was extremely feudal and patriarchal. It was maintained in a severe state of u…

Israel’s Imperial Ambition in the Middle East: Israel Preparing for All-Out War to “Vanquish” Hezbollah

September 24, 2017

Opinion

Another brutal war in the Middle East between Israel and Hezbollah is inevitable. Hezbollah remains a difficult adversary to defeat for Israel’s expansionist plans in the Middle East which is the ulti…

The Pentagon is Spending $2 Billion Running Soviet-Era Guns to Syrian Rebels

September 24, 2017

Opinion

The U.S. Department of Defense is reportedly still funneling billions of dollars’ worth of Soviet-era weaponry to anti-Islamic State groups in Syria, with questionable oversight. In a joint report pub…

Turkey’s New-Found Love For All Things Ottoman

September 24, 2017

Opinion

After the Ottoman Caliphate was abolished on 3 March 1924 and Mustafa Kemal Ataturk declared Turkey a secular republic, the country looked towards western Europe as a political model to emulate. Durin…