June 13, 2018 | Astute News

The Trump-Kim Deal Is the First Example of the “New Washington Consensus”

June 13, 2018

The US is rolling out a new approach for managing the emerging Multipolar World Order, and the Trump-Kim deal is expected to be its centerpiece in showing other countries what the New Washington Conse…

Historic Kim Jong-un/Trump Agreement? Hold the Cheers!

June 13, 2018

Opinion

On June 12, a DPRK and US leader met face-to-face for the first time ever – never before since the Korean peninsula was divided post-WW II. Make no mistake. Smiles, handshakes, public cordiality, an “…

How Corporate Media Got the Trump-Kim Summit All Wrong

June 13, 2018

Opinion

For weeks, the corporate media have been saying that the Trump-Kim summit could have only two possible results: Either Trump will walk away angrily or Kim Jong Un will trick him into a deal in which h…

The Issues of Trade and Politics at the Current Stage of the US-Chinese Relations

June 13, 2018

Opinion

Separating the political and the trade and economic factors when analysing the relations between two states is artificial as such. It makes sense only in cases when this or that factor becomes predomi…

Trump’s Withdrawal from the Iran Deal Is Partially a Power Play Against the EU

June 13, 2018

Opinion

Instead of looking at Trump’s withdrawal from the Iran deal as being solely motivated against the US’ top Mideast foe, it’s worthwhile to consider whether it was also a preplanned power play against t…

Behind Trump’s Exasperation

June 13, 2018

Opinion

At the G-7 summit in Canada, President Donald Trump described America as "the piggy bank that everybody is robbing." After he left Quebec, his director of Trade and Industrial Policy, Peter Navarro, a…

G-6? 7? 8? How About the Gang That Can’t Shoot Straight?

June 13, 2018

Opinion

I have to say that as much as I don’t like the direction Trump’s foreign policy has gone, there are still plenty of moments of unbridled joy in watching the man work a crowd. His suggestion of allowin…

Elite Atrocities: Australia’s Special Forces in Afghanistan

June 13, 2018

Opinion

“Further into the Afghanistan mission, after multiple deployments, soldiers began to refer to members going ‘up the Congo’.” — Chris Masters, The Sydney Morning Herald, Jun 9, 2018 They operate with i…