June 18, 2018 | Astute News

The Taliban Will Soon Be Back in Power in Afghanistan – The Question is How to Manage This Re-Transition Peacefully

June 18, 2018

Depending on how one defines “control” the Afghan Taliban are the effective government in anywhere between around 20 and 60% of all Afghan territory, operating in a patch work of regions that is distr…

The Siege of Hodeidah, Washington’s War Crime in Yemen

June 18, 2018

Opinion

The siege of Yemen’s Red Sea port of Hodeidah launched by Saudi and United Arab Emirates-led forces at dawn on Wednesday could cost the lives of some quarter of a million people in the crowded city it…

Trump Wants to Free America From “Fool Trade” and Flip the Tables On the EU

June 18, 2018

Opinion

Trump promised to replace what he termed as “fool trade” with fair trade when it comes to America’s economic partnerships, especially those with NAFTA and the EU. Tweeting from Singapore after the fai…

Russia Inserts Itself Into North Korea Game

June 18, 2018

Opinion

When it comes to North Korea, Japan and Russia may seem like two “lost souls” in Northeast Asia, standing on the fringes anxiously looking on as China, South Korea and the United States dominate the h…

The SCO and G7 Meetings Point to Different Worlds

June 18, 2018

Opinion

Two meetings of considerable geopolitical significance took place last weekend. They could not have been more different in tone and outcome. Each in their way were representative of the fundamental re…

Trump Meets Kim, Averting Threat of Nuclear War—and US Pundits Are Furious

June 18, 2018

Opinion

It was an electrifying sight that captured the imagination of millions of people living on the crisis-weary Korean Peninsula but sent many Americans spinning into paroxysms of anger and cynicism, depe…

U.S. Military Involvement in Ukraine: NATO Expansion through Proxy War

June 18, 2018

Opinion

Introduction Although the U.S. State Department’s direct role in stoking the Maidan conflagration and toppling a democratically elected president is widely accepted as part of the historical record of…

How Purdue Pharma Hooked America on a Deadly Drug

June 18, 2018

Opinion

Purdue Pharma left almost nothing to chance in its whirlwind marketing of its new painkiller OxyContin. From 1996 to 2002, Purdue pursued nearly every avenue in the drug supply and prescription sales …