July 3, 2018 | Astute News

Turkish-Syrian Border: Confusion, Destruction and Grief

July 3, 2018

When we first met in 2017, the Turkish poet, Mustafa Goren, stood proudly and defiantly next to a monstrous concrete wall built on orders from Ankara. The partition has just recently separated two tow…

Teaching Mandarin in Mozambique Is Good, Unless It’s for Tax Collectors

July 3, 2018

Opinion

Providing foreign language lessons pro bono should always be applauded, but what China’s doing in Mozambique is controversial because it wants the host nation’s tax authorities to take the initiative …

Iran’s Chabahar Port Is Where Asian and Middle Eastern Rivalries Collide

July 3, 2018

Opinion

Iran’s Indian-back port of Chabahar, inaugurated months before the United States re-imposed sanctions on the Islamic republic, is where Asia and the Middle East’s multiple political conflicts and comm…

As Trump ‘Goes Nuclear’ Against Iran and China, What’s Next?

July 3, 2018

Opinion

At least it is clear; it’s explicit. The “We’re America, Bitch” formulation by an American official strips away the humbug of soft power. It’s not about ‘democracy’ or ‘freedom’: the global universal …

War and Natural Gas: The Israeli Invasion and Gaza’s Offshore Gas Fields

July 3, 2018

Opinion

More than nine years ago, Israel invaded Gaza under “Operation Cast Lead”. The following article was first published by Global Research in January 2009 at the height of the Israeli bombing and invasio…

Trump’s Deportation Suggestion Will Fix America’s Dysfunctional Migration System

July 3, 2018

Opinion

Trump suggested on Twitter that illegal immigrants should be immediately deported upon capture. According to the President, “When somebody comes in, we must immediately, with no Judges or Court Cases,…

How the Last Superpower Was Unchained

July 3, 2018

Opinion

Think of it as the all-American version of the human comedy: a great power that eternally knows what the world needs and offers copious advice with a tone deafness that would be humorous, if it weren’…

Only Thing New About Trump Economic Wars Are Tweets

July 3, 2018

Opinion

The only new part of the ongoing Trump Administration economic warfare, a calculated assault on friend and foe alike from Russia to China to Iran to Venezuela and the EU, via so-called tariff war, is …