July 15, 2018 – Astute News

July 15, 2018

China, Russia, Pakistan and Iran Join Forces Against Terrorism at Historic Islamabad Conference

On the 10th of July, a private meeting in Islamabad took place between the intelligence heads of China, Russia, Pakistan and Iran. The meeting has been described as an opportunity for each power to discuss a more coordinated and united strategy in tackling international terrorism with a particular emphasis on the Takfiri groups Daesh (ISIS). While the actual discussions at...

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July 15, 2018

Empire of Misery: America Sees War as the Solution – The Liberation of Daraa, War on Latin America and Palestine

The empire of Chaos (America) is in full advance across the globe but has suffered yet another humiliating defeat in Syria along with its criminal ally Israel whose endless threats and illegal airstrikes were unable to prevent yet another decisive victory for the Syrian Arab Army. However across the world there is one horror show after another. Most recently of...

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July 15, 2018

Europe Cringes Before Emperor Trump

President Donald Trump says most summit meetings are a waste of time. He’s so right. Most meetings of every kind are a waste of time and energy. The president was certainly right about last week’s NATO summit in Brussels. At least, he livened it up by openly blasting his NATO allies once again for not spending enough on their military...

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July 15, 2018

Sea Breeze 2018: Who Wants to Disrupt Strategic Balance in the Black Sea Region?

The US-led series of drills in and around Ukraine’s Black Sea coastline is part of NATO exercise Sea Breeze that kicked off on July 9 to last until July 21. The training event involves an international armada representing 19 countries, including such non-NATO states as Ukraine, India, Georgia, the United Arab Emirates and Moldova. All in all, 29 warships, 1...

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July 15, 2018

Trump’s Trying to Save Brexit by Provoking a “Deep State” Coup Against May

Trump’s direct intervention in the domestic political affairs of the UK is as naked, obnoxious, and unavoidable as the Trump baby balloon that Sadiq Khan allowed to fly over the city to mock him, but unlike that highly publicized stunt, the President himself isn’t full of hot air at all but is as serious as it gets. Theresa May’s government...

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July 15, 2018

Xinjiang: Pan-Turkism Fuels China’s Hearts-and-Minds Campaign

Chinese efforts to woo Saudi Arabia’s ethnic Chinese community highlight the People’s Republic’s effort to avert criticism from the Muslim world of its crackdown in the north-western province of Xinjiang and strengthen relations with the kingdom and Middle Eastern nations. The efforts to woo a community, a significant part of which is of Turkic origin, identifies itself as Turkestani, and...

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July 15, 2018

How Israel Helped to Revive Europe’s Ugly Ethnic Nationalisms

Polarisation within western societies on issues relating to migration and human rights has been intensifying over recent weeks and months. To many observers, it looks suspiciously as if an international order in place since the end of the second world – one that emphasised universal rights as a way to prevent dehumanisation and conflict – is rapidly unravelling in Europe...

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July 15, 2018

The Intrigue Called “Saudi Aramco”

It is believed that the world’s largest oil company is Saudi Aramco, which is based in Saudi Arabia. It is noteworthy that Saudi Aramco is not “transparent” because it does not publish financial indicators such as profit, turnover, assets and market capitalization. Therefore, it is not represented in the ratings of the world’s largest oil companies, where, as you know,...

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Daily Archive: July 15, 2018

China, Russia, Pakistan and Iran Join Forces Against Terrorism at Historic Islamabad Conference

Empire of Misery: America Sees War as the Solution – The Liberation of Daraa, War on Latin America and Palestine

Europe Cringes Before Emperor Trump

Sea Breeze 2018: Who Wants to Disrupt Strategic Balance in the Black Sea Region?

Trump’s Trying to Save Brexit by Provoking a “Deep State” Coup Against May

Xinjiang: Pan-Turkism Fuels China’s Hearts-and-Minds Campaign

How Israel Helped to Revive Europe’s Ugly Ethnic Nationalisms

The Intrigue Called “Saudi Aramco”