July 31, 2018 – Astute News

July 31, 2018

Despite Concerns, China Sees a Potential Ally in Pakistan’s Imran Khan

Pakistani prime minister-in waiting Imran Khan’s ability to chart his own course as well as his relationship with the country’s powerful military is likely to be tested the moment he walks into his new office. Pakistan’s most fundamental problems loom large and are likely to demand his immediate attention. He probably will have to turn to the International Monetary Fund...

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July 31, 2018

India’s Assam Citizenship Scandal Could Have Wide Reaching Geopolitical Implications

India strikes fear into the hearts of 4 million Muslims India has drafted a controversial list of the country’s citizens which has made international headlines due to four million people living in the Indian state of Assam being excluded from the list. The Bengali speaking Muslims whose presumed citizenship status was effectively removed has left them worrying that they might...

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July 31, 2018

Why Will the US Leave Syria Soon? The Kurds Are Waking Up

The Syrian army is conducting its southern campaign with the pacification of the last two percent of the Qunietra province that remains under the control of the “Islamic State” (ISIS) terrorist group. That will free tens of thousands of troops of the Syrian army and its allies from the burden of fighting in the south of the country and will...

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July 31, 2018

Daesh Appears Again

On July 24 in the south of Syria, terrorist group forbidden in Russia Daesh very loudly reminded the world of itself. In As-Suwayda and the south west of Deraa, two massive suicide bombings occurred, resulting in more than 220 people killed and close to 200 wounded in As-Suwayda, while the suicide bomber in Deraa blew himself in the middle of...

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July 31, 2018

NATO Is a Goldmine for US Weapons’ Industries

Countries of the NATO military alliance have been ordered by President Trump to increase their spending on weapons, and the reasons for his insistence they do so are becoming clearer. It’s got nothing to do with any defence rationale, because, after all, the Secretary General of the US-NATO military alliance, Jens Stoltenberg, has admitted that “we don’t see any imminent...

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July 31, 2018

Adolf and Amin

Benjamin Netanyahu is a perfect diplomat, a clever politician, a talented leader of the army. Lately, another jewel has been added to his crown: he is also a gifted story-teller. He has provided an answer to a question that has perplexed historians for a long time: When and how did Adolf Hitler decide to exterminate the Jews? There was no...

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July 31, 2018

Is Trump Planning to Strike Iran Next Month? Here’s What You Need to Know

A recent report claims the American President is looking to bomb Iran in yet another violent act of international aggression by the US. At the end of last week, a bombshell report released by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) claimed that the Trump administration is readying to bomb Iranian nuclear facilities as early as next month, further claiming that Australia...

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July 31, 2018

Five Underreported Initiatives That Change the World

The Pacific Alliance, Three Seas Initiative, Continental Free Trade Area, Vision 2030, and the Asia-Africa Growth Corridor are changing geopolitics, but comparatively few people have ever heard of these projects, let alone have any idea how Russia could benefit from them. The world is in the midst of multiple paradigm-changing processes as the post-Cold War Unipolar World Order gives way...

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Daily Archive: July 31, 2018

Despite Concerns, China Sees a Potential Ally in Pakistan’s Imran Khan

India’s Assam Citizenship Scandal Could Have Wide Reaching Geopolitical Implications

Why Will the US Leave Syria Soon? The Kurds Are Waking Up

Daesh Appears Again

NATO Is a Goldmine for US Weapons’ Industries

Adolf and Amin

Is Trump Planning to Strike Iran Next Month? Here’s What You Need to Know

Five Underreported Initiatives That Change the World