August 2, 2018 | Astute News

Imran Khan Wins Pakistan’s Election: Prospects for Moscow-Islamabad Relations

August 2, 2018

Given that it is the fifth most populous country in the world and the 33rd largest country geographically, Pakistan, which is also a nuclear power, is exceptionally important. With its two large seapo…

U.S. Negotiates Retreat from Afghanistan

August 2, 2018

Opinion

The United States seems ready to give up on Afghanistan. After the World Trade Center came down the U.S. accused al-Qaeda, parts of which were hosted in Afghanistan. The Taliban government offered the…

Did Iran Sponsor a Terrorist Attack in Tajikistan?

August 2, 2018

Opinion

Probably not, but it apparently had some prior relationship to the ringleader who carried it out, and this could be exploited by Saudi Arabia to drive an even deeper wedge between Russia and Iran. The…

Turkey is Getting off the U.S. Reservation

August 2, 2018

Opinion

This year’s BRICS Summit was a big show. No question. The main event was provided by Turkish President cum Dictator Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Erdogan wants to a a “T” to the acronym, making them the BRICT…

Imperialists’ Fear and Loathing. . . of Being Colonized

August 2, 2018

Opinion

Introduction For decades and longer, the United States and Europe lectured and encouraged countries in Latin America, Africa and Asia to welcome and accept foreign investment as the virtuous path to m…

The Elysée and « Gladio B »

August 2, 2018

Opinion

Who is Alexandre Benalla ? Revealed by Le Monde, the Benalla affair has given us a glimpse of what goes on behind the scenes in the Elysée. One of Emmanuel Macron’s collaborators is a hooligan who, po…

American Islamophobia’s Fake Facts

August 2, 2018

Opinion

Anti-Muslim activists in the United States were operating in a "post-truth era" and putting out "alternative facts" long before those phrases entered the language. For the last decade they have been s…

People Aren’t Having Intelligent Conversations Anymore, They’re Just Yelling at Each Other

August 2, 2018

Opinion

More and more people are becoming aware of and concerned about the level of political dialogue going on right now. We’ve gotten to a point where I’m seeing almost no intelligent debate about any serio…