Day: October 29, 2018

The Real Reason the Knives are Out for MbS

October 29, 2018

Amid a chorus of condemnation directed against his leadership following the slaying of controversial journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman – popularly known by the moniker…

China Is Challenging the US in Central America, and Washington Can’t Do Anything

October 29, 2018

Opinion

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was in Central America late last week when he criticized China’s rising influence there by questioning the intentions behind its investment activity, which prompted t…

Trident Juncture: The Anti-Russia Cold War in the Arctic is Heating Up

October 29, 2018

Opinion

Britain’s Daily Mail is a strident rag that is bought daily by over a million people who agree with its stance that most foreigners are inferior to Brits. Two years ago the European Commission against…

Who Will Save Us from America? Trump’s INF Withdrawal Is a Neocon Dream & Global Nightmare

October 29, 2018

Opinion

Washington’s vow to pull out of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty poses again the question: Who will save us from America? If complacency is the enemy of progress hubris is the harbin…

Azov Sea Resolution Adopted: European Parliament Takes Another Swipe at Russia

October 29, 2018

Opinion

The European Parliament (EP) has adopted a resolution calling for tougher sanctions from the European Union (EU) against Russia, should the situation in the Azov Sea continue to deteriorate. The docum…

The Trump Regime Has Launched a Nuclear Arms Race?

October 29, 2018

Opinion

In response to the Trump regime’s unilateral Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty pullout, former Soviet Russia President Mikhail Gorbachev (image below) said the move signals the beginning …

US Would Face No ‘Threats’ If It Kept Its Troops & War Machines Inside Its Own Borders

October 29, 2018

Opinion

So the United States is pulling out of a key arms-control agreement, complaining it is the only party in compliance, and therefore it wants to have the right to deploy short- and medium-range ballisti…

Making Sense of a Few Rumors About Russian Aircraft, Tanks, and Aircraft Carriers

October 29, 2018

Opinion

Russians are typically good at some things, and not so good at others. One of the things which Russian politicians are still terrible at, is avoiding self-inflicted PR disasters. Remember how Russian …