November 10, 2018 | Astute News

Russia’s S-400 Sale to India Won’t Imperil Its Partnership with Pakistan

November 10, 2018

There’s been a lot of talk about how Russia’s decision to sell S-400s to India might negatively affect its incipient partnership with Pakistan, but such speculation reveals an improper understanding o…

Trump’s Project of a Middle East Strategic Alliance (MESA), An “Arab NATO-like Alliance” to Confront Iran

November 10, 2018

Opinion

The major media outlets had totally ignored the important three days October 26-28 IISS Manama Dialogue 2018 conference that was organized by the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) i…

CIA’s Latest Greatest Failure

November 10, 2018

Opinion

Government agencies that are skilled at invading nearly everyone’s privacy worldwide are sometimes totally inept at keeping their own internal communications secure. The problem is particularly acute …

My Precious: Bank of England Refuses Return Venezuela’s Gold

November 10, 2018

Miscellaneous

US President Donald Trump, along with neoconservative cabinet hawks John Bolton and Mike Pompeo, have openly threatened to escalate hostilities against the South American country for no other reason t…

Doomed By History Unless…

November 10, 2018

Opinion

It seems bitterly ironic that as world leaders gather in Paris this weekend to commemorate the centennial end of World War One, international tensions and the threat of war are once again haunting hum…

The War for the Soul of America

November 10, 2018

Opinion

The war in Washington will not end until the presidency of Donald Trump ends. Everyone seems to sense that now. This is a fight to the finish. A postelection truce that began with Trump congratulating…

The US Air Force Is Preparing for a Great Power War Against Russia and China

November 10, 2018

Opinion

In September, at the Air Force Association’s annual Space & Cyber Conference, Heather Wilson — Donald Trump’s Secretary of the U.S. Air Force — presented the Trump administration’s new roadmap f…

Psychoanalysing NATO: Confirmation Bias

November 10, 2018

Opinion

Earlier parts of this intermittent series discussed NATO's projection and gaslighting. Psychology Today defines confirmation bias as: Once we have formed a view, we embrace information that confirms t…