January 5, 2019 | Astute News

From 2018 to 2019 – A Quick Survey of a Few Trends

January 5, 2019

The year 2018 will go down in history as a turning point in the evolution of the geostrategic environment of our planet. There are many reasons for that and I won’t list them all, but here are some of…

Trump’s Anecdote About Modi’s Afghan Library Revealed Something Disturbing

January 5, 2019

Opinion

It’s not just that the US President doesn’t appreciate the importance of soft power, but that the Indian government fundamentally misread the American leader to the point of thinking that he actually …

The Mediterranean Pipeline Wars Are Heating Up

January 5, 2019

Opinion

Things have been quite active in the Eastern Mediterranean lately, with Israel, Cyprus and Greece pushing forward for the realization of the EastMed pipeline, a new gas conduit destined to diversify E…

Saudi Arabia and the West’s Right Wing: A Dubious Alliance

January 5, 2019

Opinion

Traditionally focussed on ultra-conservative Sunni Muslim Islam, Saudi funding in the era of crown prince Mohammed bin Salman has been streamlined and finetuned to ensure that it serves his geopolitic…

Israeli Occupation: More of the Same in 2019

January 5, 2019

Opinion

On 13 December, shortly after two Israeli soldiers had been shot dead outside an illegal Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank, Yaakov Katz, editor-in-chief of The Jerusalem Post tweeted the fo…

The Curious Case of Donald J Trump

January 5, 2019

Opinion

President Donald Trump is probably the most vilified White House tenant, yet in their desperate search for ways to evict him, the Justice Department and the media have passed over his encouragement of…

History of World War II: Conduct of Hitler’s “Operation Barbarossa” against Russia

January 5, 2019

History

The method of warfare fought by Hitler’s forces in the Soviet Union would, before long, come back to haunt them. By pursuing a conflict in extreme ideological terms against Russia, it steeled the Red …

Why Pomegranate Juice Is ‘Roto-Rooter’ for the Arteries

January 5, 2019

Food

Millions take toxic cholesterol and blood pressure lowering drugs that may do nothing to reduce heart disease specific mortality. Pomegranate juice, on the other hand, actually reverses unde…