January 19, 2019 | Astute News

Russia’s Interest in Pakistani Power Projects Could Portend CPEC Investments

January 19, 2019

Reports are circulating in the Pakistani press that the Russian company is interested in several power projects in the country, which could pave the way for Moscow to unofficially invest in CPEC …

A 'Security Zone' in Northern Syria? Easier Said Than Done

January 19, 2019

Opinion

Under pressure from opponents in the United States, President Donald Trump last week raised the prospect of establishing a 20-mile (32km) "security zone" in northern Syria to prevent a Turkish militar…

Bolton’s Radical Reshaping Plan for Mideast Included 'Mind Boggling' Strikes on Iran, Syria, and Iraq

January 19, 2019

Opinion

Bolton’s willingness to bring Syria and Iraq into the fray along with Iran betrays the fact that he is not just seeking regime change in individual countries but seeking to remake the Middle East as a…

Pompeo Turns Reality Upside Down

January 19, 2019

Opinion

The speech made by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at the American University in Cairo on January 10th deserves more attention than it has received from the US media. In it, Pompeo revea…

Will Washington be able to Cloak and Dagger its Way to Total Control over Afghanistan?

January 19, 2019

Opinion

It doesn’t take a genius to realize that Washington’s operation in Afghanistan has come to a screeching halt. Seventeen years after the initial invasion, the Pentagon has no means of pacifying the loc…

Inside the Bellway: Iran Hardliners vs Iran Hardliners

January 19, 2019

Opinion

Alarm bells went off last September in Washington's corridors of power when John Bolton’s national security council asked the Pentagon for options for military strikes against Iran. The council’s requ…

If America Stopped Destroying the World, the Bad Guys Might Win

January 19, 2019

Opinion

Secretary of State Mike Pompeotold reporters on Saturday that the government under Venezuela’s recently re-inaugurated president Nicolas Maduro is “illegitimate”, and that “the United States will work…

CONSUMER ALERT: Splenda Releases Toxic Dioxin When Heated

January 19, 2019

Food

A review on the synthetic sweetener sucralose (marketed as Splenda), published in the journal Toxicology and Environmental Health, overturns widely held misconceptions about the purported safety …