Day: March 12, 2019

CENTCOM Is Taking S-CPEC+ Real Seriously

March 12, 2019 Opinion

The Commander of US Central Command (CENTCOM) told the House Armed Services Committee just how “concerned” he is about China projecting its Silk Road influence from Gwadar to Africa through S-CPEC+ an…

For 4 Years Mullah Omar Hid Right Next to a 1000-Man US Military Base in Afghanistan

March 12, 2019 Books

All the while the Americans claimed the ex-Taliban leader, whom they had a $10 million reward out on, was in Pakistan. As military engineers built the base, Mullah Omar decided it was time to move. Wi…

US Is Playing Both India & Pakistan, In More Ways Than One

March 12, 2019 Opinion

As India and Pakistan iron out a few significant differences after a near brush with each other’s militaries, the US has been quietly enacting a trade war strategy against India, a key ally of Washing…

Is a War With Iran on the Horizon?

March 12, 2019 Opinion

Here’s the foreign policy question of questions in 2019: Are President Donald Trump, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, all severely weakened at hom…

Removing “Arab” from the Syrian Arab Republic Would “Balkanize” the Country

March 12, 2019 Opinion

The Syrian Kurds are committed to changing their country’s name. One of the group’s representatives told Sputnik that they insist on changing the constitutional name of the Syrian Arab Republic t…

“Lights Out!” Did Trump and His Neocons Recycle Bush-Era Plan to Knock Out Venezuela’s Power Grid?

March 12, 2019 Opinion

For nearly four days, much of Venezuela has been without power, bringing the country’s embattled economy to a near standstill. Though power is now returning, the outage saw U.S. officials and politici…

Geostrategy After the Deadlock in US-North-Korean Relations

March 12, 2019 Opinion

George Friedman, the head of the ‘private CIA’ firm Stratfor, issued a report on March 5th, “After Hanoi: North Korea, the US and Japan”, and it said: The strategy since World War II, built on th…

Will Trump’s Hawks Dare to Risk Israel?

March 12, 2019 Opinion

It was the eleventh, and perhaps the most important meeting between President Putin and PM Netanyahu on 27 February, writes the well-informed journalist, Elijah Magnier: “The …