April 1, 2019 | Astute News

The New Grand Strategy of the United States

April 1, 2019

It is commonly believed in the United States that the country has no Grand Strategy since the end of the Cold War. A Grand Strategy is a vision of the world that one seeks to impose, and that all admi…

Deal of the Century, Minus One: Is Trump’s Peace Plan for the Middle East the Deletion of Palestine?

April 1, 2019

Opinion

It has become clear that US President Donald Trump, despite his vaunted prowess as the Dealmaker-in-Chief, isn't interested in brokering peace between Israel and Palestine. His Middle East peace has n…

Trump’s Golan Is a Megalomaniac’s Own Goal

April 1, 2019

Opinion

The US President Donald Trump’s decree on March 26 granting official US recognition to Israel’s illegal annexation of Syria’s Golan Heights does not create any new fact on the ground. Trump’s motivati…

75 Years On from D-Day, Is It Time Germany Liberated Itself from the US?

April 1, 2019

Opinion

Germany is being pressurized to act against its own economic interests – and put those of US business first. Wolfgang Kubicki, deputy leader of the opposition Free Democrats (FDP), called last week fo…

Trump Threatens Nuclear War If Russia Protects Venezuela

April 1, 2019

Opinion

On March 27th, US President Donald Trump said that “Russia has to get out” of Venezuela, and that “All options are on the table” if Russia refuses to withdraw from Venezuela the protection i…

US Is Manufacturing a Crisis in Venezuela So That There Is Chaos and ‘Needed’ Intervention

April 1, 2019

Opinion

Venezuela is America's current target for mass destabilization in the hope of installing a puppet government. America has for years been waging an economic war against Venezuela, including debilitatin…

Russia Should Take the US’ “European Energy Security Act” More Seriously

April 1, 2019

Opinion

Underestimating the potential of one’s adversaries and expressing excessive self-confidence in one’s own abilities oftentimes leads to the said party being unpleasantly surprised if events don’t go ex…

Two Ways Our World Resembles “1984”

April 1, 2019

Opinion

When I took 1984with me on vacation recently, I didn’t expect to read it. Unlike the two other books with me—Jordan Peterson’s 12 Rules for Life and Matt Ridley’s The Rational Optimist—I had already r…