April 3, 2019 | Astute News

Russia’s Response to India’s ASAT Missile Test Wasn’t What New Delhi Expected

April 3, 2019

India probably thought that Russia would enthusiastically accept its entry into the “space super league” as Prime Minister Modi described it, but Moscow is actually pretty critical of New Delhi’s anti…

Pentagon Obsession: China, China, China

April 3, 2019

Opinion

Chinese nuclear bombers. Chinese hypersonic missiles. Chinese carrier killer missiles. Chinese cyberattacks. Chinese anti-satellite weaponry. Chinese militarization of the South China Sea. Chinese Hua…

Venezuela, a New Syria

April 3, 2019

Opinion

A few days ago, an Ilyushin IL-62M liner carried over a hundred Russian soldiers and officers to Caracas. Symbolically, they made a stopover in Syria, as if saying that Venezuela is the next country a…

China’s European Moment Has Arrived

April 3, 2019

Opinion

It would be difficult to overstate the importance of Xi Jinping’s visits to Rome, Paris and Monaco last week. In bringing his much-remarked Belt and Road Initiative to the center of Europe, …

No Reds Under Our Beds After All

April 3, 2019

Opinion

Not since the witchcraft hysteria of the Middle Ages have we seen such a display of human idiocy, credulity and absurdist behavior. I refer, of course, to the two-year witch hunt directed against Pres…

South America’s “Prosur” Is a Pivotal Component of “Fortress America”

April 3, 2019

Opinion

Last week the leaders of Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay, and Peru created the so-called “Forum for the Progress of South America”, or “Prosur”, in what many observers under…

God and U.S. Foreign Policy: an Analysis

April 3, 2019

Opinion

Mr. Pompeo’s Unoriginal Assertion Well, here we go again. God is back at work in support of the foreign policy of the United States. In fact, this time around, God has apparently gone so far as to rig…

Essential History to Understand the Present: Obvious and Orwellian-illegal Wars of Aggression on Gaza by Israel

April 3, 2019

Opinion

It’s worth ten minutes of reading to distinguish game-changing facts from constant media and “official” spin lying to justify unlawful War of Aggression by Israel on Gaza. Given the public’s general c…