May 2, 2019 – Astute News

May 2, 2019

PM Khan Made Progress on CPEC+ at the BRI Forum

Far from the failure that some people have portrayed PM Khan’s participation in the BRI Forum as being, the Pakistani leader actually made progress on CPEC+ through his meetings with his Ethiopian and Tajikistani counterparts whose countries are poised to play important roles along S-CPEC+ and N-CPEC+ respectively. Pakistan’s Express Tribute portrayed PM Khan’s participation in the BRI Forum as...

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May 2, 2019

The New Silk Roads Reach the Next Level

The Belt and Road Forum in Beijing was a graphic demonstration of how tactical adjustments are essential to enhance the appeal of a complex overall strategy. Talk about a turbo-charged 4.0 version of the legendary Deng Xiaoping maxim “crossing the river while feeling the stones.” For all the somewhat straitjacket approach of Chinese official pronouncements, President Xi Jinping stressed a...

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May 2, 2019

Daesh’s New Territories

The liberation of the zone administered by Daesh as a state does not mean the end of this jihadist organisation. Indeed, while Daesh is a creation of the NATO Intelligence services, it represents an ideology which mobilises jihadists and may outlive it. Al-Qaeda was an auxiliary army for NATO – we saw them fight in Afghanistan, then in Bosnia-Herzegovina, and...

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May 2, 2019

Sri Lanka: US-Saudi Terror Targets China’s Allies

As predicted, the Sri Lankan Easter Day blasts which killed hundreds and injured hundreds more – have been connected to the so-called “Islamic State” (ISIS). US Ambassador to Sri Lanka – Alaina Teplitz – would openly claim foreign groups were most likely behind the attacks. Reuters in an article titled, “Foreign groups likely behind Sri Lanka attacks, U.S. ambassador says,”...

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May 2, 2019

Iran rejects All Negotiations But Signals Domestic Differences

Despite the positive approach by Iran Foreign Minister Jawad Zarif proposing a humanitarian exchange of prisoners between Washington and Tehran (in an attempt to break the stalemate and ease the current tension), Iranian Speaker Ali Larijani and ‘Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps – Quds Brigade’ (IRGC) commander Qassem Soleimani both rejected any rapprochement. It is the radical general mood in Iran and...

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May 2, 2019

The US-NATO Alliance Has Georgia on Its Mind

The US-NATO alliance is determined to encircle Russia more tightly, and Georgia wants to help it do so, Brian Cloughley writes. Britain’s Daily Express newspaper is a bizarre publication that specialises in sensationalist raving. Some of its reports are weird beyond imagination, and it went even further than usual into fogs of delusion on April 21 when one of its...

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May 2, 2019

Trump’s Arms Proposal Is Really All About the Space Race

There’s nothing that anyone can argue about in principle concerning the spirit behind Trump’s arms proposal, but peel back a few strategic layers and it becomes clear that it’s really all about the Space Race and weakening the Russian-Chinese Strategic Partnership. Trump’s arms proposal is making waves all across the world after officials in his administration told the media that...

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May 2, 2019

50 Years On, the World, and Not Just France, Still Misses Charles de Gaulle

French President Charles de Gaulle stepped down 50 years ago this week after his proposals for constitutional reform were defeated in a national referendum. What we could do with a leader like the ‘General’ today. With amazing effrontery last October, Macron told his people to stop complaining and be more like de Gaulle, after a meeting with a pensioner who...

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Daily Archive: May 2, 2019

PM Khan Made Progress on CPEC+ at the BRI Forum

The New Silk Roads Reach the Next Level

Daesh’s New Territories

Sri Lanka: US-Saudi Terror Targets China’s Allies

Iran rejects All Negotiations But Signals Domestic Differences

The US-NATO Alliance Has Georgia on Its Mind

Trump’s Arms Proposal Is Really All About the Space Race

50 Years On, the World, and Not Just France, Still Misses Charles de Gaulle