May 25, 2019 | Astute News

The Russian-Pakistani Space Pact Is an Important Step in Their Strategic Partnership

May 25, 2019

The two Great Powers signed a joint statement committing to do their utmost to prevent the militarization of space after Trump declared the creation of the US’ so-called “Space Force” and India tested…

Risk of Nuclear War Is Highest Since WW2, Perhaps It Is Time to Start Paying Attention

May 25, 2019

Opinion

Debates over pressing issues such as climate change, healthcare and global poverty will ultimately be rendered pointless if crazed neocons decide to make the world uninhabitable by launching a nuclear…

Trump’s Annihilation Threat to Iran and WWI Déjà Vu

May 25, 2019

Opinion

The erratic US president has gone from wishing for peace with Iran to, a few days later, making a veiled threat of nuclear annihilation against the Islamic Republic. Donald Trump got on his twitter pu…

US Diplomacy Sours in Southeast Asia

May 25, 2019

Opinion

Under the cover of “security threats” and promoting “democracy,” Washington has increased the frequency and amplitude of threats and pressure aimed at China’s partners around the world and specificall…

Forty Years of Privatisation Has Left Most Britons Out of Pocket

May 25, 2019

Opinion

Mrs Thatcher's great sell-off of publicly owned services and assets, continued by successive governments, started exactly forty years ago to a fanfare of positive publicity. Small shareholders own onl…

India: Congress’ Lack of a Proactive Vision Spelled Its Downfall

May 25, 2019

Opinion

The BJP’s colossal landslide has led to some serious soul-searching by the Congress opposition, but the answer to its downfall should be obvious to all and it’s that the party completely lacked any pr…

Gold vs. SDRs

May 25, 2019

Opinion

During the lengthy discussions which led to the 1944 Bretton Woods Agreement, economist John Maynard Keynes opposed fixed exchanged rates via-a-vis a gold backed US dollar. He instead proposed the cre…

Today the US Is Waging a War on Huawei. In 1987 It Was Japan’s Toshiba

May 25, 2019

Opinion

Toshiba yesterday, Huawei today! Thirty years ago, Toshiba exported precision instruments to Russia. The United States imposed the following penalties on Toshiba Group: 1.) The Japanese Police Departm…