July 2, 2019 – Astute News

July 2, 2019

Haftar is Trying to Trick Turkey into Overextending Itself in Libya

Libyan National Army leader General Haftar ordered his forces to attack Turkish ships and companies that he accused of helping the internationally recognized Government of National Accord, as well as to arrest Turkish citizens in the country, which is nothing short of an effort to trick Turkey into overextending itself by provoking it into “mission creep” so that it ends...

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July 2, 2019

Trump’s Re-election? Did the Federal Reserve Already “Decide the 2020 US Election”?

As of beginning July 2019 prospects look positive for a re-election of Donald Trump as President in November 2020. Headline stock market and GDP figures all look positive…at the present. The huge unanswered question is whether that can be sustained until the fateful elections. We see signs already that spell potential trouble for the Republicans. A major problem for the...

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July 2, 2019

Russia-India-China Share a Room with a View

The most important trilateral at the G20 in Osaka was confined to a shoddy environment unworthy of Japan’s unrivaled aesthetic minimalism. Japan excels in perfect planning and execution. So it’s hard to take this setup as an unfortunate “accident.” At least the – unofficial – Russia-India-China summit at the sidelines of the G20 transcended the fate of an interior decorator...

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July 2, 2019

The Case for Optimism After the Trump-Kim Handshake Summit

President Donald Trump secured another historic first in U.S.-North Korea relations earlier today when he crossed into North Korean territory at Panmunjom before a brief meeting with Kim Jong-un. The impromptu meeting—planned in less than two days after Trump tweeted about wanting to meet with Kim—ended with an announcement that the two countries would restart working level talks in a...

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July 2, 2019

Libya’s Civil War, the New Crisis

Besides Syria, the US-inspired ‘Arab Spring’ has resulted in ongoing chaos for Libya, with the oil-rich state still in play, contested between Sarraj’s GNA and Haftar’s Libyan National Army. Only marginally reported in the west, former Gaddafi lieutenant Haftar suffered a major setback on the 27th of June when the pro-GNA Gharyan Protection Force seized Haftar’s HQ in Gharayan, forcing...

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July 2, 2019

Tanzania’s Decision to Suspend the Bagamoyo Port Project Is an Unfortunate Move Against Beijing

The East African country has the proud distinction of hosting China’s first modern-day Silk Road, the 1970s TAZARA railway, which is why Tanzania’s decision to suspend the $10 billion Bagamoyo port project that was supposed to be built by the People’s Republic is such a big deal and could greatly hamper Beijing’s regional strategy. Tanzania’s nationalist leader John Magafuli just...

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July 2, 2019

US Government Tops All for Creating Refugees

On June 19th, Statistica headlined “Number of forcibly displaced people reaches new high”, and when one looks at the data, one finds an even bigger story which stands behind those numbers: This new report from the United Nations documents Statistica’s headline, and it proves that America’s regime-change operations have actually created around half of the world’s refugees. It proves that...

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July 2, 2019

Modernity’s Sacraments

My newsfeed must be set for “shock.” Never does a day go by that there is no something outlandishly alarming featured as a story, somewhere, illustrating the insane march of modern culture. Much of me would like to think that the problem is in the newsfeed and not in the culture itself. However, on a basis that is frequent enough...

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Daily Archive: July 2, 2019

Haftar is Trying to Trick Turkey into Overextending Itself in Libya

Trump’s Re-election? Did the Federal Reserve Already “Decide the 2020 US Election”?

Russia-India-China Share a Room with a View

The Case for Optimism After the Trump-Kim Handshake Summit

Libya’s Civil War, the New Crisis

Tanzania’s Decision to Suspend the Bagamoyo Port Project Is an Unfortunate Move Against Beijing

US Government Tops All for Creating Refugees

Modernity’s Sacraments