August 11, 2019 | Astute News

India’s Annexation of Kashmir Is Straight Out of the Israeli Playbook

August 11, 2019

Over the past few years, Kashmiri scholars have been making the argument that India-administered Kashmir ought to be recognised as an occupied territory. With more than 700,000 Indian soldiers, …

Decades of Insular Pakistani Leadership is to Blame for the World’s Failure to Care About Kashmir

August 11, 2019

Opinion

Yesterday, India effectively annexed the formerly occupied region of Jammu and Kashmir by abrogating Article 370 of the Indian constitution and the related presidential order 35A. 370 provided for lim…

Crisis in Kyrgzyztan: Another Color Revolution or Even Civil War?

August 11, 2019

Opinion

The historically unstable Central Asian country of Kyrgyzstan was suddenly thrown into yet another crisis after the former president and his supporters opened fire on the special forces that were disp…

Mobility and Maginot Lines: China Hysteria Down Under

August 11, 2019

Opinion

The blinkered security establishment is standard fare in politics. From Washington to Manila, we hear of terrors and concerns which tend to more spectral than not. Legitimate concerns such as catastro…

America Dumps INF Treaty. Time for Russian Missiles in Latin America?

August 11, 2019

Opinion

Washington’s withdrawal from the INF Treaty is just the latest move against Russia that will serve to intensify an arms race on the European continent that is already underway. It may also force Russi…

Is Trump Playing 4D Chess with China?

August 11, 2019

Opinion

Since announcing his candidacy for the highest office in the land, President Donald Trump has been accused of playing grand 4D chess. Lately, you have to wonder if the billionaire real estate mogul is…

US Empire: The Reality of the “Greater United States”

August 11, 2019

Opinion

The US Empire is not a term you will commonly hear when people refer to the United States of America. Nor is the Greater United States, American Empire or even just Empire. There is something of …

Must Watch: Financial Crime

August 11, 2019

Opinion

Class War Films Presents FINANCIAL CRIME In the phase of runaway “financialization”, American capitalists treat the economy, and the people who depend on it, as mere pieces in their own private game, …