October 5, 2019 | Astute News

Iran Is China’s Secret Weapon for Killing off the US Dollar’s Global Reserve Status

October 5, 2019

There is a strong current of change affecting the international political arena. It is the beginning of a revolution brought on by the transition from a unipolar to multipolar world order. In practice…

India Must be Humbled by China’s Hypersonic Missile Dominance

October 5, 2019

Opinion

The People's Republic showed off its state-of-the-art DF-17 hypersonic glide vehicle during this week's military parade celebrating the 70th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Revolution, which was …

MbS Must Shelve His Vicious War in Yemen

October 5, 2019

Opinion

Never underestimate the power of blowback. Right now, Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman (MbS), the de facto ruler of the House of Saud, is staring at it, an ominous abyss opened by the Houthis in Yemen…

Hints of Gulf Rapprochement: Iranian Tactics may be Paying Off

October 5, 2019

Opinion

Fears of a potential military conflict with Iran may have opened the door to a Saudi-Iranian dialogue against the backdrop of a rethink of US military logistics, involving at least a gradual partial r…

Trump-Zelensky-Ukraine: What Is Really Going on Here?

October 5, 2019

Opinion

I have over several days reflected on the official White House record of the Trump-Zelensky conversation on Ukraine-US relations on 25 July 2019, a conversation held soon after Zelensky’s confirmed el…

Six Years Into Its Africa Foray the French Army Is Bogged Down and Losing Ground

October 5, 2019

Opinion

The French army is bogged down in the Sahel. Despite its occasional victory communiqués, the fighting has spread to more countries in the region. These failures originate in Paris’s inability to under…

Former Israeli Intel Official Claims Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell Worked for Israeli Intel

October 5, 2019

Opinion

A recent interview given by a former high-ranking official in Israeli military intelligence has claimed that Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual blackmail enterprise was an Israel intelligence operation run for …

Gene Edited Catastrophe in Brazil. Mosquitos

October 5, 2019

Opinion

A British-American gene-editing company has released millions of genetically modified mosquitoes containing a dominant lethal gene, each week for 27 months in the Bahia, Brazil region in a test to see…