October 14, 2019 | Astute News

Chinese-American Trade Talks in the Year of the Pig

October 14, 2019

The resumption of the Chinese-American trade talks raises hope that a deal can finally be reached between the two economic superpowers, though only if the US is sincere in compromising on its maximali…

Why Russia and China Stand Together

October 14, 2019

Opinion

The capitalist world is in decay. The West is rotting. Anger and nihilism are pouring from the imperialist empire whose citizens are frustrated; not at peace with themselves. Imperialist North America…

Turkey Beats the War Drums

October 14, 2019

Opinion

More war in wretched Syria. Half the population is now refugees; entire cities lie shattered by bombing; bands of crazed gunmen run rampant; US, French, Israeli and Russian warplanes bomb widely. Now,…

Cautious Optimism on Turks and Kurds

October 14, 2019

Opinion

Amid the usual hysterics of ‘impending genocide’ and ‘brutal betrayal’, the long-expected Turkish operation in northeast Syria is rolling, and Turkish troops accompanied by their Syrian rebel allies q…

The World Turned Upside Down

October 14, 2019

Opinion

When a still-bewildered General Earl Charles Cornwallis surrendered his entire army to George Washington and to the Comte de Rochambeau at Yorktown in 1781, according to legend, a British military ban…

Landing in Riyadh: Geopolitics Work in Putin’s Favour

October 14, 2019

Opinion

When Russian President Vladimir Putin lands in Riyadh this week for the second time in 12 years, his call for endorsement of his proposal to replace the US defense umbrella in the Gulf with a multilat…

Donald Trump, the Christian Warrior

October 14, 2019

Opinion

It turns out that President Donald Trump has a “top religion advisor.” This is surprising because there is no evidence that President Trump has a “top religion,” or any religion at all. The only …

Andrew Philip Cross: Wikipedia Editing Scandal Continues (But For How Much Longer?)

October 14, 2019

Opinion

Who is "Philip Cross" the notorious Wikipedia editor who has made so many people's lives a misery over the past fifteen years due to his relentless malicious editing of their pages and pages on which …