October 17, 2019 | Astute News

China Displays Rock-Solid Support for Pakistan’s “Core Issue” of Kashmir

October 17, 2019

The visit by Pakistan PM Imran Khan to Beijing on October 8-9 has been a runaway success from Islamabad’s perspective. It revved up the dynamics of the China-Pakistan Economic Cooperation projects, wi…

Key Highlights of President Putin’s Interview with Arab Media

October 17, 2019

Opinion

President Putin gave an extensive interview to Arab media before departing for Saudi Arabia and the UAE, but it's useful to highlight some of the most relevant parts in case interested observers don't…

Kurds Face Stark Options After US Pullback

October 17, 2019

Opinion

In the annals of bombastic Trump tweets, this one is simply astonishing: here we have a President of the United States, on the record, unmasking the whole $8-trillion intervention in the Mid…

A Peg for a Peg: That’s the West’s Offer for China

October 17, 2019

Opinion

While President Trump keeps trying to support a stock market via noises about negotiations with China progressing well, things are spiraling out of control in Hong Kong. The protests continue to escal…

Another Interventionist “Success” Story

October 17, 2019

Opinion

Not surprisingly, the interventionists are blaming their latest interventionist fiasco, this one in Syria, on President Trump. No, they say, the responsibility doesn’t fall on them and their morally b…

Ecuador – and the IMF’s Killing Spree

October 17, 2019

Opinion

For close to 40 years the IMF has weaponized its handle on the western economy through the dollar-based western monetary system, and brutally destroyed nation after nation, thereby killed hundreds of …

The Sanctions Addicts Look for Their Next Fix

October 17, 2019

Opinion

The Trump administration is preparing to wage yet another economic war. This time they intend to impose sanctions on Turkey in response to its government’s invasion of northern Syria: After …

Information Warfare: Twitter Targets Hong Kong

October 17, 2019

Opinion

When Twitter Safety announced that it was taking actions against “information operations” directed at Hong Kong – informed observers could have immediately assumed that Twitter was not actually seriou…