November 24, 2019 | Astute News

Moscow’s Russian-Pakistani Banking Proposal Hints at Big Things to Come

November 24, 2019

Yuri M. Kozlov, the Russian Trade Representative in Pakistan, suggested that Russia and Pakistan establish a "reliable and mutually acceptable banking system", which strongly hints at Moscow's desire …

The Desolation of Yemen. The Forgotten War

November 24, 2019

Opinion

, The Jerusalem Post reports on the worsening humanitarian crisis in Yemen: “There is nothing that shows any improvement,” Hisham Al-Omeisy, an independent Yemeni political analyst, told The Medi…

U.S. Opens Up Another Front In Cold War Against China As Congress Passes Hong Kong Democracy Act

November 24, 2019

Opinion

The Trump impeachment hearings give the illusion that voters in the United States have a choice between two different political parties: the Democrats and Republicans. The daily impeachment hearings d…

Who Stands To Gain From Unrest In Iran?

November 24, 2019

Opinion

I once had an animated conversation with the Middle East correspondent of a leading Indian newspaper regarding the resilience of the Iranian political system. The year was 2001. The conversation took …

Crisis in Lebanon — a Manifestation of Global Discontent with Growing Inequality

November 24, 2019

Opinion

Residents of this small confessional Arabic-speaking country on the Mediterranean Sea have been protesting for over a month now, blocking the country’s main roads. Almost one and a half million people…

With No End in Sight, Israel’s Election Soap Opera Rages On

November 24, 2019

Opinion

The Israeli election process, like a bad soap opera, has been going on for many months now with no end in sight, and precisely like a poorly made soap opera, the squabbling, blaming, threatening, scar…

The Impeachment Crisis and American Imperialism

November 24, 2019

Opinion

Wednesday’s public hearing on the impeachment of President Trump featured the US ambassador to the European Union, Gordon Sondland, who testified that, contrary to the White House narrative, there had…

Prince Andrew, The Royal Family and Jeffrey Epstein

November 24, 2019

Opinion

The choking cloud of Jeffrey Epstein’s paedophilic legacy has been floating over the Atlantic for some time. It does its best (or worst) in matters of US and British celebrity, warts and all. It has n…