February 18, 2020 | Astute News

Munich Security Conference 2020: Wang Yi vs. Mike Pompeo

February 18, 2020

The Chinese Foreign Minister and American Secretary of State shared contrasting visions of International Relations during their keynotes speeches at the Munich Security Conference over the weekend. **…

Trump Policy Wangle in Munich: Human Beings Reduced to Smelly Sauce

February 18, 2020

Opinion

US officials at the Munich Security Conference are warning the Syria Civil War may soon flood Europe with refugees. The unnamed United States geopolitical geniuses must have meant to say “again,” but …

Can the World’s Second Superpower Rise From the Ashes of Twenty Years of War

February 18, 2020

Opinion

February 15 marks the day, 17 years ago, when global demonstrations against the pending Iraq invasion were so massive that the New York Times called world public opinion “the second superpower.” …

The Middle East: Ground Zero for Possible Global War?

February 18, 2020

Opinion

The UN Charter’s preamble explained that “the scourge of war…twice in our lifetime has brought untold sorrow to mankind” — referring to two global wars. Is a third one coming at a time when today’s su…

Trump’s Vanished ‘Liberal Middles’

February 18, 2020

Opinion

Take Jordan (or Lebanon) as an example: Both have a broken economic model. One, (Lebanon), has had its huge deficits financed by expatriate remittances; and the other (Jordan), has had its budget defi…

What Happens in Thuringia, Won’t Stay in Thuringia

February 18, 2020

Opinion

Last week I outlined why Thuringia was ground zero for seismic shifts in German politics. The fallout from the bombshell dropped on Chancellor Angela Merkel continues this week. First Merkel had to re…

The Koch-Soros Quincy Project: A Train Wreck of Neocon and ‘Humanitarian’ Interventionists

February 18, 2020

Opinion

Those hoping the non-interventionist cause would be given some real muscle if a couple of oligarchs who’ve made fortunes from global interventionism team up and pump millions into Washington…

A Most Convenient Virus

February 18, 2020

Opinion

I prefer to write on things I know about, but once in a while an opportunity presents itself for me to comment on some aspect of widespread mistrust and confusion while resting on a solid foundation o…