August 1, 2020 | Astute News

Russia and the Next Presidential Election in the USA

August 1, 2020

Intro: not a pretty picture Let’s begin with a disclaimer: in this article, I will assume that there will be a US Presidential election in the Fall. Right now, it appears to be likely that this electi…

China’s Vision in a Post-COVID World

August 1, 2020

Opinion

On 13 July an international newscast reported that the European Commission will discuss as a priority on how the EU should react to China’s national security law for Hong Kong, a sovere…

Weaving Impunity for Dictatorship Crimes in Chile

August 1, 2020

Opinion

In 1968, the U.S. backed a covert intelligence surveillance campaign in which Latin American right-wing governments conspired to annihilate socialist and communist influence in the region. The plan, k…

American ‘Stormtroopers’ — A Bright Shining Lie

August 1, 2020

Opinion

With the Mark O. Hatfield United States Courthouse under nightly siege from violent radicals, and Portland’s police hard-pressed to protect it, President Trump sent in federal agents to secure the bui…

How Covid-19 Could Upend Geopolitics

August 1, 2020

Opinion

I don’t trust you. Don’t take it personally. It doesn’t matter whether you’re a friend or a stranger. I don’t care about your identity or your politics, where you work or if you work, whether you wear…

The Real Power Behind Boris Johnson

August 1, 2020

Opinion

It's 17 years since the neocons led Britain and US into the calamitous invasion of Iraq. Such was the scale of the disaster that you would have thought it would have driven them out of publi…

Breaking with the Past: China Hints at Greater Political Engagement in the Middle East

August 1, 2020

Opinion

China is contemplating greater political engagement in the Middle East in what would constitute a break with its longstanding effort to avoid being sucked into the region’s myriad conflicts and a bid …

The Sordid History of Scam Science Panics

August 1, 2020

History

I went with scam science in the title partly because of the alliteration but mostly because Steve Milloy already claimed junk science. His Junk Science Judo (and website), Julian Simon’s&nbs…