September 7, 2020 | Astute News

Is The Quad Plotting to Provoke a Proxy War With China in the Solomon Islands?

September 7, 2020

The leader of the Solomon Islands province of Malaita announced earlier this week that his region will seek independence from the central government due to its disagreement with the capital over the l…

USA’s Plans for a Global Conflict

September 7, 2020

Opinion

In 2015, during his speech at the Brookings Institution (a US research group that conducts studies and education on economics and politics), the former Chair of the Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke talke…

Germany Wades Into the Indo-Pacific Fray

September 7, 2020

Opinion

In a move that promises to rile China, Germany has officially joined the “Indo-Pacific” geopolitical club as outlined in a new 40-page policy guideline. The document makes Germany the second European …

Pompeo in Jerusalem: And the Walls Came Tumblin’ Down

September 7, 2020

Opinion

There has been considerable controversy regarding Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s Republican National Convention address pre-recorded at the King David Hotel in Jerusalem and aired last Tuesday night…

Why DC Statehood Is a Suicidal Gamble

September 7, 2020

Opinion

When U.S. cities erupted after the death of George Floyd, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser was in the vanguard of the protests, renaming a section of downtown Black Lives Matter Plaza, and painting the name i…

The Pipeline and the Poison

September 7, 2020

Opinion

Pipeline politics, like electoral politics, knows no limits. With Nordstream 2’s completion on schedule to happen around the same time Donald Trump will ‘appear to be re-elected,‘ the amping up of ant…

Is There Life Beyond Plastic?

September 7, 2020

Opinion

“Plastics!” Yeah, it’s everywhere … not just in grocery store aisles and department stores and every other commercial outlet you can think of, not to mention your own cupboards and closets and trashca…

A Memo to the Next President

September 7, 2020

Opinion

Thirteen years ago, in summer 2007, I wrote a memo for the future president of the United States. The one who would take office in 2020. At the time, I had no idea who would win the 2008 elections, mu…