Navalny Is a NATO Agent, But Not All Unauthorized Protesters Are Foreign Proxies

Navalny Is a NATO Agent, But Not All Unauthorized Protesters Are Foreign Proxies

Recent statements from President Putin, spy chief Naryshkin, and Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Zakharova confirm that anti-corruption blogger Alexei Navalny is a NATO agent, but that doesn’t mean that all unauthorized protesters who previously gathered in his support are foreign proxies since many of them are simply being misled as part of a newly invigorated push…

US-Turkish Relations to Hit an All-Time Low?

US-Turkish Relations to Hit an All-Time Low?

Although Turkey remains economically, politically and militarily dependent on the United States and NATO, the strategic plans of the two countries have increasingly clashed in recent years, and the conflict has spiraled from incident to incident, increasingly turning Ankara from an ally to a rival of Washington. In doing so, each side seeks to accuse…

EU and US So Far Show No Interest in Renewed Threats to Merge Albania and Kosovo

EU and US So Far Show No Interest in Renewed Threats to Merge Albania and Kosovo

The EU and U.S. seem oblivious to threats made last week by Kosovan political opposition leader Ramush Haradinaj to unite Kosovo with Albania if Serbia does not recognize Pristina’s self-proclaimed independence. This is mostly because the West are not united on the Kosovo issue.  The EU attributes the threat to unify the breakaway Serbian province with Albania to the…

US-Indian Strategic Construct of Western Indian Ocean Runs into Headwinds

US-Indian Strategic Construct of Western Indian Ocean Runs into Headwinds

The AMAN-21 naval exercise, the biennial event hosted by Pakistani Navy since 2007, in Karachi and the Arabian Sea from February 11-16 draws special attention. As many as 45 navies are reportedly participating, which makes AMAN probably the biggest event of its kind in the Indian Ocean or anywhere. Not only that, the participants include…

The Fascist ‘Big Lies’ – Deceptive Names Are Back

The Fascist ‘Big Lies’ – Deceptive Names Are Back

We should remain vigilant against the far-right, which continues to misappropriate the historical and traditional names of the parties of labor, the popular masses, equality, and progressivism, Wayne Madsen writes. From 1920 to 1945, the formal name of the German Nazi Party was the National Socialist German Workers’ Party, abbreviated NSDAP in German. Despite its…