[Page of 3] Astute News | News and analysis, ignored by mainstream media, with focus on Pakistan, Middle East, China, Russia and Eurasia

Trump’s Secret War Plan for the South China Sea

August 6, 2020 Opinion

Talk of war with war between the US and China is the only real news, but is it? With the planet paralyzed from COVID 19, military operations are largely curtailed. COVID 19 has secretly swept through …

The Pentagon’s New UFO Disclosures: 75 Years of MK Ultra Psy Ops

August 6, 2020 Opinion

In my last few articles, I found myself writing on the theme of the emerging new system and the battle between two paradigms (multipolar vs unipolar). Within that theme, the important issue of psy ops…

Armenia’s Risky Tovuz Strategy Dramatically Backfired

August 6, 2020 Opinion

OneWorld is publishing the original English-language version of Andrew Korybko's analysis about the latest Armenian-Azerbaijani clashes that was first released in Russian at the Moscow-Baku informatio…

Another Hiroshima Is Coming… Unless We Stop It Now

August 6, 2020 Opinion

In a major essay to mark the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, John Pilger describes reporting from five 'ground zeros' for nuclear weapons - from Hiroshima to Bikini, Nevada to Pol…

Mines, Minerals, And ‘Green Energy’: A Reality Check

August 6, 2020 Opinion

Summary As policymakers have shifted focus from pandemic challenges to economic recovery, infrastructure plans are once more being actively discussed, including those relating to energy. Green energy …

A United State of Delusion

August 6, 2020 Opinion

Let’s face it: The Trump regime has from the first had a tenuous relationship with reality. A thousand jobs at a Midwestern air-conditioner plant don’t go to Mexico and the revival of American manufac…

America’s Multiple Infections

August 6, 2020 Opinion

On a per capita basis, Belgium has been the European country hardest hit by the coronavirus. With a population of 11.5 million, it registered over 66,000 infections and nearly 10,000 deaths. In fact, …

We’ve Spent a TRILLION Dollars on Statins to Lower Cholesterol, Yet Cardiovascular Deaths Have Gone UP

August 6, 2020 Opinion

New research shows that the most widely prescribed type of drug in the history of medicine is a waste of money. One major study found that the more ‘bad’ cholesterol was lowered, the greater the risk …