Modi’s Indian Ocean Island Trip Is Integral to His Second Term in Office

Modi’s Indian Ocean Island Trip Is Integral to His Second Term in Office

Indian Prime Minister Modi will pay his first foreign trip since re-election to the Indian Ocean island states of the Maldives and Sri Lanka from 8-9 June in showcasing the geostrategic importance that these two countries have for India’s foreign policy during the next five years of his second term in office. Indian think tanks…

Putin’s Spokesman Shared the Hard Truth About Russian-Chinese Economic Relations

Putin’s Spokesman Shared the Hard Truth About Russian-Chinese Economic Relations

President Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov poured cold water all over Alt-Media’s wishful thinking fantasy about Russian-Chinese economic relations during a recent interview with RT’s Sophie Shevardnadze that’s sure to unsettle a lot of their international supporters. Chinese President Xi is in Russia this week to attend the Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), during which…

Belt and Road, Consolidation of Russia-China Economic Relations: President Xi in Saint Petersburg

Belt and Road, Consolidation of Russia-China Economic Relations: President Xi in Saint Petersburg

Chinese President Xi will attend this week’s Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) and likely broker some Belt & Road Initiative (BRI) deals with his Russian counterpart. Thousands of people from across the world will be descending on Russia’s “second capital” of Saint Petersburg later this week to attend the Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum…

Perry’s Attack on Russia’s Nord Stream 2 and the Empire’s Lost Grip on Reality

Perry’s Attack on Russia’s Nord Stream 2 and the Empire’s Lost Grip on Reality

On Tuesday May 21st, US energy secretary Rick Perry made headlines after paying a visit to the newly elected administration of Volodymyr Zelenskiy. The visit itself wasn’t the cause of the headlines but rather Perry’s hubristic attack on Russia’s Nord Stream 2 pipeline and prophesying that a sanctions bill against western companies building the pipeline…

Australia’s Suspicion of China’s South Pacific Investments Is a Zero-sum Game

Australia’s Suspicion of China’s South Pacific Investments Is a Zero-sum Game

The mainstream media revived its narrative of fear-mongering about China’s South Pacific investments during the Vanuatu Prime Minister’s visit to Beijing and ahead of the recently re-elected Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison‘s trip to the Solomon Islands next week.  There were very serious fake news claims being spread last year about China’s supposed plans to open…