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June 22, 2020

Modi’s Major Himalayan Mistake Crushed the Indian Military’s Morale

The death of at least 20 members of the Indian military during non-firearm clashes with China along their disputed frontier in Kashmir has been extremely demoralizing for this already distressed institution, but it’s all due to Modi’s major Himalayan mistake in thinking that he can reap immediately tangible benefits from his new American patron by making a show out of...

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June 17, 2020

The New Cold War with China

America’s pundits and politicians have largely concluded that a new Cold War with China — a period of intense hostility and competition falling just short of armed combat — has started. “Rift Threatens U.S. Cold War Against China,” as a New York Times headline put it on May 15th, citing recent clashes over trade, technology, and responsibility for the spread...

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May 31, 2020

Is Trump’s New Cold War Necessary?

Donald Trump is winning the propaganda war against China today. But saying that doesn’t imply he either should be fighting this war or is capable of winning the real war. What is that real war? Retaining U.S. dominance over the flow of international capital for the next four generations. Because that is what is at stake. Trump’s slash and burn...

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May 30, 2020

Jinping Takes Up the US Challenge

Is the U.S. up for a second Cold War — this time with China? What makes the question newly relevant is that Xi Jinping’s China suddenly appears eager for a showdown with the United States for long-term supremacy in the Asia-Pacific and the world. With the U.S. consumed by the coronavirus pandemic that has killed 100,000 Americans and crashed our...

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May 28, 2020

The New New Cold War Is Pretty Much the Old New Cold War

Remember when the Russians were coming? It seems like just last week Vladimir Putin was whistling the Soviet National Anthem just around every corner of main street. After the colossal clusterfuck of Hillary 2016, you couldn’t swing a dead cat in a news room without hitting another crafty Kremlin conspiracy. Those shifty almond-eyed bastards were the secret sauce behind everything...

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May 25, 2020

The Talk About US Nukes in Poland Proves That Warsaw Trumps Berlin for Washington

It’s unimportant whether US nukes will eventually be deployed to Poland or not since the very fact that this scenario is seriously being discussed by both American and Russian diplomats proves that Warsaw trumps Berlin for Washington and that Poland veritably in the process of replacing Germany as the US’ preferred European partner. *** Is A Polish Missile Crisis Looming?...

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May 14, 2020

Coexistence with China or Cold War II?

Under fire for his handling of the coronavirus pandemic, President Donald Trump, his campaign and his party are moving to lay blame for the 80,000 U.S. dead at the feet of the Communist Party of China and, by extension, its longtime General Secretary, President Xi Jinping. “There is a significant amount of evidence” that the virus originated in a Wuhan...

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May 9, 2020

The Meeting at the Elbe: When Americans, Russians, and Europeans Were Friends

April 25, 1945, is a date few remember but it was a significant day in the history of the world. On this day, American troops coming from the west and the Red Army advancing from the east joined forces on the Elbe River near Torgau, a small city about 100 km south of Berlin. They became friends, some of them...

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Tag: Cold War

Modi’s Major Himalayan Mistake Crushed the Indian Military’s Morale

The New Cold War with China

Is Trump’s New Cold War Necessary?

Jinping Takes Up the US Challenge

The New New Cold War Is Pretty Much the Old New Cold War

The Talk About US Nukes in Poland Proves That Warsaw Trumps Berlin for Washington

Coexistence with China or Cold War II?

The Meeting at the Elbe: When Americans, Russians, and Europeans Were Friends