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“Complete Chaos”: Russia Slams “Dangerous” U.S. Pullout Of INF Treaty As “Blackmail”
“Complete Chaos”: Russia Slams “Dangerous” U.S. Pullout Of INF Treaty As “Blackmail” Washington’s planned withdrawal from the international Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, announced by President Trump on Saturday, has been slammed by Russia as “a very dangerous step” which is ultimately part of “continuing attempts to achieve Russia’s concessions through blackmail” in statements made by Russian […]
Foreign Banks Are Embracing Russia’s Alternative To SWIFT, Moscow Says
Foreign Banks Are Embracing Russia’s Alternative To SWIFT, Moscow Says On Friday, one day after Russia and China pledged to reduce their reliance on the dollar by increasing the amount of bilateral trade conducted in rubles and yuan (a goal toward which much progress has already been made over the past three years), Russia’s Central […]
Trump To Pull U.S. Out Of 1987 Nuclear Weapons Treaty With Russia
Trump To Pull U.S. Out Of 1987 Nuclear Weapons Treaty With Russia As Russia continues to outmaneuver the US by developing new ballistic missiles like the 9M729 ground-launched cruise missile, as well as hypersonic weapons capable of carrying a nuclear payload, President Trump said Saturday that he plans to abandon a 1987 arms-control treaty that […]
This Is The Worst Case Scenario If Investors Dump Saudi Arabia
This Is The Worst Case Scenario If Investors Dump Saudi Arabia So many Wall Street CEOs and other titans of investing and industry have pulled out of next week’s “Davos in the Desert” conference that even the Ritz-Carlton, owner of the Riyadh venue hosting the conference (as it did last year), has been slammed by […]
Skripal and Khashoggi: West Manufactures Absurd Fantasy to Pin on Russia, Lets Saudi Get Away With Chopping up WaPo Journalist Alive
Skripal and Khashoggi: West Manufactures Absurd Fantasy to Pin on Russia, Lets Saudi Get Away With Chopping up WaPo Journalist Alive Two disappearances, and two very different responses from Western governments, which illustrates their rank hypocrisy. When former Russian spy Sergei Skripal went missing in England earlier this year, there was almost immediate punitive action […]
Nation Will Rise Against Nation: Israeli Tanks Mass Along The Border As War Between Israel And Hamas Appears To Be Imminent
Nation Will Rise Against Nation: Israeli Tanks Mass Along The Border As War Between Israel And Hamas Appears To Be Imminent Another extremely bloody border protest on Friday has pushed Israel and Hamas to the brink of war. The Egyptians had been urging Hamas to tone down the border protests, but that did not happen. […]
In Latest Provocation To Beijing, US Plans New Warship Passage Through Taiwan Strait
In Latest Provocation To Beijing, US Plans New Warship Passage Through Taiwan Strait In Washington’s latest attempt to provoke Beijing, the United States is planning to send warships through the Taiwan Strait according to Reuters, a mission meant to ensure “free passage” through the strategic waterway and which will further heighten political tensions with China. […]
Trump: the Resurgent Cold War President
Trump: the Resurgent Cold War President Some of the world’s hottest points of conflict during the Cold War are, once again, in the headlines because of Donald Trump’s erratic and bombastic saber-rattling antics. Even a military pact between North and South Korea, one worked out between South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader […]
Putin Lays Down the Law at Valdai
Putin Lays Down the Law at Valdai Every year Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at the Valdai Economic Forum. And each year his talk is important. Putin isn’t one to mince words on important issues. With tensions between Russia and the West reaching Cold War levels, Valdai represented the first time we’ve heard Putin speak […]
“Big-Ass Fight On The Horizon”: Nearly Half Of All U.S. Troops Think Major War Is Coming
“Big-Ass Fight On The Horizon”: Nearly Half Of All U.S. Troops Think Major War Is Coming A new poll conducted by Military Times and Syracuse University has found that nearly half of all active duty American troops believe the next major war is just around the corner. The poll results show about 46% of respondents think the […]
“All-Out War” Coming: Record Number Of Israeli Tanks Amassed On Gaza Border
“All-Out War” Coming: Record Number Of Israeli Tanks Amassed On Gaza Border After months of violence and widespread protests along the Israeli-Gaza border fence, Israeli is quickly ramping up its military presence with a show of force a day after launching deadly airstrikes on Gaza in response to what officials say were two rockets fired […]
Be Skeptical Whenever The Political/Media Class Converges On A Single Narrative
Be Skeptical Whenever The Political/Media Class Converges On A Single Narrative The Trump administration has ended its weeks-long silence on the disappearance of the Saudi Arabian Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Following a briefing from Secretary of State Pompeo who has just returned from a visit to Riyadh and Ankara, the president has said that […]
Opportunities Abound After Khashoggi-Gate
Opportunities Abound After Khashoggi-Gate Every crisis is also an opportunity. Don’t worry I’m not about to go all Rahm Emmanuel, Mr. Realpolitik, on you today. The disappearance/death/dismemberment of Jamal Khashoggi is both a crisis and an opportunity for the worst people in the world. And all of them are seizing the day, as it were. […]
Putin: Russia Will Only Use Nuclear Weapons ‘If We Are Victims Of Aggression’
Putin: Russia Will Only Use Nuclear Weapons ‘If We Are Victims Of Aggression’ Speaking at a policy forum on Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin doubled-down on a warning to Russia’s geopolitical foes first made earlier this year when he declared that Russia would only use its “unstoppable” nuclear weapons in response to an incoming missile […]
