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America’s National Defense Is Really Offense
America’s National Defense Is Really Offense On Friday, the Pentagon released an unclassified summary of the 2018 National Defense Strategy report. On the same day, Secretary of Defense James Mattis delivered prepared remarks relating to the document. Reading the summary is illuminating, to say the least, and somewhat disturbing, as it focuses very little on actual […]
USAF Begins Massive GPS Blackouts In The Western US During Largest Ever Air War Drill
USAF Begins Massive GPS Blackouts In The Western US During Largest Ever Air War Drill The United States Air Force is launching its largest-ever three-week premier set of air war drills, called Red Flag 18-1, starting on Friday and will conclude February 16, said the 99th Air Base Wing Public Affairs. On January 26, the […]
Trump Ups Defense Budget By 13% – “Can’t Have World’s Best Military On An Obama Budget”
Trump Ups Defense Budget By 13% – “Can’t Have World’s Best Military On An Obama Budget” With Washington having seemingly turned its turret away from ‘terror’ and back to “revisionist, authoritarian” regimes like ‘Russia and China’, the Military-Industrial Complex is ‘gonna need a bigger budget’ – a 13% bigger $716 billion one by 2019. US […]
If Currency Wars Have Indeed Started, This Is What Comes Next
If Currency Wars Have Indeed Started, This Is What Comes Next Even as overall volatility remains tame, things are rapidly changing in the world of currency trading where FX vol has spiked to the highest level since early October after this week’s dramatic FX rollercoaster which saw the US Treasury Secretary get this close to […]
It’s Official! The Risk Of Nuclear Annihilation Is At An All-Time High
It’s Official! The Risk Of Nuclear Annihilation Is At An All-Time High Don’t Panic. It’s only the end of the world… On Thursday, the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists raised the likelihood of an apocalyptic nuclear catastrophe to its highest level in the clock’s 70+-year history, the Washington Post reported. The clock was moved from two-and-a-half […]
Mike Pence’s Middle East Tour: Outright Pressure and Threats as Foreign Policy Tools
Mike Pence’s Middle East Tour: Outright Pressure and Threats as Foreign Policy Tools Jordan’s King Abdullah II wants Washington to “rebuild trust “after US President Trump recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. The king believes that East Jerusalem must be the capital of Palestine. According to him, from now on the US has a “major challenge to overcome”. “Friends occasionally […]
Mainstream Media and Imperial Power
Mainstream Media and Imperial Power Noted journalist and filmmaker John Pilger’s collection of work has been archived by the British Library, but deep-rooted problems of Western media create an increasingly difficult landscape for ethical journalism, as Pilger explained in an interview with Dennis Bernstein and Randy Credico. Emmy award-winning filmmaker John Pilger is among the […]
Cyber War Coming In 2018?
Cyber War Coming In 2018? – Cyber war is increasing threat – Investors are not prepared for – Third most likely global risk in 2018 is cyber war say WEF – “Scale and sophistication of attacks is going to grow” – EU, US, NATO lay down ground rules for offensive cyber war – Ireland is viable […]
A National Defense Strategy of Sowing Global Chaos
A National Defense Strategy of Sowing Global Chaos In the new U.S. National Defense Strategy, military planners bemoan the erosion of the U.S.’s “competitive edge,” but the reality is that they are strategizing to maintain the American Empire in a chaotic world, explains Nicolas J.S. Davies. Presenting the 2018 National Defense Strategy of the United […]
The U.S. Foreign Policy Elite Still Wants the Middle East for Its Oil and Its Strategic Location
The U.S. Foreign Policy Elite Still Wants the Middle East for Its Oil and Its Strategic Location In recent testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee, four former U.S. diplomats provided remarkably candid commentary on recent U.S. involvement in the Middle East, revealing a number of the most closely guarded secrets of U.S. diplomacy. The four former […]
Estonia To Issue ‘How To Prepare For War’ Leaflets To 1.3 Million Citizens
Estonia To Issue ‘How To Prepare For War’ Leaflets To 1.3 Million Citizens As the world marches closer to war, countries in Europe are rushing to educate and prepare their civilian populations for military conflict with Russia. Last week, for the first time since World War II, Sweden’s government announced that it would soon distribute some […]
40,000 Indians Flee As Fighting Erupts On Pakistan Border
40,000 Indians Flee As Fighting Erupts On Pakistan Border Along the 786 km-long Line of Control (LoC) which divides the State of Jammu Kashmir between India and Pakistan, sporadic cross-border military gunfire between both countries is not that unusual. However, this weekend, in the region of Noushera, Rajouri and Akhnoor sectors of Jammu and Kashmir, […]
China, South Korea Vow Retaliation In Trump Trade War
China, South Korea Vow Retaliation In Trump Trade War When we reported earlier today that President Trump lobbed the first real shot in the global (but mostly Asian) trade war when the White House announced it would slap imported solar cells and washing machines with up to 50% tariffs – Trump’s most significant trade action […]
Cold War Mentality Belies Fear of Democratic World Order
Cold War Mentality Belies Fear of Democratic World Order This past week saw a spate of international security alarms which underlines the danger of the world stumbling into catastrophic war. Those alarms, which were either false or hyped up, stem from a Cold War mentality. Such a mentality is not only dangerous, it is also […]
