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Decades of Suspicions: Did German Companies Aid Syrian Chemical Weapons Program?
Decades of Suspicions: Did German Companies Aid Syrian Chemical Weapons Program? When it comes to war crimes and crimes against humanity, the German government is unyielding — particularly when it comes to finding excuses for why it should do nothing when it comes to potential German perpetrators. For more than 16 months, Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government […]
Greece’s New FinMin Warns “We Are Going To Destroy The Greek Oligarchy System”
Greece’s New FinMin Warns “We Are Going To Destroy The Greek Oligarchy System” Over two years ago, we first highlighted Yanis Varoufakis’ perspectives on the destruction of Greece and Europe’s bogus growth pacts. Since then he has grown in both reason and popularity as his no-nonsense discussons of the mis-design of the euro (and potential solutions) have […]
Far-right Golden Dawn party takes third place in Greece elections
Far-right Golden Dawn party takes third place in Greece elections Greece’s far-right radical party Golden Dawn is expected to come third in the parliamentary election. The anti-immigrant party with Nazi roots is showing remarkable staying power, despite most of its members and lawmakers facing criminal charges. News of Golden Dawn’s all-but-official success comes as the […]
Mariupol-Donetsk-Frunza! Can Poroshenko Escape Crimes Against Humanity Trial?
Mariupol-Donetsk-Frunza! Can Poroshenko Escape Crimes Against Humanity Trial? A little over a week ago Petro Poroshenko ordered an all out assault on Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics. Faced with massive losses during the first few days the Poroshenko regime has resorted unsuccessfully to get both republic’s listed as terrorist organizations by the EU and United […]
Russian Sanctions Might Be Obama’s Greatest Blunder
Russian Sanctions Might Be Obama’s Greatest Blunder One of the greatest foreign policy blunders of the Obama Administration was the push by the U.S. for economic sanctions against Russia. That led to Russia fleeing into the arms of China for refuge. In response, Russia, Europe’s largest and most populated country, is now intent on moving […]
Anti-austerity Syriza sweeps Greece parliamentary poll
Anti-austerity Syriza sweeps Greece parliamentary poll Party’s leader Alexis Tsipras, who wants to renegotiate EU and IMF bailout terms, set to become next prime minister. Syriza, a radical left party, has swept to power in Greece promising to end years of painful austerity policies, in an election victory that puts the country on a collision course […]
Oil Prices Changing The Face Of Global Geopolitics
Oil Prices Changing The Face Of Global Geopolitics In a documentary that aired recently on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s popular The Fifth Estate program, an allegory of Vladimir Putin was presented. The wily Russian president was described growing up in a shabby St. Petersburg apartment, where he would often corner rats. Now, punished by low […]
Is This The Day Europe Gets Its Future Back?
Is This The Day Europe Gets Its Future Back? With The Greek election in full motion, and first results perhaps 12 hours away, It would seem useful, no matter how the Greeks vote, to lay to rest a few misconceptions, and to expose a few ‘conceptions’ that have – largely – remained buried to date. […]
Syriza Leads In 6 Polls; Leader Tsipras Shuns Merkel, Says “Won’t Honor Commitments”
Syriza Leads In 6 Polls; Leader Tsipras Shuns Merkel, Says “Won’t Honor Commitments” With the leads in at least six polls (of between 4% and 10%), Syriza leader Alexis Tsipras has come out swining for the anti-EU vote this morning: *TSIPRAS SAYS ONLY SYRIZA CAN END GREECE’S CATASTROPHIC COURSE *TSIPRAS SAYS WON’T HONOR COMMITMENTS MADE BY PREVIOUS […]
Yemen president quits amid worsening crisis
Yemen president quits amid worsening crisis Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi quits along with Prime Minister Khaled Bahah as Houthi rebels consolidate grip on capital Yemen’s President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi has quit along with his prime minister and cabinet, plunging the country into political crisis even as Houthi rebels consolidated their grip on the capital. Hours after […]
The Saudi Succession: Its Impact On Oil, Markets And Politics
The Saudi Succession: Its Impact On Oil, Markets And Politics As reported earlier, several hours ago Saudi Arabia announced that its 91-year-old King Abdullah had passed away, in the process setting off what may be a fascinating, and problematic, Saudi succession fight which impacts everything from oil, to markets to geopolitics, especially in the aftermath of […]
Ukraine Stiffs China for Billions It Owes
Ukraine Stiffs China for Billions It Owes China paid Ukraine $3B two years ago for grain still not delivered, now demands refund. Another $3.6B that’s owed to China, will probably also default. Eric Zuesse Russia’s RIA Novosti News Agency reported, on January 17th, that China is demanding refund of $1.5 billion in cash and of an […]
Expanding Russia Issues Europe An Ultimatum
Expanding Russia Issues Europe An Ultimatum Don’t tell the West, but Vladimir Putin isn’t changing. The Russian President has skipped their little ‘lesson’ on 21st century politics in favor of his own, unadulterated, version. In what we’ve come to expect, Putin is set to formally absorb South Ossetia – Georgia’s breakaway republic – and Gazprom […]
