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Canada Falling Short on Arctic Sovereignty – Geopoliticalmonitor.com
Canada Falling Short on Arctic Sovereignty – Geopoliticalmonitor.com. While some policymakers insist on debating the validity of climate change, Arctic sea ice continues to melt. Some scientists predict that the region will be free of summer ice in as few as 30 years. Without question, the effects of environmental change have led to increased activity […]
EU imposes sanctions on Ukraine rebel vote organizers | Reuters
EU imposes sanctions on Ukraine rebel vote organizers | Reuters. (Reuters) – The European Union has imposed sanctions on the organizers of rebel elections in eastern Ukraine this month, the bloc said on Saturday, hitting the separatists and their organizations with asset freezes and travel bans. As reporting by Reuters on Thursday, EU governments decided to add […]
Europe: Is the Union over? – Head to Head – Al Jazeera English
Europe: Is the Union over? – Head to Head – Al Jazeera English. “There has been no unelected prime minister in Europe. We are not banana republics. We are democracies,” argues Viviane Reding, the former vice president of the European Commission and fierce defender of the European Union. But are European institutions truly democratic? And […]
Syria: US-led strikes failed to weaken ISIS — RT News
Syria: US-led strikes failed to weaken ISIS — RT News. The Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) has not been weakened since US-led airstrikes began in September, Syria’s foreign minister said, adding that nothing will change until Turkey increases security at its borders. READ MORE: ‘Key to ISIS fighting – concerted pressure on its funding and […]
US responsible for two-thirds of all military conflicts – Russia’s top brass — RT News
US responsible for two-thirds of all military conflicts – Russia’s top brass — RT News. US interference in the internal affairs of countries around the world has brought neither peace, nor democracy, said Russia’s Deputy Defense Minister. America’s double standard experiments in supporting terrorists are provoking further destabilization. “Think of it, over the last decades […]
U.S. & ‘International Banks’ Finance Ukraine’s Civil War Washington’s Blog
U.S. & ‘International Banks’ Finance Ukraine’s Civil War Washington’s Blog. On November 26th, Ukraine’s Prime Minister, Arseniy Yatsenyuk, said, “Our cabinet has resumed the program of activity and cooperation with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and other banks. Today international investors are not ready to go to the […]
NATO concerned over Russian forces in Crimea – Europe – Al Jazeera English
NATO concerned over Russian forces in Crimea – Europe – Al Jazeera English. NATO’s top military commander has said he is “very concerned” that Russia’s military build-up in the annexed Crimean region could be used as a launchpad for attacks across the whole Black Sea region. US General Philip Breedlove’s comments late on Wednesday came amid fears […]
China Strengthening Claim To South China Sea Oil And Gas
China Strengthening Claim To South China Sea Oil And Gas. Not gone and not forgotten, China is ready to solidify its claim to the South China Sea (SCS). Recent satellite imagery confirms China is conducting significant land reclamation operations in the Spratly Islands in the SCS. The SCS is an important fishing ground and is believed to […]
U.S. Drone Strike Math – 41 Terrorists Targeted, 1,147 People Killed | Liberty Blitzkrieg
U.S. Drone Strike Math – 41 Terrorists Targeted, 1,147 People Killed | Liberty Blitzkrieg. While I haven’t covered the topic of drones very much as of late, it was a core topic at Liberty Blitzkrieg several years ago. The most recent, relevant piece I published on it was during the summer of 2013 and titled: The […]
German Government Shows Faults in Stance on Russia – SPIEGEL ONLINE
German Government Shows Faults in Stance on Russia – SPIEGEL ONLINE. Philip Breedlove needs a pen. He is surrounded by journalists and is looking around desperately. Finally, his advisor hands him one and it disappears almost entirely between the American four-star general’s broad fingers. Then he begins sketching out in quick strokes the outlines of […]
Resource Insights: Nuclear war: A forgotten threat to human sustainability
Resource Insights: Nuclear war: A forgotten threat to human sustainability. The possibility of a new Cold War between Russia and the United States and its NATO allies brings with it the spectre of nuclear war, an all-but-forgotten threat since the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991. Even as the number of nuclear weapons has declined through […]
US air strikes in Syria driving anti-Assad groups to support Isis | World news | The Guardian
US air strikes in Syria driving anti-Assad groups to support Isis | World news | The Guardian. US air strikes in Syria are encouraging anti-regime fighters to forge alliances with or even defect to the fundamentalist jihadi group Islamic State (Isis), according to a series of interviews conducted by the Guardian. Fighters from the Free […]
Why Do We Allow Ukraine’s Government to Write the Official Report on The Downing of MH17? Washington’s Blog
Why Do We Allow Ukraine’s Government to Write the Official Report on The Downing of MH17? Washington’s Blog. There are only two suspects in the shoot-down of the MH17 Malaysian airliner over Ukraine on July 17th: the separatist rebels, whom the Ukrainian Government charge had shot it down mistaking it for one of the Ukrainian […]
Hacked from ‘US servers’: Ecuador leader claims attacks on his private computer — RT News
Hacked from ‘US servers’: Ecuador leader claims attacks on his private computer — RT News. Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa has accused the US of “systematic, high-tech” cyber-attacks on his private internet accounts and computers, the last of which was traced back to American servers last Thursday. He outlines his accusations in a scathing Twitter post […]
