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NATO mulls worst-case scenario in case Trump pulls US troops out of Europe – report
NATO mulls worst-case scenario in case Trump pulls US troops out of Europe – report © Francois Lenoir / Reuters NATO strategists are reportedly planning for a scenario in which Trump orders US troops out of Europe, as the shock result of the US presidential election sinks in, spreading an atmosphere of uncertainty. According to […]
What a Trump Win Means For the Global Climate Fight
What a Trump Win Means For the Global Climate Fight Donald Trump’s ascension to the presidency signals an end to American leadership on international climate policy. With the withdrawal of U.S. support, efforts to implement the Paris agreement and avoid the most devastating consequences of global warming have suffered a huge blow. With the unexpected triumph […]
The Clintons and Soros launch America’s Purple Revolution
The Clintons and Soros launch America’s Purple Revolution Defeated Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton is not about to «go quietly into that good night». On the morning after her surprising and unanticipated defeat at the hands of Republican Party upstart Donald Trump, Mrs. Clinton and her husband, former President Bill Clinton, entered the ball […]
How the ‘Clash of Civilizations’ Explains Turkey-US Relations
How the ‘Clash of Civilizations’ Explains Turkey-US Relations Turkey’s geopolitics is increasingly at the center of attention after the failed coup of July 2016. The era of Kamalism, with the army as “guardian of secularism” has ended. The AKP and its revered chief Erdogan are free as never before to go ahead in their ideological project of […]
Russia Threatens Retaliation If Washington Engages In “State Cyberterrorism”
Russia Threatens Retaliation If Washington Engages In “State Cyberterrorism” In the latest startling revelation that the US and Russia are ever closer to a state of, if not “kinetic”, then certainly cyberwar, overnight NBC reported that U.S. military hackers had penetrated Russia’s electric grid, telecommunications networks and the Kremlin’s command systems, making them vulnerable to […]
US anti-Russia rhetoric goes nuclear with threats of covert cyber-attacks
US anti-Russia rhetoric goes nuclear with threats of covert cyber-attacks © Kevin Lamarque / Reuters The world seems to be sleepwalking its way into a geopolitical maelstrom as the US, increasingly paranoid over Russia, said it is considering a cyber-attack against the Kremlin in retaliation for purported Russian meddling in the US election process. NBC […]
U.S. Is Now Openly at War With Houthis in Yemen (Video)
U.S. Is Now Openly at War With Houthis in Yemen (Video) The US Navy in the Red Sea fired Tomahawk missiles into Yemen early Thursday morning, taking out three radar stations. Those facilities had allowed the Houthi rebels who control North Yemen to target US destroyers in the Red Sea on several occasions in recent days (they […]
For Domestic Consumption: Divide and Control is Working Brilliantly Once Again
FOR DOMESTIC CONSUMPTION: DIVIDE AND CONTROL IS WORKING BRILLIANTLY ONCE AGAIN Like so many others who have followed a slow and rocky path towards a greater awakening and understanding, certain key events tend to be remembered more vividly than others. However, this doesn’t mean a particular event or awareness was our first or initial exposure. […]
Russia Advising its citizens How to Prepare for Nuclear War Warning US Intends to Attack
Russia Advising its citizens How to Prepare for Nuclear War Warning US Intends to Attack Just as Obama keeps ratcheting up the allegations that Russia will hack the elections to ensure Trump wins, in Russia they are warning their citizens that war is coming and it maybe nuclear. They are warning that NATO is retrofitting tactical aircraft for […]
The Floodgates Begin To Open
The Floodgates Begin To Open It’s now clear that what governments did to counter the Great Recession may have delayed systemic collapse, but did not resurrect the old normal. Growth around the world is anemic – which is to say debt continues to increase faster than the productive capacity to service it – and inflation […]
“Oops!”—A World War!
“Oops!”—A World War! Over the past week or so I’ve been receiving a steady stream of emails demanding to know whether an all-out nuclear war is about to erupt between the US and Russia. I’ve been watching the situation develop more or less carefully, and have been offering my opinion, briefly, one on one, to […]
Considering the Coming Megadrought in the American Southwest
Considering the Coming Megadrought in the American Southwest Drought status in the U.S. as of 2015. Note the color-coded legend in the lower-right portion of the graphic (source; click to enlarge) I’ve written in the past about two of the most climate-vulnerable regions of the U.S., Florida and the American Southwest. (A third region, the […]
Russia Slams “Unprecedented, Insolent” US Cyber Threats, Vows Retaliation
Russia Slams “Unprecedented, Insolent” US Cyber Threats, Vows Retaliation In a striking report released on Friday night by NBC, the Obama administration was reportedly “contemplating an unprecedented cyber covert action” (it remains unclear how the action is covert if Biden announced it to the world via an interview with Chuck Todd), a “wide-ranging clandestine cyber operation […]
Going Beyond Propaganda. Nuclear Conflict: Deception or Real Threat?
Going Beyond Propaganda. Nuclear Conflict: Deception or Real Threat? The events in the Middle East, Syria and Aleppo are the focus of global attention. Rarely has a battle been so decisive to the outcome of a war and the fate of hundreds of millions of people around the world Hillary Clinton in the last presidential […]
Russia Accuses US Of Threatening Its National Security; Warns Of Need For Nuclear Arms For Protection
Russia Accuses US Of Threatening Its National Security; Warns Of Need For Nuclear Arms For Protection When earlier this month, Russia suspended a treaty with Washington on cleaning up weapons grade plutonium in response to what it said were “unfriendly acts” by the United States, it was mostly an act of window dressing: there was […]
