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Ukraine “Crooks” Default On $3 Billion Bond To Putin
Ukraine “Crooks” Default On $3 Billion Bond To Putin Back in August, Ukraine struck a restructuring agreement on some $18 billion in Eurobonds with a group of creditors headed by Franklin Templeton. Under the terms of the deal, Kiev should save around $4 billion once everything is said and done. That was the good news. […]
The IMF Changes its Rules to Isolate China and Russia
The IMF Changes its Rules to Isolate China and Russia The nightmare scenario of U.S. geopolitical strategists seems to be coming true: foreign economic independence from U.S. control. Instead of privatizing and neoliberalizing the world under U.S.-centered financial planning and ownership, the Russian and Chinese governments are investing in neighboring economies on terms that cement […]
The Neoconservatives’ Hegemonic Goal Of Making Sovereign Countries Extinct Is Bringing Instead The Extinction Of Planet Earth
The Neoconservatives’ Hegemonic Goal Of Making Sovereign Countries Extinct Is Bringing Instead The Extinction Of Planet Earth My warning that the neoconservatives have resurrected the threat of nuclear Armageddon, which was removed by Reagan and Gorbachev, is also being given by Noam Chomsky, former US Secretary of Defense William Perry, and other sentient observers of […]
Russia Threatens “Retaliatory Action” After NATO Expands Alliance For First Time In Six Years
Russia Threatens “Retaliatory Action” After NATO Expands Alliance For First Time In Six Years As the war in Syria enters its fifth year with no end in site, it’s easy to forget about the world’s “other” proxy conflict, that which is still unfolding in Ukraine. You might remember Ukraine as yet another example of US […]
Fourth Turning–Our Rendezvous With Destiny
FOURTH TURNING – OUR RENDEZVOUS WITH DESTINY We are now in the seventh year of this Fourth Turning. A famous quote from the seventh year of the last Fourth Turning portended the desperate, bloody and ultimately heroic trials and tribulations which awaited generations of our ancestors. What will be our rendezvous with destiny? “There is a […]
The Russia/Turkey Clash———Some Relevant History
The Russia/Turkey Clash———Some Relevant History Turn to page 214 in the book “War-making for Dummies.” You will find: “plan air operations right on your neighbor’s border, zig in and zag out, make rude gestures at enemy pilots, and shoot them down if you can.” On Tuesday this week, the inevitable air clash occurred on the […]
Out Of Gas: Gazprom Cuts Off Ukraine, Will Turkey Be Next?
Out Of Gas: Gazprom Cuts Off Ukraine, Will Turkey Be Next? Last month in “Pipeline Politics: Russia, Turkey Clash Over Energy As Syria Rift Shifts Focus To German Line,” we revisited Russia’s recent deal with Shell, E.On and OMV to double the capacity of the Nord Stream pipeline, the shortest route from Russian gas fields […]
Hitting Saudi Arabia Where It Hurts
Hitting Saudi Arabia Where It Hurts Exclusive: Though faced with a global terrorism crisis, Official Washington can’t get beyond its neocon-led “tough-guy-gal” rhetoric. But another option – financial sanctions on Saudi Arabia – might help finally shut down the covert supply of money and arms to Al Qaeda and the Islamic State, writes Robert Parry. As the […]
Almost 1.7mn Crimeans on emergency electricity supplies, no power coming from Ukraine (PHOTOS)
Almost 1.7mn Crimeans on emergency electricity supplies, no power coming from Ukraine (PHOTOS) On a street in Simferopol. Early on Sunday November 22, two electricity transmission lines from Ukraine were cut, causing a blackout on the entire peninsula. © Artem Kreminsky / Sputnik An emergency situation in Crimea caused by a cut in electricity from […]
US, Canada, Ukraine reject UN resolution condemning glorification of Nazism; Moscow ‘bewildered’
US, Canada, Ukraine reject UN resolution condemning glorification of Nazism; Moscow ‘bewildered’ A woman covers her face as she and others perform a Fascist salute after attending a mass service outside the basilica in the Valle de los Caidos (Valley of the Fallen) near Madrid November 20, 2011. © Susana Vera / Reuters A UN […]
US To Send “Thousands” Of Troops, Attack Helicopters, Artillery, To Europe To “Deter Russia”
US To Send “Thousands” Of Troops, Attack Helicopters, Artillery, To Europe To “Deter Russia” On Sunday, we highlighted a keynote speech delivered in California last week at the Reagan National Defense Forum by a man who isn’t afraid to venture into the “danger zone” (so to speak): Yes, that’s Ash Carter in a V-22 Osprey hovering above […]
Somebody Will Do Something Stupid
Somebody Will Do Something Stupid Is it just me, or does it seem like we are moving inexorably towards a global confrontation? China claims some islands in the South China Sea and we attempt to provoke a military response by sending a US warship within 12 miles of the disputed islands. We accuse both China […]
NATO Looks To Station Thousands Of Troops On Border With Russia
NATO Looks To Station Thousands Of Troops On Border With Russia Russia’s dramatic intervention in Syria has served to push the conflict in Ukraine (a country that is now partially governedby Star Wars characters) to the back of the world’s collective mind. After all, separatists exchanging fire with government forces and/or far-right “volunteer” battalions every couple […]
Nord Stream Two: Implications for Europe
Nord Stream Two: Implications for Europe Russia, Germany, and a consortium of Western European companies have re-activated the Gazprom-led Nord Stream Two gas pipeline project. Parallel to the existing Nord Stream One pipeline on the Baltic seabed, Nord Stream Two would double the system’s total capacity to 110 billion cubic meters (bcm) annually, all earmarked […]
Ukraine- Cyber Mercenaries Attack Antiwar.com
Ukraine- Cyber Mercenaries Attack Antiwar.com The terms cyber war and infowar have been a constant in many articles written about the conflict in Ukraine. The problem with the terms is that the concepts are so new that definitions vary from an ignorant “troll” rant to a hacker that destroys the controls on a dam. The […]
