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How the media encourages – and sustains – political warfare
How the media encourages – and sustains – political warfare Since his inauguration, President Donald Trump has been waging war against the American press by dismissing unfavorable reports as “fake news” and calling the media “the enemy of the American people.” As a countermeasure, The Washington Post has publicly fact-checked every claim that Trump has labeled […]
Russian Diplomat: “Yes, Russia Is Preparing For War, I Can Confirm It”
Russian Diplomat: “Yes, Russia Is Preparing For War, I Can Confirm It” A week after Russian president Vladimir Putin doubled-down on a warning to Russia’s geopolitical foes first made earlier this year by declaring that Russia would use its “unstoppable” nuclear weapons in response to an incoming missile attack shortly after US president Trump announced […]
The Anti-Russia Cold War in the Arctic is Heating Up
The Anti-Russia Cold War in the Arctic is Heating Up Photo Source Official U.S. Navy Page | CC BY 2.0 Britain’s Daily Mail is a strident rag that is bought daily by over a million people who agree with its stance that most foreigners are inferior to Brits. Two years ago the European Commission against Racism and […]
NATO Sends 50,000 Troops to Largest Exercise Since Cold War
NATO Sends 50,000 Troops to Largest Exercise Since Cold War Operations centered on Arctic and Scandinavia US Marines are landing in Iceland and warplanes are flying overhead in Scandinavia, just days ahead of the kickoff of Trident Juncture. The annual exercise, focused on the Arctic Circle and Scandinavia, is set to be the largest operation […]
Russia Signals Renewed Arms Race, Says Scrapping INF Would Force It To ‘Restore Balance’
Russia Signals Renewed Arms Race, Says Scrapping INF Would Force It To ‘Restore Balance’ Now that President Trump has officially declared his intention to scrap the INF arms control treaty to remove constraints preventing the US from countering China’s menacing military presence in the Western Pacific, as well as what many military officials see as […]
Pence v. China: Cold War 2.0 May Have Just Begun
Pence v. China: Cold War 2.0 May Have Just Begun U.S. Vice President Mike Pence announced what could already be described as the beginning of World Cold War II, with Washington and Beijing as the first belligerents but soon the stage will be global. Pence spoke at the Hudson Institute, a think tank specializing in […]
Time Out for Nukes!
Time Out for Nukes! With 122 nations having voted last summer to adopt a treaty for the complete prohibition of nuclear weapons, just as the world has banned chemical and biological weapons, its seems that the world is locked in a new Cold War time-warp, totally inappropriate to the times. We were warned last week […]
Washington’s Latest Cold War Maneuver: Pulling Out of the INF
Washington’s Latest Cold War Maneuver: Pulling Out of the INF Photo Source White House Photographic Office | CC BY 2.0 The Trump administration has decided to withdraw from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF), the most comprehensive disarmament treaty ever negotiated between Washington and Moscow. National Security Adviser John Bolton, a long-time opponent of arms […]
Trump: the Resurgent Cold War President
Trump: the Resurgent Cold War President Some of the world’s hottest points of conflict during the Cold War are, once again, in the headlines because of Donald Trump’s erratic and bombastic saber-rattling antics. Even a military pact between North and South Korea, one worked out between South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader […]
Putin Lays Down the Law at Valdai
Putin Lays Down the Law at Valdai Every year Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at the Valdai Economic Forum. And each year his talk is important. Putin isn’t one to mince words on important issues. With tensions between Russia and the West reaching Cold War levels, Valdai represented the first time we’ve heard Putin speak […]
The Perfect Storm Bringing China And Russia Together
The Perfect Storm Bringing China And Russia Together During the Cold War, China and the Soviet Union regarded one another as strategic adversaries. Relations between Beijing and Moscow, however, have significantly improved over the years. Besides political alignment, the countries have complementary economies; China has an insatiable appetite for the raw materials which Russia has […]
Does the United States strive for a new Cold War?
Does the United States strive for a new Cold War? Donald Trump’s administration regularly increases military presence in Central Europe. The currently discussed idea is to create an American permanent military base in Poland, that is to say, a further shift of the US military presence towards the Russian border. The question arises whether, through […]
Cold War-Era ‘Arms Race’ With US Is Back On, Russian Official Warns
Cold War-Era ‘Arms Race’ With US Is Back On, Russian Official Warns The Trump administration has successfully managed to replace Russia with China in the ongoing narrative of election hacking and economic and geopolitical aggression, a shift that was underlined by Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen Tuesday morning when she declared that China was engaged […]
Former Fed Governor Warns Of “Several Decade Cold War” With China
Former Fed Governor Warns Of “Several Decade Cold War” With China Former Fed governor Kevin Warsh warned on Thursday that the US-China relationship is “probably as poor as” it has ever been since former President Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger developed strategic relations between both countries in the early 1970s. “We’re at the risk of a […]
NATO’s Manipulation Of The Macedonian Vote Exposes Its Modus Operandi
NATO’s Manipulation Of The Macedonian Vote Exposes Its Modus Operandi Nearly two-thirds of Macedonian voters boycotted the faux referendum for changing their country’s constitutional name and facilitating its entry into NATO, yet the vehemence with which the bloc is still trying to get them to join exposes its Hybrid War and anti-democratic modus operandi. NATO […]
