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Russia Really Is America’s No. 1 Enemy – Depending on Who ‘America’ Is
Russia Really Is America’s No. 1 Enemy – Depending on Who ‘America’ Is US-Russia enmity is here to stay. Cold War II is a fact of life for the foreseeable future. The only questions are where, when, and how it might turn hot. That didn’t happen in Syria this past Friday the Thirteenth, for reasons yet to […]
War Fever
War Fever There is a fever that seizes this land from time to time and it is the fever of war, a condition that this time seems immune to all known cures, starting with reason, as Daniel Lazare explores. What happens when an unthinkable war meets an unbeatable case of war fever? Thanks to Russia-gate, unsubstantiated […]
WW3 Alert: NATO Readies 35,000 Troops For Combat Amidst ‘Russia Tensions’
WW3 Alert: NATO Readies 35,000 Troops For Combat Amidst ‘Russia Tensions’ Citing increasing tensions with Russia, NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) has begun to prepare 35,000 troops for combat. The troops will participate in the largest training exercise conducted since the end of the Cold War. NATO commanders revealed the thousands of soldiers from 30 […]
A Tale of American Hubris: Or Five Lessons in the History of American Defeat
A Tale of American Hubris: Or Five Lessons in the History of American Defeat The lessons of history? Who needs them? Certainly not Washington’s present cast of characters, a crew in flight from history, the past, or knowledge of more or less any sort. Still, just for the hell of it, let’s take a few moments […]
“Events Today Could Lead To The Last War In The History Of Mankind”, Veteran Putin General Warns
“Events Today Could Lead To The Last War In The History Of Mankind”, Veteran Putin General Warns The fallout from the Salisbury nerve agent attack reminds us of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, which was the most immediate catalyst – of many parallel narrative and sequences of events – that ultimately resulted in World […]
The Rise of the New McCarthyism
The Rise of the New McCarthyism From the Archive: On March 9, 1954, Senate Republicans criticized Joe McCarthy’s overreaches and took action to limit his power, marking the end of McCarthyism. On the anniversary of that event, we republish an article on the New McCarthyism by Robert Parry. Make no mistake about it: the United States […]
Nuclear Weapons and Great Power Politics Are Here to Stay
Nuclear Weapons and Great Power Politics Are Here to Stay When talking about nuclear weapons, it is necessary to clarify some important points before delving into complicated reasoning. Nuclear weapons are here to stay, and anyone who believes in a progressive denuclearization of the globe is sadly mistaken. Try asking any Indian, Pakistani, Chinese, Russian […]
China Prepares For New Cold War With Massive Military Buildup
China Prepares For New Cold War With Massive Military Buildup As we have been documenting for quite some time, China has been not-so-quietly transforming itself into a serious threat to the West – beefing up its military to contend with the Washington’s air, sea, space and cyber weapons capabilities, while scrapping constitutional term limits for President Xi Jinping. Since 2000, China has […]
The Three Global Super-Powers
The Three Global Super-Powers There are currently three global super-powers, three nations that lead the world: China, Russia, and US. After World War II, until recently, the US clearly dominated the world, not only culturally, with more influence over the world’s other cultures than any other single nation possessed, but also economically, with product-dominance throughout the world, […]
Pentagon’s Nuclear Doctrine – Retrograde and Reckless
Pentagon’s Nuclear Doctrine – Retrograde and Reckless In its latest Nuclear Posture Review (NPR), the American Pentagon declares at one point in the document that the Cold War is long over. Apart from that fleeting mention, however, one would think from reading the entire review that the Cold War, for Washington, has never been so […]
Trump’s Nuclear Doctrine Resumes Cold War
Trump’s Nuclear Doctrine Resumes Cold War While elected officials of our increasingly dysfunctional democracy debated “memogate,” the world became more dangerous as Trump’s Nuclear Posture Review was officially released on Friday, February 2. Ignoring scientific studies of the past decade and growing global sentiment by the world’s non-nuclear states to abolish nuclear weapons, with this announcement […]
Responding to Bernie’s Promotion of the New Cold War
Responding to Bernie’s Promotion of the New Cold War In this op-ed, Caitlin Johnstone responds to Bernie Sanders’ promotion of unproven allegations of Russian meddling in the 2016 election. In an otherwise fine video response to Tuesday night’s vapid, flag-waving State of the Union address, Bernie Sanders once again promoted the neocon think tank-generated and unproven claim that Russia […]
UK’s Secret Cold War Plan For Middle East Oil Fields
UK’s Secret Cold War Plan For Middle East Oil Fields The 1950s were a turbulent time on both sides of the Iron Curtain. With the Second World War over and the star role played by crude oil in its outcome, British and U.S. intelligence agencies wasted no time working out scenarios should the Soviets invade […]
Two Minutes to Doomsday
Two Minutes to Doomsday Photo by Toby Scott | CC BY 2.0 Not since 1953, when the U.S. and the Soviets exploded thermonuclear bombs, has the world been such a powder keg! Only recently, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moved the Doomsday Clock forward 30 seconds. It now registers two minutes to midnight. Verily, […]
It’s Official! The Risk Of Nuclear Annihilation Is At An All-Time High
It’s Official! The Risk Of Nuclear Annihilation Is At An All-Time High Don’t Panic. It’s only the end of the world… On Thursday, the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists raised the likelihood of an apocalyptic nuclear catastrophe to its highest level in the clock’s 70+-year history, the Washington Post reported. The clock was moved from two-and-a-half […]
