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Russia and China Strengthen Their Alliance, Weakening the US Dollar in the Process
Russia and China Strengthen Their Alliance, Weakening the US Dollar in the Process Month after month, year after year, the mighty King Dollar is slowly being weakened, its monopolistic grip as the fiat reserve currency of the world steadily lessening. To many, this reality passes them by, as they are blissfully ignorant to the facts, […]
Russian Bots, Corporate Sovereigns, Facebook and the Fall of the Republic
Russian Bots, Corporate Sovereigns, Facebook and the Fall of the Republic So we’re told Russia spent a hundred grand on Facebook ads. Some money into Instagram’s pocket from the Muscovite Bear, too. Leaving aside for the moment the relative paucity of alleged Kremlin social-media-based influence peddling (considered against the billions in Super PAC and dark […]
Russia Accuses U.S. Of “Pretending To Fight ISIS”
Russia Accuses U.S. Of “Pretending To Fight ISIS” Russia has once again accused the US-led coalition in Iraq and Syria of facilitating the entry of Islamic State terrorists into Syria in order to hinder the advance of the Syrian Army and its allies. On Tuesday Russia’s defense ministry accused the US of merely “pretending” to […]
NATO “Concerned by Russia’s Military Buildup Close to Our Borders”
NATO “Concerned by Russia’s Military Buildup Close to Our Borders” The Secretary-General of NATO said this on October 9th, speaking in NATO member Romania, right across the Black Sea from Russia’s region of Crimea (which had always been part of Russia except for the brief period 1954-2014, when the Soviet dictator arbitrarily transferred Crimea to […]
Russia And China Continue To Boost Oil Ties
Russia And China Continue To Boost Oil Ties Even before the OPEC/non-OPEC production cuts took effect in January 2017, Russia had already beaten Saudi Arabia to become China’s single largest oil supplier for 2016. Since then, Saudi Arabia has sacrificed still more of its market share in the prized Chinese market, while Russia has dominated […]
A Deaf Ear to Dire Russian Warnings
A Deaf Ear to Dire Russian Warnings Official Washington is so obsessed with the hyped Russia-gate allegations that it isn’t picking up on dire warnings from Russia that continued U.S. military interference in Syria won’t be tolerated, as Gilbert Doctorow notes. From time to time, the Kremlin uses the Sunday evening weekly news wrap-up program […]
The Geopolitical Consequences Of U.S. Oil Exports
The Geopolitical Consequences Of U.S. Oil Exports Two crucial things happened yesterday. The first you may have noticed – oil prices moved back up. As for the second, most so-called “experts” seemed to have missed. See, the environment we’re seeing in energy markets is very different from what we saw only a week ago, when […]
US Public Don’t Care if ‘News’media Lie
US Public Don’t Care if ‘News’media Lie To say that the US public don’t care if ‘news’media lie, is shocking, but I shall here present evidence that it actually is true — not in some mere theory, but in empirical fact. A typical example of Americans not caring about the truthfulness, nor even about the […]
Facebook Security Chief Lashes Out: “Censorship Is Easy If You Don’t Worry About Becoming The Ministry Of Truth”
Facebook Security Chief Lashes Out: “Censorship Is Easy If You Don’t Worry About Becoming The Ministry Of Truth” In a furious tweetstorm this weekend, Facebook’s Chief Security Officer warned interfering desperate politicians and triggered letfists that the fake news problem is more complicated and dangerous to solve than the public thinks. As a reminder, we […]
Moscow Warns It May “Restrict” U.S. Media Operations In Russia
Moscow Warns It May “Restrict” U.S. Media Operations In Russia With relations between the US and Russia souring to the point where media outlets such as RT and Sputnik appear on the path to being effectively banned, the Russian foreign ministry said that it is within Russia’s rights to restrict the operations of U.S. media […]
Canada to Deliver Severe Blow to Relations with Russia
Canada to Deliver Severe Blow to Relations with Russia On June 12, 2017, Russia and Canada marked the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations. The relationship has rarely been worse. The two nations spoke even at the height of the Cold War. Now there is almost no dialogue, especially since Canada joined the US and […]
Julian Assange Outlines The 3 Simple Steps To “Being A Journalist In 2017”
Julian Assange Outlines The 3 Simple Steps To “Being A Journalist In 2017” Haven’t you heard? The Russians did it. Seemingly behind every major news event in the last number of years, Russia has been busy influencing world events simply by reporting on them, just like everyone else. And as RT notes, this, according to […]
Is This The Geopolitical Shift Of The Century?
Is This The Geopolitical Shift Of The Century? The geopolitical reality in the Middle East is changing dramatically. The impact of the Arab Spring, the retraction of the U.S. military, and diminishing economic influence on the Arab world—as displayed during the Obama Administration—are facts. The emergence of a Russian-Iranian-Turkish triangle is the new reality. The […]
Why Are Washington’s Clients Getting Cozy With Moscow?
Why Are Washington’s Clients Getting Cozy With Moscow? Turkey, which has the second largest army in NATO, has been cooperating with Russia in Syria against Washington’s interests since last year and has recently placed an order for the Russian-made S-400 missile system. Similarly, the Saudi King Salman, who is on a landmark state visit to […]
Is Saudi Arabia’s Grand Strategy Shifting?
Is Saudi Arabia’s Grand Strategy Shifting? Even in this era of global paradigmatic changes, Saudi Arabia’s shifting grand strategy is perhaps one of the most surprising developments to occur thus far, but the fast-moving Russian-Saudi rapprochement is likely to provoke an Iranian “zero-sum” reaction which could complicate Moscow’s multipolar efforts in managing the “New Middle […]
