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Russia Deploys Nuclear ICBM Launchers On Combat Patrol
Russia Deploys Nuclear ICBM Launchers On Combat Patrol Perhaps it is a coincidence that a day before John Kerry’s arrival in Kiev (a visit which “coincided” with a 35% devaluation of the local currency) where among other things the US statesman discussed the possibility of official (as opposed to unofficial) deliveries of US “lethal support” to […]
Failed Statebuilding versus Peace Formation: The Consequences and Implications over the Last 25 Years
Failed Statebuilding versus Peace Formation: The Consequences and Implications over the Last 25 Years Recent years have seen an abundance of foreign intervention to achieve peace and statebuilding. Below, Oliver Richmond discusses how statebuilding often fails to achieve its goal of long-term peace and a stable state, and questions whether peace formation should come from actors and […]
Ukraine “Truce”? Tanks Are Rolling In Poland As NATO Plans Permanent Eastern European Bases
Ukraine “Truce”? Tanks Are Rolling In Poland As NATO Plans Permanent Eastern European Bases With Ukraine, Germany, and France all expressing their concern this morning about “conflict escalation” between pro-Russian separatists and the Ukraine military, the so-called “truce” appears to be hanging by a thread of semanticism (despite OSCE’s please for respect of the cease-fire and the […]
How to Start a Nuclear War
How to Start a Nuclear War The United States has just made an exceptionally dangerous, even reckless decision over Ukraine. Mikhail Gorbachev, the Soviet leader who ended the Cold War, warns it may lead to a nuclear confrontation with Russia. Rule number one of geopolitics: nuclear-armed powers must never, ever fight. Yet Washington just announced […]
Superpower Blunders: Czechoslovakia in 1938
Superpower Blunders: Czechoslovakia in 1938 The Czechoslovakia crisis of 1938 marked a pivotal shift in the balance of power in Central Europe, putting the major world superpowers in a collision course. The policies of one superpower in particular made inevitable what was to come less than a year later – World War II. This episode […]
The Next War In The Middle East Has Begun And Israel Vows ‘To Act Powerfully On All Fronts’
The Next War In The Middle East Has Begun And Israel Vows ‘To Act Powerfully On All Fronts’ Israel and Hezbollah are at war. On top of everything else that is going on in the world, now we have a new war in the Middle East, and nobody is quite certain what is going to […]
From Keynesian Shangri-La To Outright War
From Keynesian Shangri-La To Outright War Over the last few weeks drum beats could be heard signalling the coming of troops from abroad to lay waste to any foe ahead of them. However, unlike what we first conjure up as troops from an opposing force made up of men and weapons. This battlefield is being waged […]
Why Governments Love Terrorism “Wars”
Why Governments Love Terrorism “Wars” Telltale Signs Dow down a little on Tuesday. Gold almost unchanged. Oil kept slipping. From Bloomberg: “Oil fell below $45 a barrel amid speculation that US stockpiles will increase, exacerbating a global supply glut that’s driven prices to the lowest in more than 5½ years. Oil slumped almost 50% last […]
Top Russian, American and Polish Leaders Warn that Continued Fighting In Ukraine Could Lead to Nuclear War
Top Russian, American and Polish Leaders Warn that Continued Fighting In Ukraine Could Lead to Nuclear War The Stakes Are Too High Not to Negotiate Peace Former Soviet leader and Nobel prize winner Mikhail Gorbachev warned today that the battle in Ukraine could result in a nuclear war: “A war of this kind would unavoidably lead to a nuclear […]
Gorbachev warns of major war in Europe over Ukraine
Gorbachev warns of major war in Europe over Ukraine BERLIN, Jan 9 (Reuters) – Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev warned that tensions between Russia and European powers over the Ukraine crisis could result in a major conflict or even nuclear war, in an interview to appear in a German news magazine on Saturday. “A war […]
‘Cyber warfare may have similar impact on security as nukes’ — RT Op-Edge
‘Cyber warfare may have similar impact on security as nukes’ — RT Op-Edge. A country with professional computer programmers and access to intelligence gathering capabilities has great potential for affecting global security as nuclear weapons did 50 years ago, Dr. Duncan Earl, Chief Technology Officer of Qubitekk Inc. told RT. RT: How big of a blow […]
False Flagging the World towards War – LewRockwell.com
False Flagging the World towards War – LewRockwell.com. Almost all wars begin with false flag operations. The coming conflicts in North Korea and Russia are no exception. Mass public hysteria is being manufactured to justify aggression against Moscow and Pyongyang, in retaliation for acts attributed to the North Korean and Russian governments, but orchestrated and […]
Only War, Inflation And Financial Collapse Can End The Global “Plutonomy”, According To Citi | Zero Hedge
Only War, Inflation And Financial Collapse Can End The Global “Plutonomy”, According To Citi | Zero Hedge. The last time the market was as euphoric and as complacent as it is now, was in the happy go lucky days of 2006 when every day stocks surged without a care in the world, when Lehman bankers were looking […]
Target Liberty: Who’s A Threat To Whom?
Target Liberty: Who’s A Threat To Whom?. Apparently, Russia’s new military doctrine lists NATO, US as major foreign threats. Are those crazy Ruskies out of their mind. NATO and the U.S. (sorry for repeating myself) are just minding their own business. Just look at the map: You know who else is a threat? Those crazy mullahs […]
60 Prominent Germans Appeal Against Another War In Europe: “It Is Not About Putin. What Is At Stake Is Europe” | Zero Hedge
60 Prominent Germans Appeal Against Another War In Europe: “It Is Not About Putin. What Is At Stake Is Europe” | Zero Hedge. Two weeks ago, as the S&P was preparing to surge on the latest round of all time high market-goosing algo trickeryby the FOMC, 60 prominent German personalities from the realms of politics, economics, culture and […]
