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Douglas Macgregor: “It’s not simply the end of Washington’s ‘rules-based international order.’ It’s the onset of chaos”

11:45 20.12.2024

Douglas Macgregor: “It’s not simply the end of Washington’s ‘rules-based international order.’ It’s the onset of chaos”

The U.S. is at risk of being buffaloed into a bloody war of regional realignment in the wake of Syria’s collapse, writes Douglas Macgregor, Col. (ret.), a senior fellow with The American Conservative, the former advisor to the Secretary of Defense in the Trump administration. Peace ...

NATO takes over coordination of military aid to Kyiv from U.S.

11:44 20.12.2024

NATO takes over coordination of military aid to Kyiv from U.S.

NATO has taken over coordination of Western military aid to Ukraine from the U.S. as planned, a source said Reuters, in a move widely seen as aiming to safeguard the support mechanism against NATO sceptic U.S. President-elect Donald Trump. The step, coming after a delay of several months, gives NATO …

Central European energy firms push for extension on Russian-Ukrainian gas transit deal

11:43 20.12.2024

Central European energy firms push for extension on Russian-Ukrainian gas transit deal

The companies’ plea to the EU comes as the region faces a gas supply cutoff from Moscow via Ukraine later this month, POLITICO informs. Top Central European energy firms have written to EU chief Ursula von der Leyen to try to extend a transit deal carrying Russian gas across Ukraine, …

US may deploy tactical nuclear weapons in UK in coming years

11:39 20.12.2024

US may deploy tactical nuclear weapons in UK in coming years

In the coming years, the United States may deploy tactical nuclear weapons at its Lakenheath military base in Suffolk, east England, ‘The Daily Telegraph’ reported. According to the newspaper’s sources, the United States has been creating a storage facility for tactical nuclear weapons at Lakenheath. The construction is to be …

The annual Direct Line event and the year-end press conference of Vladimir Putin

18:39 19.12.2024

The annual Direct Line event and the year-end press conference of Vladimir Putin

The annual Direct Line event and the year-end press conference are longstanding traditions, both of which have been hosted by the Kremlin since 2001. According to Russian President Vladimir Putin, this format is beneficial as it enables him to address issues that require particular attention. On December 19, Russian President …

Head of the Russian General Staff Valery Gerasimov: International security deteriorates as West wants to keep dominating

11:38 19.12.2024

Head of the Russian General Staff Valery Gerasimov: International security deteriorates as West wants to keep dominating

Russian General Chief of Staff Valery Gerasimov said during a briefing for foreign military attaches, the military-political situation in the world is characterized by a growing number of armed conflicts in various parts of the world and the key reason is the western desire to keep dominating. The negative changes …

To "hack" the outcome of Romanian presidential elections, unfavorable to the West, a constitutional loophole was used

11:36 19.12.2024 Vladimir Simindei

To "hack" the outcome of Romanian presidential elections, unfavorable to the West, a constitutional loophole was used

The second round of the Romanian presidential elections, scheduled for Sunday, December 8th, was canceled the previous Friday by an unprecedented intervention of the Constitutional Court, orchestrated by local special services and their supervisors. Naturally, they were looking for a "Russian trace". Western media outlets portray the colossal failure of …

A theft of the Century: EU takes a fresh look at confiscating Russia’s frozen assets

11:34 19.12.2024

A theft of the Century: EU takes a fresh look at confiscating Russia’s frozen assets

The European Union is assessing the legal and financial implications of confiscating Russia’s sanctioned central bank assets for use by Ukraine, according to people familiar with the matter, writes Bloomberg. The bloc’s diplomatic service, as well as some member states, are examining whether judicial decisions would be needed as a …

View from Hong Kong: Trump heralds the end of dollar dominance

11:34 19.12.2024

View from Hong Kong: Trump heralds the end of dollar dominance

Greenback is up on Trump’s election but his ‘America First’ agenda will hasten dollar dumping and quest for alternatives, writes ‘The Asia Times’. Donald Trump’s victory in November’s US presidential election saw the US dollar strengthen. It surged to a one-year high within two weeks and has since retained its …

Alastair Crooke: A new geo-political map is unfolding in the Middle East

11:33 19.12.2024

Alastair Crooke: A new geo-political map is unfolding in the Middle East

The Syrian ‘state’ dissolved in the middle of the night; the police and army went home, leaving weapons depots open for the Shebab to loot. The prison doors were flung (or prised) open. Some, no doubt, were political prisoners; but many were not. Some of the most vicious inmates now …

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