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Pepe Escobar: A declaration of NATO war against Eurasia

11:37 16.07.2024

Pepe Escobar: A declaration of NATO war against Eurasia

“We are the world. We are the people. We are NATO. And we’re comin’ to get ya…” – wherever you are, whether you want it or not. Call it the latest pop iteration of the “rules-based international order” – duly christened at NATO’s 75th birthday in D.C., writes Pepe Escobar, …

Newsweek: “Europe is… leaderless”

11:35 16.07.2024

Newsweek: “Europe is… leaderless”

Is there any head-of-state in Europe who can actually claim a leadership role on the continent? – ‘Newsweek’ puts a question. France, Germany, and the United Kingdom, commonly viewed as Europe's three biggest powers, are all in the midst of various degrees of political dysfunction, economic malaise, and broader disenchantment …

A scandal in Japan: More than 200 defence officials punished for mishandling classified data

11:34 16.07.2024

A scandal in Japan: More than 200 defence officials punished for mishandling classified data

Japan’s defence ministry and forces are under scrutiny over allegations members of the navy violated the sensitive information protection law, falsely claimed allowances for special assignments, and wrongfully claimed free meals at base cafeterias. Of the 218 people disciplined, 11 senior officials were dismissed, two were demoted, dozens suspended and …

Ukraine at a crossroads: End the war now or Risk of decisive military defeat

11:10 15.07.2024

Ukraine at a crossroads: End the war now or Risk of decisive military defeat

Ukraine has a very narrow window to turn the momentum of the war in its favor. Even then, the Russians are still holding most of the cards, writes ‘The National Interest’. There is no path, however well-resourced, by which Ukraine can inflict an outright military defeat on Russia in the …

View from USA: Russian officials vow response to US missile deployment to Germany

11:09 15.07.2024

View from USA: Russian officials vow response to US missile deployment to Germany

Officials across the Russian government reacted strongly to the news that the US is deploying previously banned missiles that could hit Russian territory, writes Dave DeCamp, an international observer of the Randolph Bourne Institute. On Thursday, Russian officials reacted strongly and vowed to respond to the US announcing that it …

The Habsburg Empire strikes back

11:08 15.07.2024

The Habsburg Empire strikes back

New hard-right group, Patriots for Europe, is a Habsburg coalition that gives the Hungarian leader the European platform he craves. Viktor Orbán is getting Europe’s oldest band back together, writes POLITICO. Hardcore fans call the long-disbanded group “k. u. k.,” but it’s more widely known as the Habsburg Empire. Amid …

View from New York: Britain’s Embrace of the Bomb

11:05 15.07.2024

View from New York: Britain’s Embrace of the Bomb

The country’s nuclear-weapons program is in bad shape, yet it is one of only two nations actively rearming. What’s it all for? – asks ‘The New Yorker’. At 2:15 a.m. on January 29th, the United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency issued a Hazardous Operations warning for a stretch of ocean from …

Attempt to kill President Donald Trump

21:54 14.07.2024

Attempt to kill President Donald Trump

Former US President said he was shot in the right ear on Saturday local time at his rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. The incident is being investigated as an attempted assassination of the former president and presumptive Republican nominee, the AP reported, citing law enforcement officials. The suspected shooter is dead …

FP: A New Era of financial warfare has begun

10:35 14.07.2024

FP: A New Era of financial warfare has begun

Washington and the West have begun a new phase of financial warfare against Russia and China — a powerful but also potentially risky escalation that, if people aren’t careful, could eventually give Moscow and Beijing exactly the outcome they are believed to be looking for, writes ‘The Foreign Policy’. The …

View from Teheran: What is President-elect Pezeshkian's stance on Iran’s foreign policy priorities?

10:33 14.07.2024

View from Teheran: What is President-elect Pezeshkian's stance on Iran’s foreign policy priorities?

Masoud Pezeshkian Iran’s president-elect Masoud Pezeshkian will be assuming office in the coming weeks after receiving a decree of validation from the Leader of the Islamic Revolution followed by the inauguration in parliament, writes Alireza Akbari, an observer of Iranian Press TV. Efforts are already in full swing to form …

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