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The Economist: USA vs China – the relationship has become more hostile than ever

10:49 04.04.2023

The Economist: USA vs China – the relationship has become more hostile than ever

The atmosphere in Beijing just now reveals that the world’s most important relationship has become more embittered and hostile than ever, notes “The Economist”. In the halls of government Communist Party officials denounce what they see as America’s bullying. They say it is intent on beating China to death. In …

Middle East: Revolutionary Change

10:47 04.04.2023

Middle East: Revolutionary Change

Revolutionary events are taking place in the Middle East. Syria returns to the Arab League. The King of Saudi Arabia invites the President of Iran to pay an official visit to Riyadh! Saudi Arabia is planning to invite Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to an Arab League summit that Riyadh is …

China understands that Russia has single-handedly taken on the “collective West”

11:57 03.04.2023

China understands that Russia has single-handedly taken on the “collective West”

To be sure, the timing of Xi’s state visit in the middle of the war in Ukraine messaged the highest importance that China attaches to the relations with Russia. There is great deliberation in doing so, as both China and Russia are locked in spiralling tensions vis-a-vis the United States, …

Russia’s support is growing in the developing world

11:56 03.04.2023

Russia’s support is growing in the developing world

A report from the Economist Intelligence Unit assessed that net support for Russia had grown in the year since the start of special military operation in Ukraine, as Moscow ramps up its courtship of previously neutral or geopolitically unaligned countries. Assessing countries’ enforcement of sanctions, U.N. voting patterns, domestic political …

Cancer as Weapon: sowing battlefields with Depleted Uranium

10:39 02.04.2023

Cancer as Weapon: sowing battlefields with Depleted Uranium

With the UK’s unconscionable decision to send Depleted Uranium ammunition to Ukraine, it’s perhaps useful to revisit the environmental and health consequences of the US’s widespread use of such weapons in Iraq and Kuwait during the first Gulf War, Jeffrey St. Clair, the editor of Counterpunch, writes. Months of bombing …

American view: Patriotism has turned into right-wing nationalism

10:37 02.04.2023

American view: Patriotism has turned into right-wing nationalism

Patriotism, religious faith, having children and other priorities that helped define the national character for generations are receding in importance to Americans, a new Wall Street Journal-NORC poll finds. The society has changed. The survey, conducted with NORC at the University of Chicago, a nonpartisan research organization, also finds the …

China-Russia military cooperation deepens to maintain international security

10:36 02.04.2023

China-Russia military cooperation deepens to maintain international security

A Chinese defense ministry spokesperson said that the Chinese military is willing to work with its Russian counterpart to further strengthen strategic communication and cooperation to maintain international and regional security and stability. Senior Colonel Tan Kefei, spokesman for the Ministry of National Defense, made the remarks at a regular …

What Beijing’s Iran-Saudi deal means

9:59 01.04.2023

What Beijing’s Iran-Saudi deal means

The agreement to reestablish diplomatic relations between Tehran and Riyadh was no “peace deal,” but the rivals did decide to cool tensions and reopen embassies after a seven-year lapse. China’s role in facilitating the deal raised the most consternation in Washington, leading some to declare that “a new era of …

Foreign Affairs: What sanctions on Russia can and cannot achieve

9:57 01.04.2023

Foreign Affairs: What sanctions on Russia can and cannot achieve

“U.S. policymakers began planning major sanctions on Russia in late 2021” (before the beginning of Ukrainian conflict!), recognizes ‘Foreign Affairs’. Over the past decade, economic sanctions emerged as Washington’s preferred policy tool to deal with a range of concerns, from adversarial governments in Iran and Venezuela to international drug trafficking. …

Summit for Democracy? Some U.S. officials in Washington “roll their eyes over”

9:56 01.04.2023

Summit for Democracy? Some U.S. officials in Washington “roll their eyes over”

The second Summit for Democracy brings together representatives from around 120 countries. It follows the first gathering of its sort in December 2021 and is a major plank in President Biden’s vision of “restoring” American leadership on the world stage, writes “The Washington Post”. “As President Biden has said, we …

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