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Turkiye: The Globalists cannot match Erdogan’s nationalistic plank

10:33 21.05.2023

Turkiye: The Globalists cannot match Erdogan’s nationalistic plank

It comes as no surprise that the United States and the European Union didn’t have the face to commend the performance of Recep Erdogan and his party in the presidential and parliamentary elections in Turkiye on Sunday. The election results do not serve the geopolitical interests of the US and …

WP: “Post-9/11 wars” have contributed to some 4.5 million deaths

10:32 20.05.2023

WP: “Post-9/11 wars” have contributed to some 4.5 million deaths

The full death toll of violence in the U.S.-led invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq, let alone of the broader global war on terrorism, remains difficult to determine. But it has long been surpassed by an even larger and more opaque figure: the indirect count of people who have died as …

The upcoming Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit promises to be a watershed moment in the bloc’s history

10:30 20.05.2023

The upcoming Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit promises to be a watershed moment in the bloc’s history

The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation is looking at ways to address the most pressing global issues without being a disruptive influence, writes Kanwal Sibal, retired Indian foreign secretary and former Ambassador to Russia. The upcoming Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit promises to be a watershed moment in the bloc’s history, coming …

Japan press: China with a summit in Xi'an with five Central Asian states against the G7 summit in Hiroshima

10:29 20.05.2023

Japan press: China with a summit in Xi'an with five Central Asian states against the G7 summit in Hiroshima

In the past, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Chinese President Xi Jinping have demonstrated their rivalry on the regional stage in Asia. Today, a similar struggle seems to be unfolding between Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, writes Japanese 'Shūkan Gendai’. From May 19 to 21, Kishida will …

NATO got scared and “goes on the defensive” in Europe

10:25 20.05.2023

NATO got scared and “goes on the defensive” in Europe

NATO will step back to the future at its Vilnius summit in July, with leaders set to approve thousands of pages of secret military plans that will detail for the first time since the Cold War how the alliance would respond to a Russian attack, informs Reuters. The move signifies …

Jeffrey Sachs: “The need for a new US foreign policy”

11:20 19.05.2023

Jeffrey Sachs: “The need for a new US foreign policy”

One of the most famous US economists expressed his assessment of the ongoing changes. “US foreign policy is based on an inherent contradiction and fatal flaw,” insist Jeffrey D. Sachs, one of the most famous economic experts in the USA. He writes: The aim of US foreign policy is a …

Surprise! Biden is selling US weapons to the majority of the ‘world’s autocracies’

11:19 19.05.2023

Surprise! Biden is selling US weapons to the majority of the ‘world’s autocracies’

Despite the White House’s rhetoric about supporting ‘global democracy’, the U.S. sold weapons in 2022 to 57 percent of the world’s authoritarian regimes, informs “The Intercept”. Since President Joe Biden came into office in 2021, he has described a “battle between democracies and autocracies” in which the U.S. and other …

“They appear to have found a language for superpower discussion”

11:18 19.05.2023

“They appear to have found a language for superpower discussion”

Old Europe conveyed solidarity with Zelensky at a crucial juncture when all eyes are on the so-called Ukrainian offensive being the last throw of dice, notes M.K. Bhadrakumar, Indian Ambassador and prominent international observer. Last week, Newsweek quoted Henry Kissinger predicting that he believes the Ukraine war is coming to …

Everything is mixed up in the Biden administration

11:17 19.05.2023

Everything is mixed up in the Biden administration

Now, ironically, the Secretary of Defense has become a strong spokesman for limiting the use of force, and the director of the Central Intelligence Agency has taken on missions that should have been given to the Secretary of State. Several years ago, Columbia’s ambassador tо the United States told his …

Five launchers of the US Patriot anti-aircraft missile system were hit and completely destroyed in Kyiv

12:52 18.05.2023

Five launchers of the US Patriot anti-aircraft missile system were hit and completely destroyed in Kyiv

A US-supplied Patriot air defence system was damaged on Tuesday in Kyiv, informs “The Telegraph” from London. The $1 billion (£800.8 million) weapon, the most advanced of its kind produced by the West, was part of a protective barrier on the city. It was the first time the Ukrainian capital’s …

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