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16.12.2019
Peace For The Donbass: A Distant Hope
The Normandy Four talks, held in Paris,on December 11, between Russia, Germany, France and the Kiev regime of Ukraine produced not much except more of the same: vague commitments to seek peace, agreements on prisoner exchange and gas supplies, but little else. Russia remains committed to the Minsk Agreements of 2015 and the road to […]
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16.12.2019
America’s Pyramid of Lies
American foreign policy, not just toward Russia and China, but the world in general isn’t built on political theory or national interest. There is no manifest destiny or more than lip service for spreading democracy leading the dialog. Whatever artifice may have served for so many years, blinding all but the few, Ezra Pound, Martin […]
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15.12.2019
UK Elections: A Time Warp Which Solves Nothing!
The dystopian nightmare in which Boris Johnson is Prime Minister of the United Kingdom – I will repeat that, BORIS JOHNSON is Prime Minister of the United Kingdom! – has taken another unexpected turn. The December 12th general election has produced what should have been the result of the previous election, in 2017. It is […]
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15.12.2019
Washington Post Revelations Only Part of the Story
The Washington Post has recently published a series of articles detailing its long battle to obtain United States government documents relating to the decision to invade Afghanistan in 2001. The Washington Post story has been picked up by a number of news organisations around the world. Insofar as these revelations confirm what has long been […]
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15.12.2019
South Korea is not Willing to Pay 5 Times More for Stationing American Troops
The present relationship between Seoul and Washington is plagued with problems, and recently the amount of money South Korea spends on U.S. military forces stationed in its territory has become the most pressing one. However, in the ROK these increased tensions are associated with Moon Jae-in’s attempts to follow an independent foreign policy course, especially […]
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14.12.2019
The Bogus Legend of Paul Volcker
Paul Volcker, former chairman of the Federal Reserve during the 1980’s, has died at age 92. Major media are writing words of praise for the banker who “killed inflation” in the wake of the 1970’s oil crises and food price crisis. Volcker’s true legacy is far less positive. No one person did more to bring […]
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14.12.2019
US Seeks Thai Opposition for Anti-China Alliance at ASEAN Summit
Why is the US talking “democracy, human rights and justice” with an opposition who lost recent elections, abuses human rights and works daily to undermine and evade justice? Time was precious at the 35th ASEAN Summit. Leaders from across Southeast Asia converged on Bangkok, Thailand to discuss economics, diplomacy, defence and a whole host of […]
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14.12.2019
South Korean Protest Against US Ambassador
The developments linked to the dispute between Seoul and Washington about sharing defense costs became an indirect reason for the hype surrounding the US Ambassador to South Korea, Harry B. Harris. Some far left politicians even demanded that he be deemed persona non grata. Harry B. Harris was born in Japan. He became the first […]
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13.12.2019
Naval Gazing in Washington as the World Implodes
Of all the recent ironies, the greatest is the contrast between a Congress mesmerized by the impeachment process against President Donald J Trump and the state of the world which the US — as indispensable nation — still claims it must lead. A media that knows ‘which side its toast is buttered on’ analyses an […]
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13.12.2019
Will Santa Trump Bring Candy or Coal for China’s Trade Stocking?
“Our country is now taking so steady a course as to show by what road it will pass to destruction, to wit: by consolidation of power first, and then corruption, its necessary consequence.” ~ Thomas Jefferson The clock is ticking on getting the first stage of the new US-China trade deal completed. Diplomatic rumors indicate […]
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13.12.2019
The Run-Up to Taiwan’s General Election
On January 11, 2020, general elections will be held in Taiwan to elect the President and Vice President, as well as all 113 members of the unicameral Legislative Yuan. These elections are held every four years and are the highlight of the island’s political life. The event has also received a great deal of attention […]
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12.12.2019
Is Nuclear Deterrence Even Possible Today?
Throughout the Cold War the incredibly intimidating destructive capability of nuclear weapons created a red line that neither the US nor the USSR were willing to cross, which compelled them to negotiating their differences even when the parties were equally reluctant to do so. Regrettably, those days seem to be back, as tensions between Russia […]