The Nicaraguan president who can’t resist defying the US is at it again
I’ve just attended the latest inauguration of Sandinista leader Daniel Ortega as Nicaraguan president and found him in a bullish mood, relishing his country’s improved ties with China and critical of American hypocrisy.
Maidan in Almaty? Oh yeah. But it’s complicated. So is that much fear and loathing all about gas? Not really. Kazakhstan was rocked into chaos…
Under the new world order of “stakeholder capitalism” citizens will learn to own nothing and be happy, Matt Ehret writes. As the geniuses running the…
A Throne of Chinese Skulls! Oh Yeah?
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It is the first time that others are dictating to the West rather than being instructed on how to conform to American red lines. There…
Whats cringe about it? Just because some rapist says he is a woman doesnt make it true.
Did a major shift finally happen between the USA and Russia?
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Russia is primed for a Persian Gulf security 'makeover'
Russia is the one state with the necessary clout, tools, sweeteners and relationships to nudge the Persian Gulf into a new security paradigm
How Russia is preparing for WWIII
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With an Ansarallah takeover of Yemen, Asia's trade and connectivity projects could expand into some of the world's most strategic waterways
The Tripartite World Order and the Hybrid World War
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There are some points in the article about covid and climate change which you will probably disagree with. But even if you ignore those, its the most accurate description of todays geopolitical situation that I know.
"Expertise" Porn. The Case of US hypersonic weapons
People asked me to comment on this "Dark Eagle" thing: I'd really love Andrei's comment on this, what is even more stupid IMO is that Tyler...
Nasrallah: Israel in deep existential crisis, Yemen victory to have huge regional effects
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Why Marib's liberation will break the Saudis and shake West Asia
If Ansarallah controls Marib, it will control all of Yemen and some of the world's most strategic waterways. No wonder its adversaries are shaken.
There is even a US military base in the middle of Seoul. And military police walks around (presumably to prevent their soldiers from being too violent against civilians). Also lots of night clubs in Seoul have signs that US soldiers are not allowed to enter.