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Coronavirus Props Up Cuomo as Madam Secretary Takes the #MeToo Axe to Biden and Bloomberg Yanks a Billion from Sleepy Joe
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Why the American Punditry Is Terrified of Russian Humanitarian Aid
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Why the American Punditry Is Terrified of Russian Humanitarian Aid
April 4, 2020

Russia was able to get their gesture into the public/media consciousness in the United States. Something that would have been unthinkable a decade ago.

Tim Kirby
Standing on the Precipice of Martial Law
April 3, 2020

Time is running out for America and only bold, decisive action taken courageously and swiftly can change the course of self-annihilation upon which the republic now finds itself.

Matthew Ehret
Standing on the Precipice of Martial Law
History
What Does the Pandemic Mean for the U.S. Election in November?
World
What Does the Pandemic Mean for the U.S. Election in November?
April 3, 2020

if the death toll in the U.S. is relatively high and recovery is sluggish, expect the Democrats back, with a Wall Street collapse to rapidly follow.

Martin Sieff
Russophobia Immune to Global Solidarity
April 3, 2020

For those suffering from Russophobia, there seems to be no cure, except for their own obsolescence and downfall.

Russophobia Immune to Global Solidarity
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Ground Control to Planet Lockdown: This Is Only a Test
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Ground Control to Planet Lockdown: This Is Only a Test
April 2, 2020

The absolutely key issue is how the West was caught completely unprepared for the spread of Covid-19 – even after being provided a head start of two months by China, and having the time to study different successful strategies applied across Asia.

Pepe Escobar
How Best-Selling Anti-Trump Book Helps Spread Fake ‘News’ Against Russia
April 2, 2020

The idea that Russia still remains a dictatorship after the end of the Soviet Union in 1991, is a propagandistic lie by fake ‘news’-media, many of which are the mainstream ones in the United States, Eric Zuesse writes.

Eric Zuesse
How Best-Selling Anti-Trump Book Helps Spread Fake ‘News’ Against Russia
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Another Expensive War, Another Intelligence Failure?
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Another Expensive War, Another Intelligence Failure?
April 2, 2020

An already heavily indebted federal government will now go even deeper down a fiscal hole, possibly beyond the point of any real recovery.

Philip Giraldi
It Is Time to Rethink Africa
April 1, 2020

More often than not Africa is written about by the same people who write about every region of the world never making contact with anyone from any of them.

Tim Kirby
It Is Time to Rethink Africa
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Sick and Sadistic: World Fights COVID-19 Amid U.S. Sanctions
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Sick and Sadistic: World Fights COVID-19 Amid U.S. Sanctions
April 1, 2020

The unrelenting hard-heartedness of Washington based on self-righteousness is frightening in the scale of its hubris and hypocrisy.

Finian Cunningham
Welcome to the Sticks! Reflections on Farm Living in Times of Social-Distancing, Disease and Panic-Buying
March 31, 2020

With the coronavirus pandemic threatening to uproot our lives far greater than even the attacks of 9/11, it would seem that the self-reliance and rugged individualism of our grandparents may come back into style with a vengeance.

Robert Bridge
Welcome to the Sticks! Reflections on Farm Living in Times of Social-Distancing, Disease and Panic-Buying
Society
In the Pandemic NATO Shows Itself to Be as Irrelevant as Ever
World
In the Pandemic NATO Shows Itself to Be as Irrelevant as Ever
March 31, 2020

Nato wobbles from irrelevance to absurd triviality. It would be amusing were it not so tragic.

Brian Cloughley
Open Letter to Chinese Government Highlights MSM Hypocrisy
March 30, 2020

While America never tires of touting its devotion to the First Amendment, it loses control when a foreign news service turns tables by engaging in journalism that is cheeky and irreverent.

Daniel Lazare
Open Letter to Chinese Government Highlights MSM Hypocrisy
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Ground Control to Planet Lockdown: This Is Only a Test
Pepe Escobar
April 2, 2020
The absolutely key issue is how the West was caught completely unprepared for the spread of Covid-19 – even after being provided a head start of two months by China, and having the time to study different successful strategies applied across Asia.
Who Made Coronavirus? Was It the U.S., Israel or China Itself?
Philip Giraldi
March 5, 2020
If one suspects Israel and/or the U.S., the intent would have been to create a biological weapon that would damage nations designated as enemies.
The Middle East – The Betrayal by the Elites
Alastair Crooke
March 2, 2020
The élite’s betrayal is represented by the extent to which institutions have been undermined, in order to cement élite hold on power
Turkey Asks NATO to Join Its War Against Syria and Russia
Eric Zuesse
February 29, 2020
This is the opportunity for U.S. President Donald Trump to join the hate-Russia campaign, by unleashing World War III, if he wants to.
Russiagate 2 On Everyone’s Mind: Is that Borscht I Smell Cooking?
Philip Giraldi
February 27, 2020
Anonymous sources and the guys and gals who made the Iraq war a reality are now claiming that the Kremlin is at it again!
Reading Sun Tzu in Tehran
Alastair Crooke
January 15, 2020
Iran – wisely – has eschewed direct, state-to-state military conflict, for a more subtle, and pernicious war on the US presence in the Middle East – a war, which if successful, will re-cast the region.
The Kerfuffle War - Trump’s Iran De-escalation Succeeds
Joaquin Flores
January 9, 2020
De-escalation requires that both parties save face, and can come away with tangible minor victories and agree that the real underlying dispute is resolved in the future.
The Deeper Story Behind the Assassination of Soleimani
Federico Pieraccini
January 8, 2020
Trump has evidently been convinced by someone that the U.S. can do without the Middle East, that it can do without allies in the region, and that nobody would ever dare to sell oil in any other currency than the U.S. dollar.
The Middle East Strategic “Balance” Shredded
Alastair Crooke
January 6, 2020
The strategic balance seemed more or less sustainable until its upending with the assassination of Qasem Soleimani and Al-Muhandis, ordered by Trump.
Western Campaign Against Orthodox Church Turns to Montenegro
James George Jatras
December 28, 2019
Maybe we’ll be pleasantly surprised and Washington and Brussels will demand that their Montenegrin flunkies back off. Don’t bet on it though. There’s still a lot more of the Orthodox Church left to disrupt.
Continued Western Mass Media Creativity (Misinformation) on Russia Knows No Bounds
Society
Continued Western Mass Media Creativity (Misinformation) on Russia Knows No Bounds
March 30, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic has given Russia bashing a new twist. As was true beforehand, the latest edition of disparaging Russia is short on conclusive supporting facts.

Michael Averko
Is the U.S. Able to Handle COVID-19? – Global Prospects Hang on This Question
March 30, 2020

Will people accept a command system, if they see its principal purpose being the return to a failed status quo ante?

Alastair Crooke
Is the U.S. Able to Handle COVID-19? – Global Prospects Hang on This Question
Society
The Post-Coronavirus World Will Be Far Worse Than the Pre-Coronavirus World
Business
The Post-Coronavirus World Will Be Far Worse Than the Pre-Coronavirus World
March 29, 2020

The bailouts of billionaires will destroy what little was left of a democratic future for America — and for any other nation that happens to be nearly as corrupt.

Eric Zuesse
Oil Price War and the Audit of Pandemic
March 29, 2020

Bin Salman’s price war is failing against Russia but it is succeeding beyond even his expectation against the United States.

Martin Sieff
Oil Price War and the Audit of Pandemic
Business
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The Monetary Abyss Stares Back and Asks Who’s Next?
Business
The Monetary Abyss Stares Back and Asks Who’s Next?
March 29, 2020

Will we take the opportunity handed to us and tighten our belts, demand debt liquidation, corporate bankruptcies and a complete reshuffling of the global capital order?

Tom Luongo
U.S.-Azeri Relations in a Delicate Stage
March 28, 2020

The long cordial relations between the United States and Azerbaijan (since the dissolution of the Soviet Union at least) have lately taken some interesting twists and turns, Stephen Karganovich writes.

Stephen Karganovic
U.S.-Azeri Relations in a Delicate Stage
Security
COVID-19 Forces the World to Re-Think the Idea of ‘Monetary Value’
Business
COVID-19 Forces the World to Re-Think the Idea of ‘Monetary Value’
March 28, 2020

Today’s America is confronting an existential crisis similar to that which both Lincoln and Franklin Roosevelt battled in their time, Matthew Ehret writes.

Matthew Ehret
The Pandemic’s Toll on Federalism
March 28, 2020

The coronavirus has exposed the uneven nature of federal systems around the world, Wayne Madsen writes.

Wayne Madsen
The Pandemic’s Toll on Federalism
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