America’s Pacific Century: Militarization of Asia Pacific Region To ‘Contain China’

Chandra Muzaffar, President of the International Movement for a Just World analyses a wide variety of issues including the emerging BRICS nations, the crisis in Syria, and the implications of Washington’s policy shift to the Asia-Pacific region. In January 2012, US President Barack Obama unveiled the 2012 Defense Strategic Guidance report, entitled, “Sustaining U.S. Global Leadership: Priorities for 21st Century Defense,” which confirmed America’s plans to drastically increase its military presence in the Asia-Pacific region to counter China, now the world’s second-largest economy.

UK and Israel: An Alliance of Enemies

Bedouin adage claims “I against my brother, my brothers and I against my cousins, then my cousins and I against strangers” A well-known proverb states that the enemy of your enemy is your friend; yet,…

Iran: The U.S.-led Alliance Has Forgotten the Past

Strait History: Iran’s Options George Santayana wisely said: “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” Oblivious to history and its lessons, the United States and its Western allies are repeating their…