Chinese websites are again reporting that Russia has agreed to sell Beijing the production line for the Tupolev Tu-22M3 bomber at a cost of $1.5 billion. Once in service with the Chinese Naval Air…
Tag: region
As we predicted this past week, the theatrical upheaval in Mali was merely a nudging exercise to move forward the stated objectives laid down in US AFRICOM policy. With no debate or questioning in foreign policy circles, and with Obama’s coronation and ceremonial pop concert in Washington DC keeping American eyes and ears glued to the corporate media punditry, NATO allies, led by the US, are carefully carving out a comprehensive military footprint in Africa in order to further evict Chinese influence from the continent. A convenient excuse in the short-term will
Exactly as predicted, the ongoing French “intervention” in the North African nation of Mali has spilled into Algeria – the next most likely objective of Western geopolitical interests in the region since the successful destabilization…
-Since 2000, temperatures in Alaska have dropped by 2.4 degrees Fahrenheit -Scientists reviewed weather reports from 20 climate stations operated by the National Weather Service located across Alaska -19 of the 20 weather stations reported…
The following path-breaking analysis was first published by Global Research in November of 2006 “Hegemony is as old as Mankind…” -Zbigniew Brzezinski, former U.S. National Security Advisor The term “New Middle East” was introduced to…
Just one week after winning a second term Barak Obama is about to make a trip to Thailand, Burma, and Cambodia to bolster support for US competition in the region against China. Normally such a trip to countries like Burma where there is still a long way to go in human rights and economic reforms would not be made by a US President. However Long standing US government principles are being tossed aside in the interests of increasing US influence in the region, reminiscent of the “Cold War” days of the 1960s. Obama has put the new Chinese Administration on notice that his coming term will be one of competition in winning the ‘hearts and minds’ (read handouts) of the nations surrounding China.
“I’m Not a Western Puppet. I Have To Live and Die in Syria!” In an exclusive interview with RT, Syrian President Bashar Assad said he will not leave Syria. Assad also spoke on the…
Syrian security forces stand at the site of a bomb attack outside a hotel in Damascus. (File photo) A report says people in southern Turkey are getting increasingly agitated over their country’s involvement in…
The United States has never failed to marginalize its own Caribbean culture while at the same time using its military and financial strength to serve as a divisive and coercive malignant influence throughout the entire…
Educating South-East Asia’s rural population to develop ideas and create new business models with appropriate technologies “You say it best when you say nothing at all” – Ronan Keating The writer was lucky enough to…