A multi-polar world has emerged
Remarks by Stephen F. Cohen Professor Emeritus Princeton University and New York University At San Francisco Commonwealth Club, November 18, 2015 Some of you may know that the small...
Saudi Arabia Leads the Jihadist Nations; U.S. Assists Them
by Eric Zuesse Did you know that Saudi Arabia’s Ambassador to the United States, the Saudi Prince Bandar bin Sultan Al Saud (affectionately known in the U.S. as “Bandar...
Readers’ Letters: Guardian [of the status quo]
Continuing our series publishing letters/e-mails to and/or about The Guardian. If you have written any letters that you have sent, or wish to send, to the Guardian – feel...
Ukraine’s Nazi Government Tries to Sell Stolen Art
by Eric Zuesse On December 7th, the Netherlands Times headlined “Ukrainian Secret Service Accused of Trading in Stolen Dutch Paintings,” and Janene Pieters reported that, “Members of the Ukrainian...
Globalized Deception
by Mark Taliano We have forgotten that the sanctions preceding the illegal invasion of Iraq intentionally destroyed water treatment centers and directly killed 500,000 children under age five and...
NATO’s Drang Nach Suden, Part 2
by Andrew Korybko, Oriental Review This posting is a select chapter from Andrew Korybko’s second book that will focus on the geopolitical application of Hybrid Wars Fighting Back The final...
The Saud Family to Select West’s ‘Moderate’ Jihadists Who Will Take Over Syria
by Eric Zuesse The Saud family, Saudi Arabia’s royals, have called together a meeting on December 15th in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, of their fellow fundamentalist Sunnis who are fighting...
But Ankara, we got a (huge) problem
by Pepe Escobar Originally published as What’s Erdogan’s Game in Syria and Turkey, December 7, 2015 The — predictable — reaction across the West over the Russian Defense Ministry’s...
NATO’s Drang Nach Suden, Part 1
by Andrew Korybko, Oriental Review (This posting is a select chapter from Andrew Korybko’s second book that will focus on the geopolitical application of Hybrid Wars.) Southern Expansionism During...
Lies and Distortions: US Corporate Media Seek to Undermine Venezuelan Democracy
by Eric Draitser at Stop Imperialism (excerpts) Venezuelans will go to the polls in all-important legislative elections on Sunday December 6, 2015. The vote will have a significant impact...
An Official of US-backed Syrian ‘Moderates’ Calls for ‘Exterminating’ Shiites
by Eric Zuesse Yemen’s independent Al Masdar News headlines on Monday December 7th, “U.S. Backed Syrian Opposition Official Calls for the Extermination of Alawites,” and Leith Fadel reports that:...
ISIS in Lebanon: An Interview with Andre Vltchek
by Souad SharabaniCounterpunch, November 25, 2015 Lebanon’s stability is hanging on by a thread. There is war raging on its border; Syria, the economy has all but collapsed, the...
The Bizarre Explanation For Why The U.S. Has Avoided Bombing ISIS Oil Wells
by Michael Snyder from The Economic Collapse Why hasn’t the U.S. bombed the oil wells that ISIS controls into oblivion by now? Would you believe that it is because...
Readers’ Letters: Goodbye, Guardian
In the first post of a new section, we publish the letter of an (ex-)Guardian reader, detailing the reasons he bid goodbye to his former paper of choice. As...
Turkey Tries to Lure NATO Into War Against Russia
by Eric Zuesse, originally posted at strategic-culture.org When Turkey shot down a Russian bomber in Syria on November 24th, Turkish officials did so with the confidence that America’s anti-Russian...
Six points to remember about the true origins of the Syria crisis as Europe obediently lines up for war with Russia.
...feel free to send these to anyone who asks you "but do you think we should just let ISIS keep beheading people?"
Imprisoned Al Qaeda Fighters Freed by U.S. Allies to Rejoin Fight Against Assad
by Eric Zuesse Some of the world’s top Al Qaeda operatives were freed from a Lebanese prison on Tuesday December 1st, to rejoin the U.S.-led war against Syria’s Bashar...
VIDEO: A real speech, from a real Benn
Parliament has just made a decision that this time bombing the Middle East will fix everything, partially on the back of a speech from Hilary Benn. This, in our...
Some questions for DemocracyNow!
by Vaska What’s going on at DemocracyNow! for Amy Goodman to be interviewing a Saudi crown prince on the subject of combatting Daesh? A Saudi crown prince born in...
