US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper is halfway through his tour of the Asia-Pacific region. The tour's timing, coming just weeks after Esper was officially sworn in, affirms the notion...
August 6, 2019
The decades-old disputed region has entered an intriguing new phase where India is pushing the envelope, Pakistan is staring at a dead end, and the US is flirting with intervention....
August 6, 2019
I have little sympathy for predictions that technological advances will doom the human race within the decade. But then I saw a Frenchman cross the English Channel on a hoverboard....
August 5, 2019
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo paid a historic visit to three South Pacific island nations, hyping fears of Chinese influence to extend their protectorate treaties with Washington in what...
August 5, 2019
The Irish Times, led by its celebrity brain du jour, believes Ireland can prevent a no-deal Brexit by pulling strokes in London, instead of Brussels. It's a doltish recipe for...
August 5, 2019
The Irish Times, led by its celebrity brain du jour, believes Ireland can prevent a no-deal Brexit by pulling strokes in London, instead of Brussels. It's a doltish recipe for...
August 5, 2019
This weekend witnessed another politically-fueled hate-fest in the US as liberals raged against Donald Trump, blaming him for two mass shootings in as many days. Welcome to US election season....
August 4, 2019
Apart from offering heartfelt condolences to the families of the slain in El Paso and Dayton, Ohio, there is little that foreigners can do or helpfully say about the mass...
August 4, 2019
Apart from offering heartfelt condolences to the families of the slain in El Paso and Dayton, Ohio, there is little that foreigners can do or helpfully say about the mass...
August 2, 2019
While some politicians move to address the cascading and unequal effects of climate change in the US, two direct action endeavors show the power and need for more pointed efforts...
August 2, 2019
Many so-called Democrat ‘moderates' would prefer Donald Trump to retain the US Presidency than for Bernie Sanders, or another genuine leftist, to defeat him. Read Full Article at RT.com
August 2, 2019
With Boris Johnson laser-focused on delivering a crash-out, no-deal Brexit in October, Ireland needs to stop the foot-dragging and wishful thinking and begin preparing for a border poll and potential...
August 1, 2019
Today, it seems the only real work being performed in Washington by the two power-hungry political parties is how to win the White House in 2020. How long before the...
August 1, 2019
The release of China's white paper on defense demonstrates to the world an increasingly confident and more assertive China, actively preparing for major shifts on a predominantly US-led global chessboard....
July 31, 2019
CNN’s debate strategy to pit Sanders and Warren as crazies against the moderate pack fails miserably
The pro-corporate, pro-establishment bias that permeates CNN was on brazen display during Tuesday night's Democratic presidential debate, with three status-quo-loving hosts constantly targeting Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren. Read Full...
July 31, 2019
Harsh punishment meted out to two German backpackers for the ‘crime' of brewing their own coffee at the Rialto Bridge in Venice is symptomatic of the way that public space...
July 30, 2019
Pretending to ‘understand' Russia has become quite the lucrative business for Western media professionals in recent years – and “leading” Russia expert extraordinaire Keir Giles is the latest to believe...
July 30, 2019
Britain's Boris Johnson is going for it, a no-deal exit from the European Union. His cabinet of “hard Brexiteers” are turbo-charged for an abrupt departure; the consequences could be tumultuous...
July 30, 2019
The fetid, stagnant waters of the Theresa May era have been replaced by the foaming effervescence of The Boris Interregnum. It will be thus described whatever happens in the next...
July 29, 2019
Baltimore is one of the most deprived cities in the US. President Trump knows it. Bernie knows it. Most importantly, the voters know it. Answering Trump's criticism by shouting "racist!"...
July 29, 2019
Despite termination of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty soon, deployment of new missiles is unlikely but a disrupted security environment may give rise to provocative incidents “inviting” Russia to...
July 26, 2019
Is the United States – a country founded on the blood, sweat and tears of immigrants from around the world – a cruel, unrepentant racist at heart? Read Full Article...
July 26, 2019
There have been many frightening developments over the last few weeks which have signalled that the US – and some of its closest allies such as the UK – are...
July 25, 2019
Ukraine, as I have often emphasized, is the epicenter of the new US-Russian Cold War, and its location directly on Russia's border makes it much more dangerous than was Berlin...
July 25, 2019
Just one day into his premiership and it's already clear that Britain's new Prime Minister Boris Johnson means business. The question is: what kind? Read Full Article at RT.com
July 25, 2019
Any hope that the interrogation of prosecutor, Robert Mueller, would provide some closure to the endless spectacle of Russiagate was dashed. As long as Donald Trump is in power, the...
July 24, 2019
It's a crowded field but, by any objective standard, outgoing British Prime Minister Theresa May must rate as one of the worst – if not the worst – occupants of...
July 23, 2019
The accession to Downing Street by Boris Johnson could hardly come at a more precarious time as tensions mount between the US, Britain and Iran. Fears of a war breaking...
July 23, 2019
Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan's recent meeting with Donald Trump has been chock-a-block with typical gaffes we have come to expect from having a reality TV star running the show...
July 23, 2019
As Noel Coward sang, “Only Mad Dogs and Englishmen go out in the noon-day sun.” You could say the same about the Conservative Party, which just chose Boris Johnson to...
July 22, 2019
Boris Johnson fancies himself a magician. In likely his last column for the Telegraph before becoming PM, he proposes solving the Brexit border crisis with a “can-do spirit” and technology...
July 22, 2019
Now that the Syrian Arab Army and allies have swept much of Syria clean of the terrorist groups introduced into the country by the US interventionist alliance, the civilian trauma...
July 19, 2019
Farage has slammed the new European Commission president for her ‘fanatic' support for a European army. But is the idea really so bad, if, as Farage fears, it supplants NATO,...
July 19, 2019
With populist Donald Trump ensconced in the White House and Liberals seething with revenge, voters have been left behind in this game of thrones. Will the confrontation spill over the...
July 18, 2019
Instagram has done the unthinkable and hidden the number of ‘likes' on posts. The goal is to “remove the pressure” from users and make them worry less about popularity —...
July 18, 2019
Donald Trump's reelection campaign is already sounding like a victory lap, but some may find his choice list of accomplishments puzzling. What does recognizing occupied Israeli land have to do...
July 18, 2019
I don't want to get carried away, there's enough hyperbole around already, but I think this last week could go down as one of the most pivotal weeks in human...
July 18, 2019
Liberals and other Democrats seem to want to cover up the CIA's role in Russiagate. Read Full Article at RT.com
July 18, 2019
The Pentagon is actively contemplating the use of nuclear weapons to win wars that need not be fought in the first place. As expected, opposition to the US nuclear doctrine...
July 17, 2019
If there was a dunce's cap awarded to the most gullible – or worse, complicit – news outfit in the whole ‘Russiagate' affair, it would surely go to CNN. Read...
