Both sides gain from improved strategic ties between the United States and Vietnam. But why will the ruling American neoconservatives still be dissatisfied with the […]
Category: Background Stories and Dossiers
BRICS – Part 4 – BRICS becomes BRICS 11
How does BRICS look after the summit in Durban? – What was announced? – What does the future hold? Introduction On August 24, the BRICS […]
Is there a Chinese military expansion in Southeast Asia? Facts and background
Beijing’s encirclement fear: The U.S. is surrounding China. The “water attack” incident’s background There’s a lot of controversy over what China is doing in the […]
Taiwan will not be another Ukraine. Here is why.
If we learn anything from history it should be that the many efforts to destabilise countries by the USA have had very limited success. While […]
Agreements Broken, Trust Gambled Away – How the Kremlin Feels Betrayed by the West
The Warsaw Pact dissolved together with the Soviet Union. With the elimination of the much-vaunted Warsaw Pact threat, NATO could also have dissolved. Instead it […]
World Bank: Russia overtakes Germany.As a reminder, last year Germany called for Russia to be ruined. It is only bringing itself down.
According to a new World Bank report, Russia has overtaken Germany as the largest European economy. In terms of gross domestic product (GDP) based on […]
Why the Nigel Farage bank closure is a big deal
Not ten days ago the BBC, so called bastions of the free press gleefully reported that Nigel Farage had his Coutts bank account closed due […]
Why the “China threat” is a Western propaganda myth and projection.
Ignorance or lack of understanding of time-honored Chinese philosophical wisdom makes Westerners vulnerable to manipulation. The Centrality of China: then and now In ancient China, […]
US Soldier Defects to North Korea – A History of Crossing The Line
At a a time of increased tension between the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea (DPRK) and the wider world, the headline “US Soldier Defects to […]
Inconvenient Truths About NATO That Their Mainstream Media Partners Don’t Want You To Know.
And an Unnoticed, Resurgent Revanchism in Germany. Troubled Times Ahead: NATO Gears Up for Major, Violent Clashes. The last NATO summit, held in Vilnius, Lithuania, […]