Why China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) Is Back with a Bang
by Pepe Escobar, Global Research [1-9-2023 published]. As Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative enters its 10th year, a strong Sino-Russian geostrategic partnership has revitalized the BRI across the Global South. The year 2022 ended with a Zoom call to end all Zoom calls: Presidents Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping discussing all aspects of the Russia-China…
The Plan of “Breaking up the Country”. “The Decolonization” of Russia, Fomenting Separatism and “Ethnic Nationalism”
by Prof. Yakov M. Rabkin & Prof. Samir Saul, Global Research [1-15-2023 published]. The war in the Ukraine has revived Western plans of dismembering Russia and, in the words of the promoters of this idea, to complete the dismantlement of the Soviet Union. Active efforts, including ample funds, are being spent on fomenting ethnic nationalism among…
2023 Outlook for Ukraine – Scott Ritter
by Scott Ritter, Global Research [1-16-2023 published]. Given the duplicitous history of the Minsk Accords, it is unlikely Russia can be diplomatically dissuaded from its military offensive. As such, 2023 appears to be shaping up as a year of continued violent confrontation. After almost a year of dramatic action, where initial Russian advances were met with impressive…
Russia-Ukraine War: How the US Paved the Way to Moscow’s Invasion
by Jonathan Cook, Global Research [1-16-2023 published]. Hindsight is a particularly powerful tool for analysing the Ukraine war, nearly a year after Russia’s invasion. Last February, it sounded at least superficially plausible to characterise Russian President Vladimir Putin‘s decision to send troops and tanks into his neighbour as nothing less than an “unprovoked act of…
The History of Japan and China. Unspeakable Atrocities against the Chinese People. Kishida’s “shameful subservience to the US”
by Kim Petersen, Global Research [1-16-2023 published]. Japan’s actions in a certain period of the past not only claimed numerous victims here in Japan but also left the peoples of neighboring Asia and elsewhere with scars that are painful even today. I am thus taking this opportunity to state my belief, based on my profound…
Grandson of Charles de Gaulle, an Old CIA Nemesis, Condemns West’s Policy in Ukraine
by Jeremy Kuzmarov, Global Research [1-11-2023 published]. Pierre de Gaulle, a grandson of former French President Charles de Gaulle, has said the U.S. is making Europeans suffer by fueling the Ukraine conflict and waging a pre-planned economic war against Russia. A corporate consultant and bank manager, Pierre told The Franco-Russian Dialogue Association on December 26:…
Russia Dropping US Dollar for Chinese Yuan – And Fast
by Ben Norton, Global Research [1-13-2023 published]. In response to Western sanctions, Russia’s central bank is dropping the US dollar and will buy Chinese yuan on the foreign exchange market. The yuan’s share of Moscow’s currency trading increased from 1% to 40-45% in 2022, while dollar trade halved from 80% to 40%. Russia has spent…
De-Dollarization Accelerates: The Beginning of the End for US Dollar Hegemony in Southeast Asia?
by Timothy Alexander Guzman, Global Research [1-12-2023 published]. The US is facing major moves by the global community to de-dollarize their economies. The reserve status of the US dollar will eventually come to an end, maybe not anytime soon, but sometime in the future as it is facing numerous challenges not only from major powers…
Geopolitical Games in the Asia-Pacific Will Not be Allowed, Warns China
by Countercurrents.org [1-10-2023 published]. China will not let the Asia-Pacific region turn into a hotspot for geopolitical conflict, and will defend its own sovereignty and integrity, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson declared on Monday. Media reports said: Speaking at a press briefing, Wang Wenbin responded to the news of a 10-member German delegation arriving on…
The Madness of U.S. Militarism
by William J. Astore, Global Research [1-11-2023 published]. Where are today’s Eisenhowers, Butlers, and Shoups? As a teenager in the 1970s, I recall talking to my dad about fears of nuclear war between the United States and the Soviet Union. My dad took a broad view, suggesting that if U.S. and Soviet leaders were stupid…
The Plan to Carve Up Russia
by Mike Whitney, Global Research [1-9-2023 published]. “For decades, the idea of dismantling the Soviet Union and Russia has been constantly cultivated in Western countries. Unfortunately, at some point, the idea of using Ukraine to achieve this goal was conceived. In fact, to prevent such a development, we launched the special military operation (SMO). This…
The USA Caused the War in Ukraine & Only the USA Can End It
by Bryan Davies, Global Research [11-22-2022 published]. While United States infrastructure has been rotting away and entire cities[1] don’t even have access to clean drinking water, the Biden Administration and the entire Democratic Party elite have given over $54 billion in military aid[2] to Ukraine from February, 2022 to the present. Reading mainstream news, we’re…