Analysis

The US doesn’t believe that it should share power, and as it sees Moscow as a competitor, Russia is going to be at the fore as a possible enemy even more than it was in late eighties, says retired US Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Karen Kwiatkowski. RT: For the …

By Prof. James Petras Step by step, Washington is inexorably setting up a major provocation against China.  Until now, the Obama regime tightened a military encirclement of China, expanding its armed forces agreements with Japan, the Philippines and Australia.  In addition, it has promoted the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement …

By Vassilis Kopsahilis In trying to solve the Greek Question, Greece’s new government may succeed in re-booting the role of the EU in the world. Almost a week has elapsed since the leftist SYRIZA and rightwing Independent Hellenes parties formed a coalition government in Greece. However, their message has …

By Alexander Golts During an acute crisis, international politics often resembles a game of “Who blinked first?” It seems that the West has once again blinked first, this time over the Syrian crisis. Washington had issued stern warnings to Russia almost daily over the past two weeks in response to media reports that Moscow was rapidly expanding …

By Hasnain Kazim Earlier this summer, tit-for-tat violence between the Turkish government and the country’s Kurdish minority began undermining years of peace negotiations. With clashes now intensify, Turkey is in danger of descending into outright civil war. Cemile just wanted to get some fresh air and escape the …

America’s much-touted fifth generation F-35 fighter jet is so bad it would be a sitting duck even for Russia’s MiG-21, designed back in the 1950s, famed US aerospace engineer Pierre Sprey told Russian media on Friday.  After Shocking Failures, F-35 Could be Long Gone by New Defense Chief …

How to defeat ISIL. Really? The source of populace energy trapped in Baghdad and the South of Iraq is the system of governance in the country. Strangely, this is the same source, albeit in a totally different perspective, for the energy seen in Central Iraq that helps ISIL. …

What could be concluded from Secretary of State John Kerry’s and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov recent visit to the Gulf region is that the US decided to abandon its narrow approach of “ISIL First” and adopt instead a wider policy that incorporates fighting ISIL in a comprehensive effort …

Signs of a slowly emerging solution of Syria’s crisis are detected simultaneously in a number of developments on the ground. The opposed parties seem to be taking step in sync with a plan that has a clear objective. Until recently, the multiple players in this “mega crisis” hardly …