In the interest of global peace, the United States must mend relations with China, or else suffer the consequences of World War III. At least, that’s what billionaire investor George Soros says. “Both the US and China have a vital interest in reaching an understanding because the alternative is …
Read More »Analyst Warns Russia Will Respond to F-22 Deployment in Europe
Russia will likely retaliate against the Pentagon’s planned deployment of its F-22 Raptor fighters in Europe, according to Vladimir Batyuk, from the Institute for US and Canadian Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The US’ possible deployment of its F-22 Raptor fighters in Europe will inevitably provoke confrontation between Russia …
Read More »From Greater Europe to Greater Asia? Toward a Sino-Russian Entente?
The rupture between Russia and the West stemming from the 2014 crisis over Ukraine has wide-ranging geopolitical implications. Russia has reverted to its traditional position as a Eurasian power sitting between the East and the West, and it is tilting toward China in the face of political and …
Read More »Russia to Focus on Talks With European Partners at Le Bourget-2015
At the 2015 International Paris Air Show that is to kick off Monday at the Le Bourget airport, Russia will focus mainly on negotiations with European companies, Russia’s state-run arms exporter Rosoboronexport said. PARIS (Sputnik) — The 51st Paris Air Show will take place on June 15-21 and is expected …
Read More »US Considering an `Al-Sisi’ Option for Libya
The Pentagon and US intelligence community are weighing what is referred to as an “Al-Sisi Option” for Libya, as the June 17 deadline for a United Nations-brokered cease-fire and unity government deal nears, with no sign of a diplomatic breakthrough. The United Nations Support Mission in Libya, headed …
Read More »Can Libya Reproduce the Al-Sissi Model?
There are legitimate reasons to compare the ongoing military insurrection in Libya against the Islamist-dominated government in Tripoli and the Al Qaeda/Muslim Brotherhood militias dominating the eastern half of the country to the June-July 2013 events in Egypt, which ousted the Muslim Brotherhood government of Mohamed Morsi. Libyan …
Read More »Can United Nations Talks in Geneva Bring Peace to Yemen?
Even though peace talks are slated to begin on June 14 in Geneva, Switzerland between the major parties involved in the current phase of the conflict over the control of Yemen the fighting rages on inside this underdeveloped Middle Eastern state. Prior to the announcement of the U.N.-sponsored …
Read More »Choo, Choo! Russia Reviving Elusive ‘Nuke Trains’ With 30 Yars ICBMs
Russia finalized the project of a new Combat Railway Missile Complex (BZhRK) that will multiply its nuclear potential and counter the US Conventional Prompt Global Strike, RG.ru reported. The two superpowers, the Soviet Union and the United States of America, chose different structures for their nuclear arsenals. Washington gave preference …
Read More »Military Marvel: China Ready to Test Asia’s Largest Warship
New satellite data reveals that China is getting ready to test Asia’s largest surface warship. It will be tested at a landlocked test rig in Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province in China. The warship Type 055 cruiser mockup is nearing completion with recent photos showing that the warship’s …
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