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Editorial Note Amidst latest mudslinging on Russia and especially its President Vladimir Putin, this documentary is something worth watching. Publicly, the West keeps promoting itself as a champion of democratic values of freedom of speech and thought, but the media depictions of its presumed foes often goes beyond decency. Think …

Turkey’s Anadolu News Agency, though government-run, is providing remarkably clear and reliable diagrammatic descriptions of the current status of the U.S – and – fundamentalist – Sunni, versus Russia – and – Shia – and – NON – fundamentalist – Sunni, sides, in the current oil-and-gas war in the Middle East, …

Exclusive: Official Washington is in a tizzy over Philippine President Duterte’s outreach to China and his estrangement from the U.S., but this realignment beats the alternative, a military showdown between the U.S. and China, writes Jonathan Marshall. By Jonathan Marshall As the crisis in U.S.-Philippines relations escalates, conventional …

It has been five years since Mohammed Bouazizi lit a match and set fire to the Middle East, and the heat from the flames continues to engulf the region. A region shaken, revived, broken – yet still alive.   The glowing pulse of the embers still burning has …

In recent months, the People’s Republic of China has successfully faced and largely overcome a significant crisis in its relationships with Latin America, even while the United States, as it approaches the upcoming presidential election, plunges into a new phase of uncertainty in its own relationship with the …

In view of the enhanced NATO’s activity to expand its military presence on the Eastern European block, Russia embarks on the strategy of increasing its military buildup in the South Caucasus with the key air defense units to be deployed on the Armenian soil – Russia’s ally in …

I confess that when it comes to the politics and conflicts of the Middle East, I am a firm believer in conspiracy theories. This is not due to a penchant for rash or unfounded judgments. It is a product of experience. Conspiracies have played a major role in …

Eurozone banks are set to tighten access to corporate credit for the first time in 2-1/2 years as they become more wary of risk and negative interest rates eat into their profit, a European Central Bank survey showed on Tuesday. Banks stopped easing credit standards for enterprises in …