Geopolitics

Growing tensions in the Asia Pacific region, amid which the US is playing the role of a self-appointed “indispensible mediator,” are the result of Washington’s long-standing and well-documented foreign policy, Tony Cartalucci stresses.  Although the increasing tension between Beijing and its neighbors in the Asia Pacific appears to be spontaneous and …

Will Netanyahu now Apply to Join the European Union – (in lieu of Greece) – together with its 5 million Dispossessed Palestinians, 400 Nuclear Warheads, 500,000 Illegal Settlers, 1.8m Civilians still under Blockade in Gaza plus its annual shipment of $3bn of guns, missiles and bombs from the …

RBTH presents a selection of views from leading Russian media on international events, featuring reports on the possibility of heavy weapons being deployed in NATO member states in Eastern Europe by the U.S., talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and pre-election statements …

Islamic finance will help Russian companies make up for their credit shortage, which was in large part caused by the cooling of relations between Russia and the West. Russian banks are already showing interest in this alternative form of credit. Islamic finance could help Russian companies hit by …

ST PETERSBURG — Igor Sechin, the head of Russia’s top oil producer Rosneft, said on Wednesday the United States is calling the shots on global oil markets, while the influence of OPEC has shrunk. The United States emerged with renewed vigor as a top producer thanks to its shale boom. By refusing to curb its output to prop up oil prices, OPEC …

Last year, Russia’s flagship economic forum in St. Petersburg, traditionally held in June, was moved forward to May to make room for a meeting of the G8 group of industrial nations in the Russian resort town of Sochi. The meeting in the host city of the 2014 Winter …

Russia is rattling its saber. China roams around the South China Sea. Here we go again. According to some, we are said to be “at war.” Thankfully, for now it is just a “war of ideas.” That is intended to offer some comfort. But even accepting this premise, …

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 …

“There are shortages of food, cooking gas, fuel and drugs…The health system is collapsing. Patients with chronic diseases cannot get their drugs, bodies are on the streets, and the city is an open dump with trash covering the streets….It is extremely important to lift the blockade on food …