[caption id="attachment_55254765" align="aligncenter" width="3969"] President of Russia, Vladimir Putin (C-L) is welcomed by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (C-R) with an official ceremony, at…
[caption id="attachment_55254757" align="aligncenter" width="900"] David Shedd[/caption]
by Joseph Braude
David Shedd is one of the most influential American intelligence officers in the post…
[caption id="attachment_55254767" align="aligncenter" width="3000"] Former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaks at a ceremony at the Natanz nuclear enrichment facility, on April 9, 2007, 180…
[caption id="attachment_55254760" align="aligncenter" width="4377"] Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi (L) meets with Kurdistan Regional Government President Masoud Barzani (R) upon his arrival at…
[caption id="attachment_55254741" align="aligncenter" width="7072"] An elderly woman watches TV broadcasting of Russian President Vladimir Putin's annual televised question-and-answer session with…
[caption id="attachment_55254742" align="aligncenter" width="5760"] A Sudanese woman demonstrates outside the US embassy in the capital Khartoum on November 3, 2015, to protest against sanctions…
[caption id="attachment_55254735" align="aligncenter" width="5760"] Members of the media try to protect themselves from dust blown up by a British forces transport helicopter as it lands at the…
[caption id="attachment_55254728" align="aligncenter" width="3628"] China's President Xi Jinping waves as he attends the opening session of the 19th Communist Party Congress at the Great Hall of the…
[caption id="attachment_55254676" align="aligncenter" width="4640"] Iran's President Hassan Rouhani answers a question during a press conference in New York on September 20, 2017, on the sideline of…
[caption id="attachment_55254678" align="aligncenter" width="1240"] Anders Vistisen[/caption]
by Joseph Braude
29-year-old Anders Primdahl Vistisen, a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from…
Military strategists have long warned that war should be waged only if those waging it know what they want to achieve. Herein lies a problem: Washington's war aims in Iran are incoherent.
Tehran isn't likely to easily fold if/when Trump attacks. This means that the longer a military confrontation drags out, the more untenable Washington's position becomes.
The conflict has forced Russia to scale back its global footprint and NATO to boost its defence spending. Meanwhile, China and Middle powers have emerged as key beneficiaries.
Natural resources like solar, wind, and water are set to provide 36% of global electricity production this year. Even for sceptics like Donald Trump, the trends are unmistakable.
Some point to his possible links to Mossad through his associate Ghislaine Maxwell, whose father was a known Israeli spy, and assert that he blackmailed powerful figures to exert influence
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