By Mashal Hashem and James Allen (*) – TomDispatch.com. /The Nation In 2018 alone, weapons manufacturers—who spend millions in lobbying efforts to retain political support in Washington—made over $5 billion in arms sales to Saudi Arabia and the UAE. A springtime wedding in…
Sina Toossi * – Newsweek Iran’s decision to retaliate against the U.S. withdrawal from the nuclear deal was inevitable, so long as its back was pushed against the wall. Iran exercised “strategic patience” for the past year, hoping that the other parties to the deal would stand…
By Bob Dreyfuss* – The Nation The announcement that the Pentagon is sending a strike force to the Middle East caps a yearlong campaign of threats and intimidation Is it Iraq all over again? Is President Donald Trump, egged on by two ultra-hawkish advisers in National Security…
By Pablo Arrocha Olabuenaga – Just Security (*) It was not surprising or unexpected when President Donald Trump announced that the United States would “withdraw” from the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) in an April 26 address to the National Rifle Association (NRA). To a roaring crowd…
Pillar* – LobeLog ** National Security Advisor John Bolton, aided by his comrade-in-arms Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, is doing everything possible to instigate a war with Iran. Naked aggression as a means of starting such a war may be too much for even Bolton to pull off, so…
By George Friedman* – Geopolitical Futures Iran’s influence has spread across the Middle East, and the U.S. is pushing back. The United States has announced that it is deploying a carrier battle group and a bomber group to the Middle East.
Nadia Batok* Although it is ungrateful to speak of a complicated history in the Balkans, it is necessary to mention some important facts in order to understand a complicated situation, because the history of this region has different truths depending on who writes it. As I…
Stefania Maurizi* – Newsweek “Man is least himself when he talks with his own person. Give a man a mask, and he will tell you the truth.” This famous quote from Oscar Wilde resounded in my head when, wandering around Venice in the spring of 2013, I stumbled into a workshop…
by Tyler Durden – Zero Hedge (*) Authored by Thierry Meyssan (**) via The Voltaire Network Since the Treaty of Maastricht, all the members of the European Union (including the neutral countries) have placed their defences under the suzerainty of NATO, which is directed…
By Ivan Katchanovski* – Special to Consortium News The new Ukrainian government is faced with reopening an inquiry into evidence of an organized mass killing in Kiev that Poroshenko stonewalled. Ivan Katchanovski investigates. Five years ago, the Maidan massacre in Kiev…
