Thanks to conflicts in Israel and Ukraine, the US is now dispatching its forces everywhere, leaving East Asia a vacuum in its military presence. In this episode, prominent American political scientist John Mearsheimer breaks down the failure of US diplomatic policies and how they have fallen short in containing its supposed greatest challenger, China. [...]

All we have to do to highlight the enormous hypocrisy and double standards which are the hallmark of domestic and international politics is to switch the names around. Here are just a few examples: Horror Consulate – but damn, it’s our ally’s! Just imagine…If a Russian journalist, a vocal critic of President Putin and the Russian government, had walked into a Russian consulate in a NATO me [...]

Powerful forces are arrayed against any significant changes that President Trump may try to make in foreign policy, a dilemma made worse by his own ineptness and staffing troubles, writes Robert Parry. President Trump’s emerging foreign policy is one of contradictions and chaos, caught up in a combination of old establishment orthodoxies and some fresh recognition of reality but without any s [...]

This year’s gathering of the G20 reflected strikingly different world views. The West droned on about its Ukraine proxy war. The rest – the Global South – focused on international stability and economic prosperity. CrossTalking with Palki Sharma, John Pang, and Carl Zha. [...]

From the outside looking in, the situation in the US looks volatile. The actual violence and the potential for more has led some to suggest that if it was anywhere else, the State Department would be issuing travel warnings. The Pittsburgh synagogue shooting and bombs being mailed to opponents of President Donald Trump, they’re both terrible events, but they’re just the headlines of the last f [...]

Russia strongly backs Iranian membership in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), now that UN Security Council sanctions have been lifted from the country, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said. Iran is ready to become a full-fledged member of the organization, Lavrov said Friday during an SCO Council of Foreign Ministers meeting in Astana. [...]

Amid an ongoing war with Russia, Ukraine faces a new challenge as Slovak PM Robert Fico warns of a 'serious conflict' over Kyiv’s refusal to extend the Russian gas transit deal. Fico accuses Zelensky of unfair relations and vows retaliation if gas flow isn't resumed. As EU nations scramble to secure energy, Slovakia joins Austria, Hungary, and Italy in supporting Russian gas transit. What’s ne [...]

The departing German chancellor leaves her country with a fractured domestic political scene and myriad intractable social challenges, the EU as weak as it has ever been, and grave international crises no closer to resolution. [...]

An Austrian tank platoon came in first in this year’s NATO tank competition, co-hosted by the US and Germany. Newcomer Ukraine finished second to last, beating out Poland. The annual Strong Europe Tank Challenge at the US Army’s Grafenwoehr Training Area in Germany this week featured teams from NATO members Germany, France, Poland, and the US, as well as non-members Austria and Ukraine, in [...]

He may have received an estimated ten million more votes than Biden. The real figure may never be known as corroborating documentation was likely destroyed. Donald Trump must remain the villain – and so the propaganda went and still goes on, even after this official win, and Inauguration of 20 January 2025 as the 47th President. [...]

French President Macron did his best to show through body language that his bromance with Donald Trump was still alive. But the US leader, who came to Paris after calling Macron’s EU army plan “insulting” didn’t seem interested. Emmanuel Macron smiled, winkled and hugged Trump as the two met at the Elysee Palace in the French capital on Saturday. [...]

Independent Russian military analyst Vladimir Tuchkov outlines why Russia's Su-35S 4++ generation fighter aircraft may soon receive the capability to defeat the US's fifth-generation F-22 Raptor stealth tactical fighter in air-to-air combat. [...]

A team of researchers just announced a groundbreaking discovery beneath Egypt’s Giza Plateau: a vast complex of underground chambers and shafts extending nearly two kilometers under the famous pyramids. Italian and Scottish researchers claim they've discovered "a vast underground city" under the pyramids. Using Synthetic Aperture Radar. Beneath the Pyramids | The Giza Scan Controversy Examin [...]

Government officials have agreed to conduct a joint march with far-right groups on Poland’s Independence Day, raising concerns about the legalization of fascist views in Poland. The march has drawn hundreds of thousands. Since 2009, the celebration of Polish Independence Day has become a rallying point for far-right organizations from all over Europe, some of which openly describe themselves as [...]

The US has “a very active deconfliction line” with Russia in order to not “get drawn into a fight” in Syria, US Secretary of Defense James Mattis said. Mattis touched upon the ongoing operation in Syria at a press briefing on Tuesday. [...]

Remember that Netanyahu visit to the White House a few weeks ago, where Trump shocked Bibi and told him the US was going to hold direct talks with Iran... well, Israeli media are reporting that Netanyahu wasn't planning to meet Trump, he was summoned. [...]

Global investors report that after all the data is sorted it is now cheaper to build a new solar or wind farm than to maintain an existing coal plant. [...]

Scientists claim that consuming alcohol after studying can actually improve people’s memory. A team of researchers at the University of Exeter found that individuals who drink alcohol after studying are better at recalling information. [...]

Canada’s strategic pivot to China as a trade partner marks a significant shift in global economic dynamics, driven by U.S. tariffs under the Trump administration. Initially aimed at forcing economic concessions from China, the 20% tariffs on Chinese goods have backfired, prompting China to reduce U.S. imports and forge stronger ties with Canada, Mexico, and the EU. This realignment threatens U. [...]

A prominent international watchdog has launched an online investigative project that will allow Internet users worldwide to track the destruction caused by the US-led coalition's bombardment of Syria's Raqqa in 2017 that has resulted in numerous civilian casualties and the city being nearly completely razed to the ground. [...]

The United States is ready to use the "full range" of its capabilities if provoked by North Korea, the country's top military officer said, noting that Washington is still hoping for a "peaceful resolution" to the crisis. Marine Corps Gen. Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, made clear on Monday that Washington is ready "to use the full range of military capabilities to defend [...]

China’s state-owned energy major CNPC has replaced France’s Total in Iran’s South Pars gas project, according to Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh. The French company withdrew from Iran under pressure of US sanctions. [...]