10 October 2015 — Strategic Culture Foundation
Russia, Syria on United Front against Terrorism (II)
10.10.2015 | 08:00 | Pyotr ISKENDEROV
The urgent NATO meeting in Brussels was another good example of «double standards» practiced by the leadership of the organization. Instead of studying the ways to interact with Russia in the air campaign against terrorists in Syria, NATO made a decision to take a tougher stance against Moscow claiming it to be almost fully responsible for instability in the region…
Russia is #1 in the World Now; U.S. Still Fights to Win Long-Term
10.10.2015 | 00:00 | Eric ZUESSE
On October 7th, Reuters headlined, «Iraq Leans Toward Russia in War on Islamic State», and reported, from Baghdad, that, «Iraq… wants Moscow to have a bigger role than the United States in the war against the militant group, the head of parliament’s defense and security committee said on Wednesday»…
Technical Default or Death Sentence for Ukrainian Economy?
10.10.2015 | 00:00 | Valentin KATASONOV
Situation in Ukraine has been leading up to this for a long time and it has finally happened. A default was formally registered on 23 September – the day that the European Committee of the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) adopted its resolution on Ukraine confirming the country’s technical default…
Russia, Syria on United Front Against Terrorism (I)
09.10.2015 | 08:00 | Pyotr ISKENDEROV
The military operation started by Russia in Syria evoked jittery reaction in the US. The Pentagon called Moscow’s actions «aggressive» like if the US-delivered air strikes against Syria were peaceful by definition…
Europe and Syria
09.10.2015 | 00:00 | Vladimir NESTEROV
The exodus of refugees from Africa and Asia has ripped away the mask from Europe’s humanist face. It turns out that proclaiming and preaching one’s values is not the same thing as living up to them. Unable to resolve the migrant problem, they have begun a hunt for the guilty…
Answering Russia’s Critics on Syria
09.10.2015 | 00:00 | Michael AVERKO
Were it not a serious issue, the righteous criticism of Russian action in Syria would’ve a comedic attribute…
At Home and Abroad: Obama is Outsmarted, Outmuscled and Outgunned
08.10.2015 | 00:00 | Matthew JAMISON
President Barack Obama has never been more clearly out of his intellectual and leadership depth, whether it be on the «home front» after failing over the course of his administration to curb rampant gun violence in the United States or on the international stage with President Putin consistently outsmarting him and running rings around the American Government vis-à-vis Syria…
Taliban’s Capture of Kunduz Sends Afghanistan Back to 2001
08.10.2015 | 00:00 | Nikolai BOBKIN
The capture of Kunduz is the Taliban movement’s greatest military success since 2001, and the fact that the Taliban held on to Afghanistan’s fifth largest city for several days is already being referred to as a turning point in the US and NATO’s 14-year war in Afghanistan. Against this background, President Obama’s decision regarding the final withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan by the end of 2016 is being perceived by many Afghans as a betrayal. America is sentencing the country to an escalation of the civil war…
US Foreign Military Training: Effort Gone Down the Drain
08.10.2015 | 00:00 | Andrei AKULOV
Foreign military training became a central element in the Pentagon’s 2006 Quadrennial Defense Review, which concluded that «helping others to help themselves is critical to the long war»…
The Most Criminal Treaty in History is Finally Presented for Signing
07.10.2015 | 09:51 | Eric ZUESSE
As of 5 October 2015, a super-secret 12-nation treaty called TPP (The Trans-Pacific Partnership) is set to be signed by the 12 nations, and the terms of this massive international contract will be kept secret until the contract has been in force for four years, at which time the contents might (but won’t necessarily) be revealed…
Terrorist International Takes Shape
07.10.2015 | 08:00 | Boris VOLKHONSKY
On October 1, Turkey and six other countries of the US-led coalition published a joint declaration expressing concern over Russia Air Force strikes against the militants in Syria. The signatories include the United States of America (as expected), the monarchies of Persian Gulf (Saudi Arabia and Qatar that were also expected to join), as well as Great Britain, Germany and France…
Eight European Union Crises
07.10.2015 | 00:00 | Leonid SAVIN
The influx of refugees from the Middle East and North Africa, as well as the chronic financial instability of a number of EU member states, is just the tip of the iceberg that looms ominously in Europe’s path. In fact, the foundations of the edifice of the European Union are being simultaneously undermined by several interrelated crises…
Hospital Slaughter, Accountability and Propaganda
06.10.2015 | 22:03 | Brian CLOUGHLEY
On October 5 Turkey’s Hürriyet Daily News reported that «Turkish military sources said a Russian SU-30 breached Turkish airspace for hundreds of meters in the southern district of Yaylada?? in Hatay province for two minutes at 12:10 pm [on 3 October], but returned to Syrian airspace after one warning»…
Dreams about Past: Third Reich and Poland against USSR
06.10.2015 | 00:00 | Vladislav GULEVICH
Russian Ambassador to Poland Sergei Andreev has prompted an outrage of Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs putting some of the blame for World War II on Poland. The Ministry responded saying the narrative presented by Russian Ambassador «challenges historical truth and invokes some of the most mendacious interpretations of events». In reality the words of Ambassador dovetail with historic facts…
Putin Bests Obama on Leadership Front against Islamic State
06.10.2015 | 00:00 | Wayne MADSEN
President Barack Obama never likes to be upstaged in the popularity and leadership department. Yet, that is exactly what has occurred with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decisive military action against the Islamic State in Syria…
«Quite Right Mr. Ambassador»
05.10.2015 | 09:00 | Michael Jabara CARLEY
Recently the Russian ambassador in Warsaw, Sergei Andreyev, gave an interview on a Polish television station about the lamentable state of Polish-Russian relations. World War II came up as a point of discussion, as it often does these days in the western Mainstream Media…
Islamic State, Taliban Fanatics are Flourishing
05.10.2015 | 08:08 | Brian CLOUGHLEY
On 25 September a UN report warned that the terror group Islamic State has a presence in 25 of Afghanistan’s 34 provinces and two days later the BBC reported that «at least 300 Islamic State fighters have attacked checkpoints in eastern Afghanistan, in a rare co-ordinated assault on the security forces». It was claimed that sixty militants had been killed, but statements of that sort by Afghan or US-NATO officials in Kabul must be treated with caution…
German View on Syria, Merkel as Sphinx
05.10.2015 | 00:00 | Natalia MEDEN
Not too resourceful, she is reluctant to take risks: to put it in one word, US ambassador to Germany called her «Angela Teflon Merkel». This nickname misses the mark, because in reality Angela Merkel is a sphinx. Nobody can hold a candle to her when it comes to talking in riddles. She can say something that sounds mysterious and then you’re free to construe it anyway you like. You can never be sure you got the message right…
Russian Operation in Syria: International Law
04.10.2015 | 00:00 | Alexander MEZYAEV
On Sept. 30 Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the commencement of Russian military operations in Syria. One of the most important premises of the president’s speech was found in his statement that Russia is taking part in this anti-terror operation with strict regard for international law. Let us take a closer look at the legal aspects of Russia’s actions…
Autumn 2015: End of Arab Spring
04.10.2015 | 00:00 | Igor SHUMEYKO
In the speech Russian President Vladimir Putin delivered to the UN General Assembly on Sept. 28, his conclusion regarding the misfortunes that have befallen Syria and the entire Middle East was extremely harsh: there is and has been aggressive foreign interference…
Slave Descendant? Don’t Call Me Dave!
04.10.2015 | 00:00 | Finian CUNNINGHAM
British Prime Minister David Cameron had some stiff upper-lip advice for Jamaicans while on an official visit this week to the Caribbean state. He was urged to make a formal apology for Britain’s historic role in the transatlantic slave trade and to consider monetary reparations for the descendants of African slaves, who account for the vast majority of Jamaica’s population…
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