17 January 2015 — Strategic Culture Foundation
Gas Theft and Auschwitz Snub… Russia’s Every Right to End the Insults
17.01.2015 | 00:00 | Finian CUNNINGHAM
How many insults does the European Union expect Russia to bear without consequences? Ethnic cleansing of Russian people by the Brussels-backed Kiev regime, a refugee crisis on Russia’s borders, economic sanctions based on groundless accusations hurting Russian society – and now this – the neo-Nazi cabal that seized power in Ukraine with CIA backing last year has repeatedly been found guilty of siphoning off Russia’s natural gas exports to the EU…
Hungary: Ukrainian Syndrome
16.01.2015 | 00:00 | Arkady DZIUBA
A wave of street protests hit Hungary in 2015. Over 5 thousand people protested the policy of Prime Minister Victor Orban on January 2. The government has taken steps to strengthen ties with Russia recently… Gábor Vona, the leader of the Hungarian second largest political party Jobbik (the Movement for a Better Hungary)… believes that the situation in the country is extremely worrisome. Unstable Ukraine is a neighboring country. It complicates things. Mr. Vona points out that the US special services clearly have a hand in organizing the recent street protests. Normally such activities are coordinated by the US embassy… Gábor Vona thinks that Washington will do its best to make Victor Orban change its course or topple him if the Prime Minister persists…
Ukrainian Crisis and International Security (I)
16.01.2015 | 00:00 | Pyotr ISKENDEROV
2015 will be no less memorable than the previous year. No doubt it will leave a trace in the contemporary history. The crisis in Ukraine testifies to the fact that the world lacks instruments for crisis management while international organizations have so far failed to counter the destabilizing activities of individual states – first of all the United States and its NATO allies…
Croatia Elects Former NATO Official President
15.01.2015 | 00:00 | Wayne MADSEN
Croatia has become the latest European nation to propel a confirmed Atlanticist and former resident of the United States into high political office. Conservative politician and former NATO assistant secretary general for public diplomacy Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic defeated incumbent center-left president Ivo Josipovic by a traditional George Soros-crafted razor-thin vote. In the case of Croatia’s second-round, the vote was 50.54 percent for Grabar-Kitarovic to 49.46 percent for Josipovic… Grabar-Kitarovic is the ideological heir of the puppet Nazi State of Croatia, which was led by the fascist Ustashe movement, from which Grabar-Kitarovic’s HDZ party receives so much of its inspiration.
Centcom Accounts Hacked: Just Another Inconvenience for Pentagon or Harbinger of Big War?
14.01.2015 | 00:00 | Boris NOVOSELTSEV
On January 12, the Twitter and YouTube accounts of the US military command were suspended for a few hours after being hacked by a group claiming to back Islamic State. The United States Central Command (US Centcom or Centcom) is a theatre – level Unified Combatant Command of the US Department of Defense with the area of responsibility to include the countries in the Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia… It’s not an easy walk to hack the accounts of US state agencies, especially the Department of Defense, which allocates billions for enhanced cyber defense. Whatever it is – phishing or imperfect defense – the fact is that a US state structure went under a successful attack. The jihadists accomplished the mission…
The Lankan Transition Resets Indian Ocean Politics (II)
14.01.2015 | 00:00 | Melkulangara BHADRAKUMAR
…The Anglo-American sponsorship of the ‘regime change’ in Sri Lanka means that the West is no longer a discontented party looking in but has become an active player… But the key question in regional politics will be: How far do the Anglo-American interests and Indian interests converge over Sri Lankan developments?.. No doubt, Britain’s recent return to the ‘east of Suez’ (following the establishment of a military base in Bahrain) prompts London to regain its traditional influence over the political elites in Colombo… For the US, of course, Sri Lanka is situated between Diego Garcia and the Malacca Straits; it straddles the sea-lanes of the Indian Ocean through which China conducts the bulk of its foreign trade (including imports of oil)…
Greece Eurozone Exit Is In The Wind. Is it A Harbinger of EU Disintegration Process?
13.01.2015 | 00:00 | Valentin KATASONOV
One of the issues to hit the news in early 2015 is the possibility of Greece leaving the eurozone, or, even, the European Union. German weekly Spiegel reported that Chancellor Angela Merkel now believed that the eurozone could cope with Athens leaving the common currency in case the Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) wins the January 25 parliamentary election. Rejections followed (allegedly Chancellor Merkel said something else) but there is no smoke without fire. The Greece eurozone exit has been in the wind since a long time. On the one hand, it can remedy the eurozone economic situation. On the other hand, the very fact of such a possibility being discussed could be perceived as a harbinger of EU disintegration process about to kick off…
Obama to Use Détente as Cover for His Plans to Destabilize Cuba
13.01.2015 | 00:00 | Nil NIKANDROV
…Paul Craig Roberts, a well-known US economist and politician, expressed the opinion that Obama will turn the US embassy in Havana into an instrument used to implement his hostile intentions. The United States will use the non-government organizations for inciting street protests like it was done in Ukraine. There are a growing number of posts to Twitter saying that, no matter the White House sounds soft on Cuba, the US special services are concentrated on organizing Cuban Maidan demonstrations. The protests could be even more radical… There are around twenty-thirty non-government organizations operating in Cuba. One way or another, they coordinate their activities with the United States Interests Section of the Embassy of Switzerland in Havana…
Russia Expects Europeans to Take Their Fate into Their Own Hands
12.01.2015 | 00:00 | Arkady DZIUBA
…There are at least two simple things esteemed ladies and gentlemen like Stoltenberg, Merkel, Hollande, Juncker and other advocates of Trans-Atlantic solidarity should understand. First, Russia is (and has always been) ready to cooperate with the West on the basis of equality and mutual respect. In practice it presupposes putting an end to NATO’s extension to the east – a destabilizing factor undermining the European security. The North Atlantic military infrastructure should not be moved close to the Russian border. Second, the signing of H.R. 5859 into law known as the Ukraine Freedom Support Act of 2014 is an informal declaration of war on Russia by the United States. Berlin, Paris and Brussels should realize the whole responsibility for the decision to join this war if it comes to that…
The Lankan transition resets Indian Ocean politics (I)
12.01.2015 | 00:00 | Melkulangara BHADRAKUMAR
The defeat of the incumbent Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa in the presidential election on Thursday was neither completely unexpected nor was inevitable, as the narrow victory of his opponent Maithripala Sirisena testifies. But its significance is nonetheless far-reaching. What happened may not have the look of a classic ‘regime change’ – ‘color revolution’ as in Georgia or a coup as in Ukraine… No doubt, the new government will reset the compass of national and regional policies and its impact will be felt far and wide, since Sri Lanka happens to be one of the most coveted real estates in the geopolitics of the Indian Ocean. For the United States, Sri Lanka figures as a potential ‘lynchpin’ in its rebalance strategy in Asia; for Britain, its return to the east of Suez demands reclaiming the mentorship of the political elites in Colombo; for China, it is a vital hub in its Maritime Silk Road strategy; while, for India, that island falls within what it regards as its ‘sphere of influence’…
Charlie Hebdo Slaughter: Tragic Lesson for Europe to Learn
11.01.2015 | 00:00 | Olga CHETVERIKOVA
A great number of information warfare experts work hard to shape the image of enemy among Europeans. Charlie Hebdo, the Paris-based weekly satirical publication, has a special role to play in this campaign. Its main instrument is anti-religious provocation disguised as freedom of expression. Founded in 1970 by left-wing journalists as an outlet of «revolutionary criticism», it folded to be resurrected in 1992 when Philippe Val became its editor-in chief… Since then Charlie Hebdo has been mocking the religious feelings of Muslims and Catholics… Stéphane Charbonnier (Charb) became the chief editor in 2009. He continued the policy of inciting hatred and anti-French feelings among Muslims. The war in Libya was raging. Charb mocked those who suffered as a result of merciless and cynical attacks delivered by NATO… The January 7 attack gave rise to immediate and charged reaction in the West… The terrorist act was described as a barbarian crime… But nobody in the West has clearly defined the attitude towards the perverse perceptions of freedom of expression that engender irresponsibility threatening human lives and undermining civil peace…
The Curtain Rises on Another Act in the Continual Global War on Terror Play
11.01.2015 | 00:00 | Wayne MADSEN
…Ever since the 1980 time-bombing of the Bologna train station that killed 85 and injured over 200, Western European «false flag» operations have become fairly standardized «boiler plate» operations. This was certainly the case with the three-man professional military assault carried out in a precision manner by the alleged Islamist terrorists on the Paris editorial offices of the satirical journal Charlie Hebdo… Although in 1980 the Italian government and media originally blamed the bombing on leftist radical Italian guerrillas, it was, in fact, carried out by an underground fascist cell that obtained the bomb materials from hidden caches belonging to the secret NATO «stay behind» paramilitary network known as «Gladio»…
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