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The World’s Most Formidable Military Power: Iran Or Syria?
[The U.S.] has not escaped the fate that is the inheritance of an imperial power, it too is a victim of insecurity complex. The imperial power imagines conspiracy against it in every nook and corner. The conspirators must be crushed. The armed might the imperial power has accumulated is surely not for the sake of… Continue reading
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Strategic Culture Foundation 11-16 March 2012: Europe / Russia / Middle East / Qatar / SCO / USA / Latin America
17 March 2012 — Strategic Culture Foundation Europe on the Brink 16.03.2012 | 00:00 | Vladimir NESTEROV At the moment, it is open to debate whether the Greek default is a fairly inescapable outcome or an accomplished fact, but, clearly, getting the Greeks out of trouble is not the point for those who handle the situation. Continue reading
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Stop NATO News: March 15, 2012
15 March 2012 — Stop NATO Netherlands Enlists In U.S.-NATO Interceptor Missile System Complete Interoperability: U.S., Turkish Warplanes Drill For Increased “Lethality” Strengthening Alliances: Clinton Says U.S. Will Remain Asian Power Top NATO Commander: Montenegro On Way To NATO Membership 012 U.S. Senator Introduces NATO Enlargement Bill Pentagon Chief Visits Georgian Base In Afghanistan Georgia Hides Continue reading
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Stop NATO News: March 14, 2012: Western Demands For Syrian Regime Change Fuel Conflict: Russia
14 March 2012 — Stop NATO UN: Russia Calls For Probe Into NATO’s “Massive Bombings” In Libya Western Demands For Syrian Regime Change Fuel Conflict: Russia Caucasus, Central Asia: “Arab Spring” Brings Destabilization To Russia’s Borders U.S. Drone Strikes Kill At Least 16 In Pakistan No Missile Shield Deal Likely By NATO Summit: Russia CIA Chief, Continue reading
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WikiLeaks Newslinks 4 March 2012
4 March 2012 — williambowles.info WikiLeaks expose: Corporate giants caught spying Green Left Weekly By Ash Pemberton The release of secret emails from private intelligence company Stratfor by WikiLeaks has opened the door on the world of spying-for-profit. More than 5 million emails between Stratfor employees were stolen by hacker group Anonymous in … Continue reading
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Stop NATO News: February 27, 2012: Qatari Prime Minister: Arm Syrian Rebels, Intervene Militarily
27 February 2012 — Stop NATO News Turkey Says Military Intervention In Syria Discussed In Tunis Civilians Flee As Turkish Artillery Pounds Northern Iraq Russian Bombers Over Black Sea Amid Syria, Iran Crises Drones, Anti-Aircraft, Missile Defense: $1.6 Billion Israeli-Azeri Deal U.S. Soldier, Afghan Civilian Killed As Protests Grow Germany Pulls Advisers Out Of Afghan Ministries Continue reading
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Call for Proposals: ‘Real Democracy and the Revolutions of our Time’
Not since the 1960s has there been such global interest in the prospects and possibilities of revolution. From the Middle East to the metropolises of Europe, South Asia, and the Americas, large number of people have taken to the streets in protest against the economic and political corruption that has become increasingly visible in the… Continue reading
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'SWIFT Boating' Iran: Economic War a Prelude to Military Attack By Tom Burghardt
Despite, though likely because, Iran is ready to restart negotiations with the so-called P5+1 group (the five members of the UN Security Council plus Germany) over its civilian nuclear program, belligerent rhetoric and sharply-worded political attacks from Israel and the United States have escalated. Continue reading
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Rights and regime change By Shahnaz Durrani
The dawn of twenty-first century has brought a new phenomenon in its wake, which unfortunately has been little questioned or debated: the right of the mightiest to regime change. Where earlier the pretext of communism’s displacement reigned, followed by orthodox theocracy, now is the age of supplanting assertive regimes, even though they may be progressive… Continue reading
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UN’s Syria Vote: Kings And Ex-Colonial Powers Champion “Democracy” By Prabir Purkayastha
The irony of the Gulf monarchies fighting for ‘democracy’ is not lost on the people. Neither is an Iraqi- or Libyan-style military intervention for bringing democracy to the region. No wonder that the US and other Western countries rejected out of hand Russia’s amendments, one of which asked for democracy, not just in Syria but… Continue reading
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Stop NATO news: February 14, 2012: Pentagon: Obama Asks Congress For $613 Billion Defense Budget
14 February 2012 — 012 Pentagon: Obama Asks Congress For $613 Billion Defense Budget U.S. Special Operations Command Wants Operations In Asia, Africa, Latin America Russia To Deploy New Air Defense Systems On Border China Opposed To Expanding U.S. Military Presence In Asia-Pacific NATO Strengthens Ties With Armenia Venezuela Slams NATO Powers For Pushing Syrian Continue reading
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The Global Stagnation and China
The global economy has entered a dangerous and uncertain phase. Adverse feedback loops between the real economy and the financial sector have become prominent. And unemployment in the advanced economies remains unacceptably high. If we do not act, and act together, we could enter a downward spiral of uncertainty, financial instability, and a collapse in… Continue reading
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Stop NATO news: February 11, 2012: Russia Urges Arab League To Investigate Foreign Troops In Syria
11 February 2012 — Stop NATO Russia Urges Arab League To Investigate Foreign Troops In Syria Russian Parliament: War In Syria Disaster For Whole Region Big Plans For Turkey In NATO’s Drive East NATO Caucasus, Central Asia Envoy Visits South Caucasus Ahead Of Summit NATO Representative: Azerbaijan Reliable Ally Global Reach: First NATO Military Delegation Continue reading
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Iran Newslinks 9-10 February 2012
10 February 2012 12:48:58 — williambowles.info 012 Iran hurt by sanctions, but remains defiant Strategic Culture Foundation Today at 11:32 Continue reading
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Run-up to proxy war over Syria By M K Bhadrakumar
If a date needs to fixed marking the end of “post-Soviet era” in world politics, it might fall on February 4, 2012. Russia and China’s double veto of the Arab League resolution on Syria in the United Nations Security Council constitutes a watershed event. Continue reading
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Stop NATO News: February 6, 2012
6 February 2012 — Stop NATO Pentagon Chief: NATO Core Of Network Of Partnerships Across The Globe NATO Missile Radar In Turkey Will Be Run From German Air Base Russia To Build Defenses Against NATO Missile Threat U.S.-NATO Missile System: Russia May Boost Nuclear Potential Clinton: Series Of Joint U.S.-Bulgarian War Games This Year Munich: Continue reading
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The World War on Democracy By John Pilger
Lisette Talate died the other day. I remember a wiry, fiercely intelligent woman who masked her grief with a determination that was a presence. She was the embodiment of people’s resistance to the war on democracy. I first glimpsed her in a 1950s Colonial Office film about the Chagos islanders, a tiny creole nation living… Continue reading
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Post-War Constitutions: Privatization and Empire-Building By Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya
The following is a 2011 article by Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya for the Italian journal Eurasia about the manipulation of national constitutions as a neo-colonial means of modern empire-building. The article presents an important overview of the U.S. empire-building process. Continue reading
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2012: Prospects for Humanity? By Prof. Francis Boyle
Future, what future? I am extremely pessimistic. In my opinion the world is moving ineluctably towards a third world war—a strategic nuclear war. I do not believe that anything can be done to prevent it. The international system is simply too unstable to survive for long. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 