Situācija uz Baltkrievijas un Lietuvas robežas jau kopš aprīļa ir būtiski pasliktinājusies, bet pēdējās nedēļās kļuvusi absolūti nenormāla. Ik dienas vairāk nekā simts nelegālo robežpārkāpēju šķērso abu valstu robežu ar acīmredzamu Baltkrievijas varas struktūru svētību. Tiešo lidmašīnu reisu skaits maršrutā Bagdāde–Minska palielinājies no diviem reisiem nedēļā uz četriem. Ir pamatotas …
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Medio Oriente. Un anno dopo gli speculatori gentrificano, la politica si auto-assolve e gli Stati esteri utilizzano gli aiuti per controllare il Libano. Chi può se ne va all’estero, la più grande diaspora dai tempi della guerra civile. Processo in stallo, i familiari delle vittime protestano ogni mese davanti al …
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The British navy says of Tuesday’s hijacking of a ship off in the Gulf of Oman, following a loss of steering control reported by at least six ships in the area, that the “incident [is] complete.” Clearly, it isn’t. The armed hijackers who boarded the Panama-flagged asphalt tanker Asphalt Princess …
Read More »How deploying hypersonic weapons to counter China creates a collision course to war
Biden officials’ claims that the US doesn’t ‘seek conflict’ is belied by pushes to continually one-up Beijing’s defenses. One purpose of Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman’s meetings in China on Monday was to place “guardrails” on the deteriorating relationship. She told her counterparts that the United States welcomes “stiff …
Read More »The US doesn’t need Europe’s help in the ‘Indo-Pacific’
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin inadvertently introduced a conversation about where the EU should focus its security priorities. Some of Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin’s remarks in Singapore on Tuesday are a severe embarrassment to the British government. Whether Austin realized this or not, he undermined one part of Biden administration …
Read More »How an ex-intel official’s prison sentence exposes the folly of the Espionage Act
Former Air Force analyst Daniel Hale is going to jail for revealing the extent to which US drones kill civilians. The District Court of Alexandria, Virginia on Tuesday sentenced former Air Force intelligence analyst Daniel Hale to nearly four years in prison. He was charged under the Espionage Act for …
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Lawrence in Arabia – War, Deceit, Imperial Folly and the Making of the Modern Middle East. Scott Anderson. Anchor Books, Random House LLC, New York, 2013. Every very seldom often a book comes along that greatly exceeds expectations. Lawrence in Arabia is one of those books. Scott Anderson’s writing is …
Read More »USA Only Knows the Language of Militarism
On July 27, 2021, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin – amid a diplomatic standoff with China – said: “We will not flinch when our interests are threatened. Yet we do not seek confrontation.” The message is clear: the US is turning its gaze to Asia and wants China to …
Read More »Blinken vows ‘collective response’ for ship attack blamed on Iran
Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the United States is confident that Iran carried out the attack on the Israeli-linked oil tanker. The United States is “confident” that Iran is responsible for an attack on an Israeli-linked oil tanker that killed two crew members off the coast of Oman last …
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Гуманітарна допомога у вигляді колючого дроту виглядає досить дивно, проте саме так Україна планує підтримати Литву. І ця допомога справді потрібна Вільнюсу, який потерпає від небаченої навали мігрантів. Стабільним постачальником мігрантів до Євросоюзу через кордон з Литвою стала Білорусь. Більш того, Литва напряму звинувачує самопроголошеного білоруського президента Александра Лукашенка в …
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