8 hours ago 99 Donald Trump has not only the weight of the American elite on his shoulders, he has the weight of western history on his shoulders. Donald Trump’s pragmatic world-view translating into tangible foreign policy was almost an impossible task. It is proving to be increasingly impossible by the day, but at least he …
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FEDERICO PIERACCINI | 09.07.2017 | OPINION On July 4, 2017, Xi Jinping was welcomed to Moscow by Putin. Their twenty-first official meeting was useful for coordinating their next moves concerning the international issues on the agenda ahead of the G20 meeting. More than twenty agreements have been signed between Russia and China, amounting to almost twelve billion dollars worth …
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Published time: 16 Jul, 2017 18:47 Edited time: 17 Jul, 2017 08:04 Get short URL Investigative journalist Jurij Kofner examines the post-war relationship between the US and his native Germany, and finds that the European nation has often been a tool of an unaccountable foreign power. Kofner believes that the unbalanced friendship persists to this day. …
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Am selben Tag, an dem sich US-Präsident Donald Trump und der russische Präsident Wladimir Putin auf dem G20-Gipfel in Deutschland historisch die Hände reichten, veranstaltete das Pentagon ein Treffen um den Krieg mit Moskau zu planen. von Finian Cunningham Als die Veranstaltung im US-Militärhauptquartier in der Nähe von Washington DC veröffentlicht wurde, berichteten westlichen Medien kaum darüber. …
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Zu den angekündigten Protesten gegen die G20 – Eine Antwort nicht nur auf Lucas Zeise Am 7./8. Juli 2017 findet der Gipfel der Staats- und Regierungschefs der Gruppe der Zwanzig (G20) in Hamburg statt. Deutschland hat in diesem Jahr den Vorsitz inne und ist daher Gastgeber. Im vergangenen Jahr traf man sich im chinesischen Hangzhou …
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EDITORIAL | 10.07.2017 | EDITORIAL https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2017/07/10/putin-trump-meeting-good-start-pave-the-way-further-progress.html Much has already been said about the impatiently anticipated and closely watched first face-to-face meeting between the Russian and US presidents on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Hamburg, Germany. Everything happens for the first time. Never in the 74-year-long history of bilateral meetings have leaders of the two powers made personal acquaintance …
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It was a political victory for both Putin and Trump with possibly important short-term geo-political implications Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has given a detailed explanation of what was discussed during the meeting between himself, Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin and Rex Tilleron. The meeting which was supposed to last for 35 minutes went on …
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“Welcome to Hell!” is the slogan with which G20 protesters greet the self-appointed leaders of the world to their summit on 7 and 8 July 2017 in Hamburg, Germany, under Madame Merkel’s auspices to discuss the calamities of our globe and how to resolve them. Never mind that the distress of Mother Earth has been …
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| 07.07.2017 | OPINION The United States’ hegemonic dominance in the world is heading to the exits. The decline in US unipolar power has been underway for several years, in line with the emergence of a multipolar world. This week, Russia and China showed important resolve to face down American bully tactics over North Korea. The …
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The summit meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Putin in advance of the G20 meeting in Hamburg is the latest expression of the Chinese-Russian alliance which is reshaping the modern world.As my colleague Adam Garrie has rightly written, the meetings yesterday and today in Moscow between Presidents Xi Jinping of China and …
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