Washington’s Struggle: Remaining Relevant FEDERICO PIERACCINI | 25.10.2016 | WORLD The most important event of the past 70 years is the change in the international order, from a US unipolar domination to a new multipolar reality. The fundamental question lies in understanding how this transition is taking place, its consequences and root causes The transition …
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President of Russia Vladimir Putin: How did you end up here? This is a just a small provincial town. These days, you find French people wherever you go in Russia, in every village. This is very good and we are pleased to see it. Question (retranslated): Mr President, could you explain why you are not …
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13.10.2016 | OPINION West is Gunning for Russian Media Ban It would be monumental, but Western states seem to be moving, ineluctably, towards banning Russian news media channels from satellite platforms and the internet. That outcome – albeit with enormous ethical and political implications – seems to be a logical conclusion of the increasingly frenzied …
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| 11.10.2016 | OPINION Washington Hits Back at Putin’s Humiliation The Obama administration is now accusing Russia of cyber-crime and trying to disrupt the US presidential election. The claim is so far-fetched, it is hardly credible. More credible is that the US is reeling from Putin’s stunning humiliation earlier this week. Since June, US media …
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11.10.2016 The transfer of the geopolitical center of gravity to Eurasia is something the West will have to get used to William Engdahl is strategic risk consultant and lecturer, he holds a degree in politics from Princeton University and is a best-selling author on oil and geopolitics, “New Eastern Outlook” I recently returned from a …
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Pepe Escobar is the author of Globalistan: How the Globalized World is Dissolving into Liquid War (Nimble Books, 2007), Red Zone Blues: a snapshot of Baghdad during the surge and Obama does Globalistan (Nimble Books, 2009). His latest book is Empire of Chaos 11.10.2016 Almost six years ago, President Putin proposed to Germany ‘the creation of …
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| 10.10.2016 | WORLD US Loses Major Allies in Asia Pacific The friendly relationship between the Philippines and the United States has been one of the pillars of Washington’s strategic military rebalance to Asia under President Barack Obama. This alliance is under stain now as the Philippines has announced it will pursue a much more …
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Buchbesprechung von Ludwig Watzal Regierungspropaganda und die Desinformation von Nichtregierungsorganisationen (NGOs) haben die Medienberichterstattung über den Syrienkonflikt von Beginn an stark beeinflusst. „Der schmutzige Krieg gegen Syrien“ wurde von einer Fülle von Desinformation begleitet, wie sie die Welt bisher noch nie gesehen hat. Diese Faktoren haben Tim Anderson motiviert, dieses Buch zu schreiben. Von Beginn …
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Von Anneliese Fikentscher und Andreas Neumann Das ist selten. Das ist einer der wenigen Ausnahmefälle, dass ein Intellektueller den aktuellen Ereignissen auf den Grund zu kommen versucht. Fast alle schwimmen sie mit, tummeln sich allenfalls in den für den Protest freigegebenen Arenen, um dort den Eindruck zu erwecken, sie schwämmen gegen den Strom. Der Großteil …
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Die Waffen nieder! Kooperation statt NATO-Konfrontation!Aufruf der Initiatoren Eine Aktionskonferenz der Friedensbündnisse „Kooperation für den Frieden“, „Bundesausschuss Friedensratschlag“ und „Berliner Friedenskoordination“ hat am 2. Juli 2016 in Dortmund beschlossen, zu einer bundesweiten Demonstration in Berlin aufzurufen. Sie wird am 8. Oktober 2016 um 12 Uhr in Berlin auf dem Alexanderplatz / Ecke Otto-Braun-Straße beginnen. Nachfolgend …
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