The Race to Break the Russia-China Alliance and the ‘Ukraine of the Asia Pacific’

Matthew Ehret There is a window of opportunity open for the west to recognize the total failure of the unipolar model before the point of no return has passed. It has become commonplace western media and armadas of geopolitical think tankers to paint today’s Russia-China alliance as a matter of either “momentary convenience”, or as…

Washington Preps Taiwan to be Asia’s “Ukraine”

The New Atlas 1. Taiwan is to China as Ukraine is to Russia, in other words the US seeks to wage a proxy conflict through the breakaway island province in the same way the US is waging war with Russia through Ukrainian forces; 2. Just as US training and arms sales to Ukraine has done…

The Sun Never Sets: Why is AFRICOM Expanding in Zambia?

Jeremy Kuzmarov Brigadier General Peter Bailey, right, and U.S. Chargé d’Affaires to Zambia Martin Dale, left, with President Hakainde Hichilema, center.[Source: zm.usembassy.gov] Because of Zambia’s Copper and to Thwart the Chinese On April 25, the U.S. government announced that U.S. African Command (AFRICOM) will open an Office of Security Cooperation at the U.S. Embassy in Zambia….

Terror from Balochistan: A Menacing Tool to Disrupt Sino-Pakistani Economics

Pepe Escobar Balochistan can only benefit from Chinese infrastructure investment in the immensely impoverished Pakistani province. But an uptick in attacks on Chinese workers by militant separatists suggests that external agendas may be in play. A Baloch suicide bombing targeting Chinese workers in Karachi comes a mere month after the US-backed ousting of PM Imran Khan….

From Douma to Xinjiang to Bucha, the U.S. Empire’s Atrocity Propaganda is the Same

Rainer Shea “Humanitarianism” is the weapon that modern U.S. imperialism uses as the cornerstone in its campaigns to destabilize countries and regions. By presenting its violence as a selfless effort to save the people it targets, the empire can not just claim its hands are clean, but pose as heroic. It’s a natural evolution from…

No to a New Monroe Doctrine in the Pacific

Carlos Martinez The Anglo ruling classes have gone into a state of frenzy over a recently-signed security agreement between the People’s Republic of China and the Solomon Islands. Various people who had barely heard of the Solomon Islands just a few weeks ago are now expressing grave concern that this small sovereign nation could be…

Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s Interview with the Xinhua News Agency, April 30, 2022

Question: What do you think is at the root of the Ukrainian crisis? What can the international community do to solve this problem? Sergey Lavrov: When we talk about the Ukrainian crisis, first of all we need to look at the destructive policy of the Western states conducted over many years and led by the…

How Selling the ‘Russia-China’ Threat Serves the US

Salman Rafi Sheikh Today, if there is one issue in the United States that draws equal support from both the Republicans and the Democrats, it is the fact that China presents the most serious threat to the US global supremacy. Related to this is the other point of agreement i.e., developing a global coalition against…

US Leverages Ukraine Crisis for NATO Expansion, to Push Europe Further into Chaos

Carlos Martinez NATO was formed in 1949, just four years after the end of World War II, to provide military infrastructure for the US-led Cold War alliance. Its existence allowed the positioning of American troops and weaponry in Europe, ready for rapid deployment against the Soviet Union and the newly formed People’s Democracies in Eastern…

NATO and AUKUS: The Makings of an Asian NATO

Dr Jenny Clegg House of Hegemony Illustration: Liu Rui/GT In this recent presentation to the International Manifesto Group webinar, The Case Against NATO, Dr Jenny Clegg traces the makings of an Asian NATO via such mechanisms as AUKUS and the Quad whose fundamental purposes are to contain and confront a rising China. She further draws attention…

The Role of Modern China in a Changing World

James ONeill We are currently witnessing the greatest change in the geopolitical landscape that has ever occurred in the lives of those alive today. At the end of the Second World War there were two major powers in the world: Russia and the United States. Only one, the United States, then had the atomic bomb,…

SOUTHCOM General Admits Goal to Target Russia and China Worldwide

David Sole Four star U.S. General Laura Richardson made startling admissions in an interview with NBC news on April 16. Richardson, Commander of the United States Southern Command, was interviewed by reporter Jose Diaz-Balart. General Richardson listed what she, and the Pentagon, consider “threats” to U.S. security. In front of a map of Latin America and the…