Foreign Policy Journal | 21 Aug 2015 James Corbett discusses whether BRICS is truly a ‘resistance’ organization and how we can fight back against the powers that be. Following is a transcript of a recent interview with independent journalist James Corbett, where we discussed BRICS, the popular view that the organization is a resistance force, and…
F. William ENgdahl | NEO | 8 AUg 2015 Who would’ve thought it would come to this? Certainly not the Obama Administration, and their brilliant geo-political think-tank neo-conservative strategists. John Kerry’s brilliant “win-win” proposal of last September during his September 11 Jeddah meeting with ailing Saudi King Abdullah was simple: Do a rerun of the…
Washington Post | 3 Aug 2015 Recently, WikiLeaks and the profession of international relations have been having a little scuffle. In an Der Spiegel interview, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange laments that the U.S. academy hasn’t engaged with WikiLeaks’ store of leaked diplomatic cables. He suggests that the reason international relations scholars have failed to examine…
NZ Herald | 1 Aug 2015 A legal challenge will be lodged in the High Court next week over the secrecy around the Trans Pacific Partnership negotiations. Outspoken TPPA critic Professor Jane Kelsey was met with a blanket refusal when she made an Official Information Act request to Trade Minister Tim Groser back in January.…
NEO | 27 July 2015 It’s hardly a secret for anyone that the United States and Saudi Arabia are longtime partners, hence Washington has historically been the guardian of Saudi interests in the Middle East. These special relations between the states were built back in the 1930s, when in exchange for security guarantees that were…
Haaretz | 22 July 2015 Israeli bank stocks plunge after European Council on Foreign Relations argues EU must go beyond labeling products from West Bank, East Jerusalem. REUTERS – The European Union agreed this week to continue pushing ahead with labeling Israeli goods made in settlements in the West Bank, but now there are proposals…
F. William Engdahl | NEO | 24 May 2015 These are sad days in Washington and Wall Street. The once unchallenged sole Superpower at the collapse of the Soviet Union some quarter century ago is losing its global influence so rapidly that most would not have predicted anything comparable six months ago. The key actor…
NZ Herald | 6 May 2015 Foreign Minister Murray McCully is facing more criticism after his office sent instructions telling MPs not to attend an upcoming Falun Gong celebration to avoid upsetting the Chinese government. The email was mistakenly sent to all Members of Parliament, instead of just National MPs. Labour’s foreign affairs spokesman David…
Russia Insider | 20 April 2015 “Equating Putin with Adolf Hitler is another example of how our new cold warriors are recklessly damaging US national security in vital areas where Putin’s cooperation is essential.” Professor Stephen F. Cohen gives speech at a recent Munk Debate, “Should the West engage or isolate Russia?” [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4_CFiWA744?feature=player_detailpage&w=640&h=360]
NZ Herald | 21 April 2015 Last Friday one of the final acts in the long-running saga of the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement began playing out in Washington DC. It may either be its salvation or its death knell. At present, odds are on the latter. The Obama Administration tabled a bill in Congress to give…