In Ukraine, US Drags Russia into War

Petro Poroshenko never stops calling himself a president of peace since the day he took office. During his tenure fierce fighting took place with the death toll measured in thousands, mainly civilians. In August-September 2014 and February 2015 the Ukrainian military suffered a crushing defeat. But it has failed to cool down the fervor of war mongers. Today they are shelling the urban areas of Donetsk and Luhansk People’s republics (Novorossia) and prepare armor units for offensive. Poroshenko is not the only who decides if a cleansing operation should launched. Neither he, nor Prime Minister Yatsenyuk, nor all those holding top positions in the contemporary Ukraine have enough authority to take decisions. Ukraine is governed from outside and its parliament votes upon the instructions from Washington.

The Best Way to Fight Western Propaganda ( Part II )

The Best Way to Fight Western Propaganda (Part I) http://www.4thmedia.org/2015/06/the-best-way-to-fight-western-propaganda/ Since my ideas on the best way to fight Western propaganda was published, I have been thinking about writing a more detailed article on the…

Why Russia is Back in Vietnam

Russia-Vietnam ties that seemed to be cooling after the end of the Cold War are warming up all over again. More than 20 years after Moscow abandoned its largest foreign base, Russian military aircraft are…

China? Have Grandmaster, Will Travel

As intellectual acumen and cross-cultural expertise go, it would be hopeless to expect self-described “Don’t Do Stupid Stuff” Obama administration foreign policy advisers — as well as Pentagon functionaries/hacks — to understand the complexities of China. For instance, they would be incapable of evaluating all the myriad ramifications included in Professor Alfred McCoy’s masterful deconstruction of US-China geopolitics. Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha is currently visiting Singapore, where he is discussing with his counterpart Lee Hsien Loong the intricacies of ASEAN-China concerning the formidably complex South China Sea disputes.