This is rather extraordinary. The neocons are attempting to co-opt anti-imperialism by bending it toward American unilateralism, and weaponizing anti-imperialism in a rhetorical battle against China. Any tendency that embraces Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz, and Josh Hawley is nowhere near being “anti-imperialist.” This is the neocon playbook being […]
The comedian and political satirist Ahmed Albasheer is the most popular media figure in Iraq—half of the country regularly tunes into his show. An outspoken critic of government corruption, Albasheer has also lamented the failure of the 2003 U.S. invasion and the toppling of Saddam Hussein to bring […]
Team Rising breaks down the controversy surrounding Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai.
Krystal and Saagar cover the decision by the Biden administration to tap the strategic petroleum reserve and renominate fed chair Jerome Powell to combat inflation
Staff writer at The Hill, Rafael Bernal, details the ongoing presidential elections in Chile, and implications for the region.
Krystal and Saagar track the central role that a business Hunter Biden has a direct stake in played in China’s chase for the Cobalt necessary for electric car batteries and other crucial products
Saagar covers how YouTube punished Breaking Points for covering the rape accusation and disappearance of Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai and the perverse incentives this creates
REGISTER ABOUT THIS EVENT With the American withdraw from Afghanistan and the rising influence of China in the Far East, could we be witnessing the re-emergence of a multipolar world? And, if so, what will American national security require in this new paradigm? Join The American Conservative […]
By Brendan Morrow The Week CNN just showed viewers a “live, real-time example” of censorship in China with a live feed of its segment on tennis star Peng Shuai being cut off. CNN on Monday morning discussed Peng Shuai, the Chinese tennis star who recently disappeared after making sexual […]
By Jeremy Scahill, The Interception ANY DEMOCRATS, LIBERALS, traditional conservatives, and even some leftists continue to tell themselves that the election of Joe Biden was the first step toward restoring U.S. standing in the world after the damage caused by Donald Trump. And in a variety of ways — […]
By Helen Davidson, The Guardian The disappearance of the Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai has dominated international news in recent days, but inside China there is barely a whisper. Peng – the former doubles World No 1 – has not been heard from in more than two weeks, […]
By Andrew Sullivan, The Weekly Dish The architect of the Leave campaign has a rare podcast discussion with me. How to introduce Dominic Cummings? I’d say he has a decent claim to be one of the most influential figures in modern European history, whatever you think of him. […]
Krystal and Saagar cover the story of Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai going missing after she publicly accused a senior CCP official of raping her
Let’s see if anything comes of this. Ryan Grim and Robby Soave discuss Senator Rand Paul’s planned motion to stop the Biden administration’s first major missile sale to Saudi Arabia.
By Trevor Aaronson The Intercept In a new documentary, Tareena Shakil, whose marriage to Dennison was first revealed in an Intercept podcast, describes her journey to the Islamic State. “I did what I had to do to survive.” That’s what Tareena Shakil, the first British woman to be […]
It’s interesting how proponents of “liberal democracy” view their preferred system/ideology as the equivalent of revealed religion. None of those guys have carried out massacres and dislocations on the level of US regimes of recent decades, or many US client states, from Indonesia to Saudi Arabia. Erdogan is […]
That’s not ignorance, it’s not even “just a lie”, it is regimen PR/Propaganda
America cares about human rights as much as Hannibal Lector does.
By Anatol Lieven, The Nation But there’s already a solution. Amid the public storm in America over the fall of Kabul, it is important not to lose sight of other looming crises around the world—some of them potentially much more dangerous than Afghanistan. For if the US political […]
By Peter Zeihan The American economy faces shortages of every conceivable product, but few widgets have captured the public imagination as much as semiconductors. Ubiquitous and powerful, these little silicon bits are what separates the modern digital world from the rest of human history. We need them. Lots […]
The Week Staff China already has the world’s largest fighting force. Now Beijing is pouring resources into its nuclear arsenal. China is testing hypersonic missiles and building new nuclear missile silos. What are its goals? Here’s everything you need to know: What has China been doing? Already in […]
Murtaza Hussain, national security reporter at The Intercept, details the troubling reality behind U.S. overseas airstrikes and civilian deaths.
Krystal lays out how the Pentagon covered up a mass atrocity that resulted from a drone strike in Syria where civilians were killed back in 2019
Krystal and Saagar are joined by journalist Ken Klippenstein to understand how the Saudi Arabian regime is punishing the US by limited the global supply of oil and raising gas prices for Americans
Ongoing conflicts around the world. (2021) Dark red: Major wars, 1,000 + deaths per year. Orange: Minor skirmishes and conflicts, fewer than 1,000 deaths per year.
Ryan Grim and Robby Soave discuss new reporting that Israel is using smartphone facial recognition technology to scan Palestinians’ faces, as well as the LA Teachers Union’s BDS vote that never happened.
Retired Lt. Col. Daniel Davis discusses the latest updates out of Afghanistan on the first Veterans Day since the U.S. withdrawal.
Ryan Grim breaks down the history behind the current surge in gas prices.
By Peter Zeihan Anyone try to buy anything recently? Like, anything? Throughout northern Mexico, parking lots full of finished automobiles (that are just waiting for a few semiconductors) have become common. Year-on-year prices for used cars are up 25 percent — a hands-down record. New models of televisions […]
Al-Jazeera Pentagon says enabling kingdom to buy US-made, air-to-air missiles would ‘improve the security of a friendly country’. The United States has approved a $650m sale of air-to-air missiles to Saudi Arabia, the Pentagon announced, in what would be the Biden administration’s first major weapons deal with the […]
Well, it is. The Gulf nations are eternal shitholes. By Catherine Garcia, The Week Angela Jolie said it’s “sad” that her new Marvel movie, Eternals, won’t be released in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Qatar, after Disney denied edit requests from local censors. On Thursday, The Hollywood Reporter and […]
By Harold Maas, The Week Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi called for “calm and restraint from everyone” on Sunday after surviving an assassination attempt at his residence in Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone, The Associated Press and CNN report. Iraqi officials said at least two explosive-laden drones were used in […]
Krystal and Saagar discuss the comments made by former president Trump about the influence of Israel over congress in a bizarre radio interview he had recently
Saagar and guest host Marshall Kosloff cover the new decision by the Federal Election Commission to allow foreign money to be spent on ballot initiatives in the US and why that is a big problem
The usual “we have investigated ourselves and found we did nothing wrong” line. By LOLITA C. BALDOR, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An independent Pentagon review has concluded that the U.S. drone strike that killed innocent Kabul civilians and children in the final days of the Afghanistan war […]
On today’s What America’s Thinking, a new Hill-Harris poll reveals that only 29% of voters approve of how the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan was executed.
In this podcast, Stratfor senior Europe analyst at RANE, Adriano Bosoni discusses recent frictions between Poland and the European Union.
By Peter Van Buren, The American Conservative The United States and China will not go to war in our time over Taiwan. China is not engaging in provocative actions leading toward an invasion. So why the fuss? Part One of this essay covered why China has nothing to […]
In this era of uncertainty and constant changes, it seems like there’s no place to run because it’s going to get bad everywhere. In this video, Andrew shares his thoughts on one government policy that will rule the world.
Given by James Kreindler ’77, Partner, Kreindler & Kreindler LLP. Currently, Mr. Kreindler is the co-chair of the Plaintiff’s Committee in the 9/11 Litigation on behalf of the 9/11 families to hold Saudi Arabia accountable for its role in the 9/11 attacks. The lawsuit alleges that members of […]
By Declan Walsh, Eric Schmitt and Julian E. Barnes New York Times MOGADISHU, Somalia — The C.I.A. convoy rolled out of Mogadishu in the dead of night, headed south along a crumbling ocean road that led deep into territory controlled by Al Shabab, one of Africa’s deadliest militant groups. […]
By Adaku Jane Echendu The proliferation of weapons of mass destruction poses serious concerns for global peace and security. There are growing concerns over the manner chemical weapons are being deployed in conflicts like in Syria where it has been used persistently (Koblentz, 2019). It has also been […]
Ryan Grim, Kim Iversen, and Robby Soave discuss a new op-ed from former CIA officers that calls for an investigation into ‘Havana syndrome’ at the Hague.
Saagar looks at the comments President Biden made about defending Taiwan in a town hall with CNN given the strategic ambiguity strategy used by the US to support Taiwan without angering China
Dr. Trita Parsi of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft details his new reporting on ongoing negotiations between Iran and the U.S. on the JCPOA.
No, it just couldn’t be. It’s good “60 Minutes” is airing this. Hopefully, this will help to turn US public opinion against Saudi Arabia. And discrediting Saudi Arabia is a key aspect of fighting the Anglo-Zionist-Wahhabi axis. Saad Aljabri was number two in Saudi intelligence until, he says, […]
I didn’t know The Onion took over the Washington Post.
By Pedro Gonzalez, Chronicles Ainuddin Khudairaham held down the trigger of his Kalashnikov and kept firing on unarmed U.S. Marines until the rifle’s magazine was empty, murdering three and wounding one. The Americans had been working out at a gym on Forward Operating Base Delhi in Afghanistan’s Helmand […]
At the bottom of this page is a reprint of an article I wrote on Alex Jones for an Alternative Right magazine back in 2010. It is interesting to revisit that article in light of what has happened in the past 11 years with the emergence of Trumpism. […]
By Peter Maass The Intercept As secretary of state in 2003, Powell lied at the United Nations about Iraq having weapons of mass destruction. “I am saddened by the death of Colin Powell without being tried for his crimes in Iraq.” —Muntadher Alzaidi Colin Powell is being hailed, […]
Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic by Chalmers Johnson
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