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Paul Craig Roberts and Michael Hudson: “Russian government is reconsidering the neoliberal policy”
August 11, 2016 Guest Analyses

Paul Craig Roberts and Michael Hudson: “Russian government is reconsidering the neoliberal policy”

by Paul Craig Roberts and Michael Hudson According to various reports, the Russian government is reconsidering the neoliberal policy that has served Russia so badly since the collapse of the Soviet Union.  If Russia had adopted an intelligent economic policy, its economy would be far ahead of where it stands today.  It would have avoided most of the capital flight to the West by relying on self-finance. Washington took advantage

Are the Olympics dead yet? Unraveling the doping scandal
August 11, 2016 Guest Analyses

Are the Olympics dead yet? Unraveling the doping scandal

By Marcel Woland Followers of mass media in the West may be forgiven for not noticing that the Olympic movement has been severely damaged by the recent weaponization of the Olympics. What the average Western viewer was expected to take away from the much-reported ‘Russian doping scandal’ was that Russia is indeed a lawless, sinister entity and that the Fu Manchu-like Putin has his finger in every pie. Many believed

What’s Happened to America’s Turkish-based nukes?
August 10, 2016 SITREPs

What’s Happened to America’s Turkish-based nukes?

Note  by the Saker: the following was sent to me by a person I know but who decided to write under an alias.  When I asked my contact how sure he was of his info, he replied: “Well the source in xxxxxxx does have connections (ex-military intelligence) and it is also surely logical that they would. I can do no better than that.”  This means that the source is unknown

A hardcore Russian nationalist shares his opinion about Islam (very interesting!)
August 08, 2016 Speeches, Statements and Interviews

A hardcore Russian nationalist shares his opinion about Islam (very interesting!)

Let me begin by saying that I am not a big supporter of Konstantin Dushenov.  Without going into a long detailed discussion about this, let’s just say that I don’t consider myself a nationalist.  However, I will readily admit that Dushenov makes some excellent points and that I do agree with a lot of what he says.  This time, I decided to post his short commentary about Islam to show

The counter-terrorist corrida opposing the West and Islam
August 08, 2016 Saker Analyses and Interviews

The counter-terrorist corrida opposing the West and Islam

In many of my past articles I have tried to show that the terrorists which have committed the recent atrocities in the USA, Europe and elsewhere were not really motivated by Islamic values at all and that the rulers of the AngloZionist Empire are trying to create a “clash of civilizations” narrative in which the western world and the Islamic world are on a collision course. They way they do

Say hello to Southeast Asia’s New Silk Roads
August 04, 2016 Guest Analyses

Say hello to Southeast Asia’s New Silk Roads

by Pepe Escobar for RT It’s not only China vs. the US in the South China Sea. Few in the West realize that two completely different, intersecting stories are developing in maritime and mainland Southeast Asia. The Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague denied China’s historic rights to waters in the South China Sea within its nine-dash line; it also ruled that the Spratly Islands are not islands, but

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