By Peter VAN BUREN Was WNBA star Brittney Griner the subject of so much White House attention because she was an important showpiece demographic? Nobody can claim they are unhappy Griner is home safely in the U.S., free again to use marijuana and remain seated during...
Strategic Culture Foundation
Biden Gets Pooh Poohed With a Fist Bump Whereas Xi Gets a Regal Welcome in Riyadh
One wonders as to how important the Chinese President Xi ‘s visit to Saudi Arabia is and what the birth of petroyuan brings to the world and even more importantly what ‘the jackal on its dying legs’ aka the USA will do about it? If the so-called petrodollar, created...
Erdogan Jails His Main Rival in the 2023 Election
Erdogan and his close relatives have prospered as war profiteers; making money off of stolen oil, factories, and wheat, Steven Sahiounie writes. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan faces a tough re-election vote in six months. His rival, the Mayor of Istanbul Ekrem...
American Generosity
The United States has promised an aid package to Africa fearing losing competition for influence in the continent to countries like China and Russia. But this is only a fracture of what has already been spent on the war in Ukraine. (Click on the image to enlarge)
Is This Winning?
Western leaders can no longer hide the truth about Ukraine. George D. O’NEILL Jr. Recently, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen carelessly revealed the devastating cost of the Ukraine war. “It is estimated that more than 20,000 civilians and 100,000...
A Lexicon for Disaster
Russia seeks arms control agreements to prevent dangerous escalation. But the U.S. seeks only unilateral advantage. This risks all out conflict unless this changes. By Scott RITTER Dec. 8 marked the 35th anniversary of the signing of the intermediate nuclear forces...
Benjamin Abelow Interview: How the West Brought War to Ukraine
The United States and NATO allies have sown the conflict in Ukraine and we are now reaping the whirlwind. That’s the view of Benjamin Abelow who explains the reasons in this interview with Finian Cunningham. Abelow is the author of How the West Brought War to Ukraine....
Managing the Ukraine Denial Narrative
Look around: the tectonic plates of geo-politics and geo-finance are shifting – shifting radically away from an increasingly flailing West. The inflection has begun. It has been messaged by the Financial Times (FT) and The Economist – the two media that so faithfully...
What Is Speech? Expression vs. Art, LGBTQ Edition
By Peter VAN BUREN A friend makes maps, colorful graphic maps of mostly Washington DC neighborhoods. She sells them, often framed, by the bushel at farmer’s markets and through her own shop. She often asks people where they live, but never how they live. Her service —...
Xi of Arabia and the Petroyuan Drive
Xi Jinping has made an offer difficult for the Arabian Peninsula to ignore: China will be guaranteed buyers of your oil and gas, but we will pay in yuan. By Pepe ESCOBAR It would be so tempting to qualify Chinese President Xi Jinping landing in Riyadh a week ago,...
In (Serbian) Vino Veritas in Serbian Kosovo and Metohija
If we look at the political turmoil in the Balkans and Serbia and its heartland of Kosovo, some rather gruelling scenes reach us yet again from there. If we look at the political turmoil in the Balkans and Serbia and its heartland of Kosovo (and Metohija), some rather...
The Ruling Class Promotes Identity Politics and ‘Anti-Wokeism’ for the Exact Same Reasons
By Caitlin JOHNSTONE It’s an interesting time for culture war red herrings in the shadow of the empire. There are no major electoral races currently underway. Government Covid regulations have been mostly rolled back. The empire is waging an extremely dangerous...