John Helmer: The Classic Rules for Combatting Turkish Aggression
Russia’s commitment to blocking Turkish expansion is being tested. Will Putin step up or make a strategic retreat?
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Turkey’s Shootdown of Russian Jet: What You Need to Know
Turkey takes a great big swing at Assad via Russia…and what might the fallout be?
Read more...John Helmer: The Barbarians at the Gate of Civilization, but Which Empire is Falling?
Empire-booster-in-chief Niall Ferguson gets yet another well-deserved shellacking, this time on how he falsifies the record in drawing lessons from Edward Gibbon’s The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.
Read more...John Helmer: Australian and Dutch Officials Lose Control on MH17
Now government officials and police are disagreeing with each other…
Read more...John Helmer: Chrystia Freeland Demoted In New Canadian Cabinet – She And The Ukraine Lobby Hit By Siklebaum Disease
Chrystia Freeland and the nexus of Ukraine-related politics in Canada.
Read more...The UK’s Money Laundering Mess (II): HM Treasury Weighs in (and so Does Russia, With a $46Bn Money Laundering Allegation)
Even HM Treasury thinks the UK’s anti money laundering framework is a mess
Read more...John Helmer: As Merkel and the EU Look Wobbly and Obama’s Syrian Misadventure Misfires, Will Putin Be the Last Man Standing?
How has Putin managed to survive, and even arguably prosper from, a US/EU assault on his leadership?
Read more...George Washington: The 6 Reasons China and Russia Are Catching Up to the U.S. Military
It’s a wonder the US was able to maintain its military dominance as long as it has, given the scale of looting.
Read more...Dutch Safety Board’s Tjibbe Joustra on MH17: Absence of Evidence is Not Absence of Evidence
What the DSB head Tjibbe Joustra says about MH17 often doesn’t jibe with the physical evidence available.
Read more...John Helmer: Autopsy of MH17 Crash and the Dutch Report
A detailed discussion of the Dutch Safety Board report on the downing of MH17.
Read more...Russia’s Move In Syria Threatens Energy Deals With Turkey
Will the Turkish Stream project be a casualty of Putin’s bold moves in Syria?
Read more...John Helmer: US Strategy In The Middle East Is Dying, Along With Its Authors, Carter And Brzezinski; Putin, Al-Assad Get To Dance On Their Graves, David Ben-Gurion Too
US experts try to claim the Russians are vulnerable in the Middle East as the window for US intervention closes. A German military analyst: “The Red Army is invigorated to a level that has never been fielded on the Middle Eastern map.”
Read more...John Helmer: What Ambulance-Chasing Lawyers Reveal About the MH17 Shoot-Down – Insufficient Evidence For Prosecution in Any National or International Court
More discussion of the state of evidence, plus legal and political maneuvering, in the MH17 downing investigation.
Read more...Could The Syrian Conflict Irrevocably Change Global Geopolitics?
A concise, high-level overview of the main issues at play in the Syrian conflict.
Read more...The Billion-Dollar Moldovan Bank Scam, Scottish Limited Partnerships, and the UK’s Anti-Money-Laundering Mess
The BBC follows up on the billion-dollar Moldovan bank scam, and Naked Capitalism kicks off a new series on money laundering in the UK
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