Those Pesky Chinese Hong Kong Rebellion a Big Boost for Chinese Nationalism Color revolution attempt rallies the mainland behind the Communist Party government Alex Lo 6 Nov 19 652 10
Our Benevolent Empire ABC Anchor Admits Network Covered Up Epstein Evidence for Years She was told “Who's Jeffrey Epstein. No one knows who that is. This is a stupid story.” Tyler Durden 6 Nov 19 202 1
Bonesaw Saudis Saudi Aramco IPO Will Not Save the Kingdom The $70bn it will bring in will only be enough to cover the deficit, it is nowhere enough to transform the economy away from oil Tom Luongo 5 Nov 19 739 10
Those Pesky Russians Putin Confirms Russia’s Tiny 2000-Ton Corvettes Will Come With HYPERSONIC Anti-Ship Missiles Subsonic Harpoons with a 130km reach for US cruisers and destroyers, Mach 8 Zircons with a 300km reach for Russian corvettes UA Wire 5 Nov 19 1935 11
Our Benevolent Empire The Empire Is Pressuring Taiwanese Chip Colossus to Stop Making Chips for Huawei Along with Samsung and Intel, TSMC is the only smartphone processor maker in the world that matters Kathrin Hille 5 Nov 19 1173 8
Adventures in Trumpia The Trump Administration’s Weird Cyrus the Great Fixation Daniel Larison 5 Nov 19 707 4
Junior Empire Blues EU’s Yeltsin Defends Kissing Putin: It ‘Certainly Didn’t Hurt Europe’ EU's inebriated chief is on the way out Sputnik 5 Nov 19 628 2
Russia Nixed Arms Sales to Israel’s Enemies at Its Request, Netanyahu Adviser Claims In return Israel canceled sales to Ukraine and others The Times of Israel 4 Nov 19 1035 20
Persia Under Siege Iran at Record Non-Oil Exports, Isn’t Breaking Under Empire’s Siege Any Time Soon 'Maximum pressure' hurts, but you won't see Persia on its knees Esfandyar Batmanghelidj 4 Nov 19 937 6
Those Pesky Chinese Why China’s Importance as the World’s Factory Will Only Grow Even as it loses some labor-intensive manufacturing to poorer countries it will capture many more industries higher up the value chain Ian Colotla 4 Nov 19 1542 4
Those Pesky Russians Russia’s Permanent Naval Squadron in Syria Serves to Stretch Its A2/AD Bubble Farther Moscow has next to no interest in naval power projection, the naval presence in East Med is for surveillance and forward defense Dmitry Gorenburg 4 Nov 19 1395 5
Germany’s Hideous Wind Farms Are Wildly Unpopular Pollute the scenery with hideous, unrecyclable machines — get 3x the electric bill as reward Leonid Bershidsky 4 Nov 19 1857 12
History East Asian “Tigers” Democratized to Keep the US Invested in Their Fate After Washington Made Nice With Red China The switch to a multi-party system in South Korea and Taiwan is owed to US's opening to Beijing and the latter's embrace of the markets Anatoly Karlin 3 Nov 19 769 2
US Interior Department Grounds All China-Made Drones, Has No Non-China Made Drones In fact comparable US-made drones may not be found on the market Celia Chen 3 Nov 19 1817 6
For Long Years the Israeli Lobby Backed Turkey on Armenian Genocide Denial Right up until the 2010 breakdown in relations with Erdogan Nathan Guttman 3 Nov 19 354 5
Light Attack Aircraft Would Save US Taxpayers Billions so of Course the Corrupt MIC Hates Them The military in a rush to bankrupt the Empire sooner rather than later ComNavOps 3 Nov 19 1047 4
The Empire Turning the Screws on Romania to Throw Out $8bn in Chinese Nuclear Power No One Else Wants to Build No Western company wants the project — US wants the Chinese out anyway Andreea Brînză 3 Nov 19 3753 5
Russia to Invite Americans, Poles to March Through Red Square For the 75th anniversary of the victory in WWII — Iranians invited as well Sputnik 3 Nov 19 1187 4
3rd Straight Record Month for Checkpoint Asia Traffic The bang-for-buck the greatest and most influential anti-Empire outlet in the world Marko Marjanović 2 Nov 19 476 7
Hello Nuclear Arms Race! Russia Says Already Too Late to Replace New START Before Expiration Trump has now blown up *the entire* architecture of nuclear arms control treaties with Russia Jason Ditz 2 Nov 19 983 6
Russian Aggression Nord Stream 2 Clears Final Legal Hurdle, Could Be Finished by Year-End Denmark ends its stalling, issues the last needed permit bne IntelliNews 2 Nov 19 1184 9
Invincible Empire US Forces Are Untrained, Unready for Russian, Chinese Jamming Because Their Training Is Worthless Garbage When EW specialists shut down US exercises with ease they're simply told to knock it off Sydney Freedberg Jr. 2 Nov 19 2414 21
Debt Trap? China’s Belt and Road Is More Like a Giant Giveaway for the 3rd World If it's a "trap", it is for China itself Yasheng Huang 2 Nov 19 12355 10
Hong Kong People Have a Superiority Complex About Mainlanders Since it's not possible to get the Brits to recolonise the city the next best thing is to get Westerners to interfere as much as possible Alex Lo 2 Nov 19 1118 7
Foreign Policy Focus Podcast Israeli Elections Explained Kalmen Barkin says there could be a third election Kyle Anzalone 1 Nov 19 212 0
After Trump’s “Withdrawal” There Will Be 900 US Troops Left in Syria — 100 Fewer Than When He Made the Announcement Also they'll now include mechanized units Eric Schmitt 1 Nov 19 526 2
Those Pesky Russians Russia Is Developing AI-Augmented Sea Mines Smart, automated minefields that friendly ships can pass without danger Michael Peck 31 Oct 19 1641 6
History Numerous Kurdish Tribesmen Were Enthusiastic Participants in the Armenian Genocide The Ottomans encouraged the Kurds to attack the Armenians as they were being forced marched into the desert to die Morgan E. Hunter 31 Oct 19 703 2
Our Benevolent Empire Trump, the Cartoon Version of an Imperialist What the Russians are calling “state banditry” he is proud of it and wants credit for it Daniel Larison 31 Oct 19 651 8