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Our World in Data. Voltaire Network. Illuminati Rex Conspiracy Comics ⊙ Homepage | Royal United Services Institute. The Postil Magazine – Uniting Wisdom With The Soul – Vivida Vis Animi. Newsletter - Zeihan on Geopolitics. Defense Aerospace news, exhibitions, contracts and procurement. Veteran News, Careers, Culture & More | Task & Purpose. Lawfare - Hard National Security Choices.

The Time I Got Recruited to Collude with the Russians. The Wire - News, Commentary, Analysis, India News, Political News, External Affairs, Science, Economics, Gender, Culture, Law. Syria Deeply — Syria news & insight, covering the ongoing war. Just Security. Global Trends Home Page. Renaissance of Democracies In 2040, the world is in the midst of a resurgence of open democracies led by the United States and its allies. Rapid technological advancements fostered by public-private partnerships in the United States and other democratic societies are transforming the global economy, raising incomes, and improving the quality of life for millions around the globe.

A World Adrift In 2040, the international system is directionless, chaotic, and volatile as international rules and institutions are largely ignored by major powers such as China, regional players, and nonstate actors. Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development countries are plagued by slower economic growth, widening societal divisions, and political paralysis.

The National Interest. Well, China’s Aircraft Carrier Is Up to Something Interesting. By DAVE MAJUMDAR In January 2017, China’s sole carrier Liaoning is operating in the South China Sea with a full-complement of aircraft along with five escorting vessels for the first time. The vessels have been conducting exercises and testing weaponry at sea in a display of Beijing’s growing military might — causing concern among China’s neighbors. “The formation, which is on a ‘cross-sea area’ training exercise, involved J-15 fighter jets, as well as several ship-borne helicopters,” the Chinese Defense Ministry stated on its website. “Complex hydrological and meteorological conditions in the South China Sea as well as a cold front in area have posed some challenges, but the source said the drill provided important experience in the build-up of combat capability of the aircraft carrier formation.” Video footage from the Chinese exercises look impressive, though such footage always does.

“The Liaoning will not enable long-range power projection similar to U.S. It took the U.S. Groom Lake Red Eagles. Online Articles. Parties recover from defeat in two ways. They can try to beat the opposition at their own game, or they can try to change the rules of the game. Donald Trump did the latter. Now it’s the Democrats’ turn. Kate and Daniel try to wrap their heads around climate politics in the age of Trump, and how movements can step up to defeat his extremist agenda. A new biography of key civil rights organizer Bob Moses—who helped spearhead the 1964 Freedom Summer campaign—offers an insightful portrait of a man and a movement whose lessons could not be more relevant today. After years of campaigning, London activists recently secured a commitment from the city’s mayor to create a publicly-owned municipal energy company. James Angel of Switched On London explains what energy democracy means in the age of Brexit and Trump.

The resurgence of ugly, authoritarian nationalism has renewed a strain of anti-democratic commentary among allegedly enlightened intellectuals. Defense One. Headlines. Strategic-Culture.org - Strategic Culture Foundation. A Brief History Of Media Cover-Ups & Self-Censorship: Who’s Afraid of Russ Baker’s “Family Of Secrets” - By Matt Harvey. On February 17, 1967, the newspapers ran stories about a sensational new investigation into JFK’s assassination, headed by a New Orleans DA named Jim Garrison, who called into question the “lone gunman” theory laying all the blame on Lee Harvey Oswald.

Five days after the news story broke, the prime target of Garrison’s investigation, David Ferrie, a right-wing pilot linked to the CIA, was found dead of a “cerebral hemorrhage.” Public opinion was polarized over JFK’s assassination. Forty-six percent of Americans doubted the Warren Commission’s finding that Oswald “acted alone;” Garrison was becoming more vocal about Oswald’s alleged CIA connection; and independent journalists were asking potentially embarrassing questions. Nerves in Washington were frayed. Then on April 1, the CIA circulated an extraordinary memo instructing agents how they could play the mainstream media in order to discredit all the speculation of CIA involvement. In fact, it’s even worse than Kakutani lets on. 1. 2. Blog Posts Archives. CrimethInc. Ex-Workers’ Collective : Home. Global Research - Centre for Research on Globalization.

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Unfortunately, we can’t bring all of them to your attention. But once or twice a year we devote the pages of CounterPunch to a survey of what these organizations are up to. Here’s our end of the year list of good groups. Apache StrongholdP.O. Voices For Creative Nonviolence 1249 W. Since Obama’s election, the anti-war movement in the United States has withered away, even as the wars and interventions have expanded with rising body counts. Israeli Committee Against Housing Demolitions (USA) PO Box 8118 New York, New York Solitary WatchCommunity Futures Collective: Attn. Oxford Islamic Studies Online - Oxford Islamic Studies Online. Conspiracy Theories, UFOs, Paranormal, Politcs, and other "alternative topics" - home page for Saturday, January 24, 2015.

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