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Russia Is Flexing Its Nuclear Muscles With Unprecedented Drills. So, What Now?

Fernando Kaskais

Anadolu//Getty Images The West is watching with wary eyes… BY SÉBASTIEN ROBLIN On Monday, Russia announced its Southern Military District would hold snap tactical nuclear weapons drills involving its ground, navy, and air forces that will help “iron out” how exactly it might conduct a tactical nuclear strike. While such drills are not unprecedented, announcing them in advance was, as Moscow usually only gives advance warning of its long-range strategic weapons capable of reaching the U.S. soil. “This, to my knowledge, is the first time [Russia] has ordered tactical nuke exercise of forces in a district [bordering] Ukraine with explicit reference to … Continue reading Russia Is Flexing Its Nuclear Muscles With Unprecedented Drills. So, What Now?

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How Israel Supported Hamas Against the PLO

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by Jeremy R. Hammond Since the Hamas-led attacks in Israel on October 7, 2023, Israel has been executing a devastating assault on the civilian population of the Gaza Strip, blocking humanitarian aid, internally displacing 75% of Gaza’s population, systematically destroying civilian infrastructure, and otherwise bombing indiscriminately. To date, over 34,000 Palestinians have been killed, including over 9,500 women and over 14,500 children.1 More than 10,000 additional Palestinians are missing under the rubble, and over 77,000 have been injured.2 Children have been dying from hunger and malnutrition due to Israel’s use of starvation as a method of warfare.3 In a case brought against Israel by the government of South … Continue reading How Israel Supported Hamas Against the PLO

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A Putin collapse? The dangers of wishful thinking

Fernando Kaskais

Some say that like the USSR, the current Russian presidency is brittle. But they are overlooking a lot By  PETER RUTLAND The Carnegie Center’s Maksim Samorukov recently published an article in Foreign Affairs entitled “Putin’s brittle regime. Like the Soviet one that preceded it, his system is always on the brink of collapse.” The argument is driven by a straightforward historical analogy. The Soviet system appeared strong and immutable, and virtually no one predicted its collapse. But collapse it did. Likewise, the Putin system appears strong and resilient, and few people can imagine its collapse. But collapse it will. One can understand why … Continue reading A Putin collapse? The dangers of wishful thinking

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Who needs butter when you got guns? World arms spending reaches $2.5 trillion

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Between wars and increased tensions, every region saw increases By JIM LOBE Total military spending by nations reached a record high of $2.443 trillion in 2023, according to a new report released Monday by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, or SIPRI. Across the globe, military expenditures increased by 6.8% in real terms over 2022, the steepest rise since 2009, according to the Swedish think tank which has tracked the military spending by countries based on open sources since the 1960s. Every region saw an increase, but Europe, Asia and Oceania, and the Middle East saw the greatest growth.. “The unprecedented rise … Continue reading Who needs butter when you got guns? World arms spending reaches $2.5 trillion

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The World Is Assuming A Pre-War Posture

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Tehran, April 15. (ATTA KENARE/AFP via Getty Images) “Ironclad” and “no limits” battle lines are being drawn across Asia, Europe and the Middle East. BY NATHAN GARDELS, Nathan Gardels is the editor-in-chief of Noema Magazine. It appears that the last vestiges of the post-war era have finally been exhausted and we now risk entering a pre-war era that consolidates the battle lines of conflict globally. Like the invasion of Ukraine two years ago, the massive swarm of drones and missiles launched directly from Iran against Israel, and now Israel’s return strike, as tempered as it may have been, is yet another precedent-shattering … Continue reading The World Is Assuming A Pre-War Posture

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The Pentagon is flirting with the dark side of AI

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As DOD integrates artificial intelligence into military operations, concerns rise over ethics, transparency, and unintended consequences JANET ABOU-ELIAS, LILLIAN MAULDIN AND WILLIAM HARTUNG Rhetoric from the Pentagon and the arms industry suggests that integrating artificial intelligence, or AI, into U.S. weapons, communications, and surveillance systems will improve efficiency, innovation, and national security. The Pentagon is beginning to back its rhetoric on emerging technology with resources. The department’s Office of Strategic Capital now has the authority to grant executive loans and loan guarantees to invest in firms researching and developing 14 “critical technologies,” including hypersonics, quantum computing, microelectronics, autonomous systems, and artificial intelligence. … Continue reading The Pentagon is flirting with the dark side of AI

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Not enough war on the ground, the US is taking it to space

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The military industrial complex is suiting up for a new arms race, far beyond the stratosphere By STAVROULA PABST Elon Musk’s space company SpaceX recently secured a classified contract to build an extensive network of “spy satellites” for an undisclosed U.S. intelligence agency, with one source telling Reuters that “no one can hide” under the prospective network’s reach. While the deal suggests the space company, which currently operates over half the active satellites orbiting Earth, has warmed to U.S. national security agencies, it’s not the first Washington investment in conflict-forward space machinery. Rather, the U.S. is funding or otherwise supporting a range of defense contractors and … Continue reading Not enough war on the ground, the US is taking it to space

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Most Americans Believe US Will Be in World War Within Next Decade

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by Kyle Anzalone – Mar 2024 The majority of Americans believe it is likely that the US will be involved in a world war during the coming decade. Under President Joe Biden, the US is preparing for great power wars with Russia and China, engaged in multiple Middle East conflicts, and posturing for a confrontation with Iran and North Korea.  According to a new YouGov poll, 61% of Americans responded that it is very or somewhat likely that a world war would break out in the next five to ten years. About two-thirds of people responding to the poll said they believe the war will … Continue reading Most Americans Believe US Will Be in World War Within Next Decade

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The Axis of Asymmetry takes on the ‘rules-based order’

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Photo Credit: The Cradle World War III is here, playing out asymmetrically in military, financial, and institutional battlefields, and the fight is an existential one. The western Hegemon, in truth, is at war against international law, and only ‘kinetic military action’ can bring it to heel. By Pepe Escobar The Axis of Asymmetry is in full swing. These are the state and non-state actors employing asymmetrical moves on the global chessboard to sideline the US-led western rules-based order. And its vanguard is the Yemeni resistance movement Ansarallah.  Ansarallah is absolutely relentless. They have downeda $30 million MQ-9 Reaper drone with just a $10k … Continue reading The Axis of Asymmetry takes on the ‘rules-based order’

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The Gaza War and the Red Cows of Prophecy

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Image: The Phillip Medhurst Collection of Bible Illustration. How an arcane Old Testament legend and Rapture-ready Texas evangelicals may have helped set the table for Hamas’ Oct. 7 attacks. By CHRISTOPHER LORD Hamas plotted the Al-Aqsa Flood operation in great secrecy. Although Israeli military intelligence caught wind of extensive and mysterious training in Gaza months earlier, the final preparations for the Oct. 7 attacks were known only among Hamas’ top leadership. A rare window into the decision-making process, however, was opened during a bizarre interview on Oct. 26 on the Egyptian satellite TV channel Sada El Balad.  Mustapha Bakri, an … Continue reading The Gaza War and the Red Cows of Prophecy