Chuck Spinney: Deadly Blowback from Neo-Imperial Wars (Terrorism and Illegal Immigration) Place Europe at Risk

Last September 11, I posted an essay that argued the refugee flows triggered by the aftermath of our interventions in the Middle East were mutating, whether by design or by accident, into grand strategic weapon of mass destruction.  My argument was limited to the flows within the Middle East, but as I implied, they were …

Chuck Spinney: America’s Paper Tiger — a Pentagon Flush with Cash and Running on Empty

Flush With Cash, Running on Empty (IV) Pentagon spending has not really been an issue in the 2016 Presidential campaign.  With the exception of Ted Cruz, the positions of the remaining candidates have been vague about even the size of the defense budget.  As near as I can tell: (1) Clinton’s position on the size …

Jean Lievens: The Global Refugee Crisis — Humanity’s Last Call for a Culture of Sharing and Cooperation

The global refugee crisis: humanity’s last call for a culture of sharing and cooperation The real crisis is not the influx of refugees to Europe per se but a toxic combination of destabilising foreign policy agendas, economic austerity and the rise of right-wing nationalism, which is likely to push the world further into social and …

Robert Steele: Democracy Riots – We are all black now, deal with it! (Trump Revolution 02)

Democracy Riots We are all black now, deal with it. Robert David Steele Short URL: http://tinyurl.com/Steele-All-Black The only people actually inciting violence at Donald Trump rallies are the organized agitators, including convicted felon and terrorist Bill Ayers, who are violating – with malice aforethought – the First Amendment rights of the participants in these private …

Antechinus: Hybrid Wars to Retard Civilization

Hybrid Wars The grand objective behind every Hybrid War is to disrupt multipolar transnational connective projects through externally provoked identity conflicts (ethnic, religious, regional, political, etc.) within a targeted transit state. Andrew Korybko explains the strategy and analysis recent applications.