4th Media: China as Financial Stabilizer for Latin America?

“China Has Good Reason to Help Stabilize Latin American Economies” Although these alliances will primarily be closer to home, most of Latin America is a naturally ally not only because of its increasing trade and commercial relations with China, but because of its common interest in an international political order that favors respect for national …

4th Media: John Walsh on Prosperous China Implications for the USA

A Prosperous China vs An Imperial US JOHN V. WALSH | Tuesday, January 28, 2014, 11:31 Beijing China has stated its goals quite unambiguously. “A moderately prosperous society by 2020” is the first goal and “a strong socialist nation by 2049” as the second. But this may be simplified: China’s leadership wants its people to …

Berto Jongman: Atrocties Etcetera – Continued Focus on Ukraine 1.5

AFGHANISTAN: US Scholar Dies in Kabul Restaurant Attack CLIMATE: 3 6 9 world – Davos hits panic button wimps out with carbon tax CULTURE: US Foreign Policy Idealists versus Realists CYBER CRIME: DarkList Aims To Be The ‘Yelp’ Of Silk-Road-Style Drug Dealers CYBER DIPLOMACY: Sweden’s early adopter foreign minister on crafting digital diplomacy CYBER: France’s …

4th Media: The WEST Publicly Claims To Be Fighting Terrorism, Whilst Covertly Nourishing It

The WEST Publicly Claims To Be Fighting Terrorism, Whilst Covertly Nourishing It Syria Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem, who headed his country’s official delegation to Geneva II, called at the opening session of the conference on a collective confrontation against terrorism and on starting a national dialogue in Damascus, SANA reported. By Walid al-Moallem – Syria …

Worth A Look: Manufactured Crisis – The Untold Story of the Iran Nuclear Scare

Gareth Porter Manufactured Crisis: The Untold Story of the Iran Nuclear Scare Manufactured Crisis provides unique and timely background to the ongoing diplomacy around Iran’s nuclear technology program. In it, award-winning investigative journalist Gareth Porter offers a well documented critique of the official ‘western’ account of what the Iranian government has been doing, and why. …