Thursday, January 16, 2020

Links — 16 Jan 2020

The Guardian (UK)
One in four countries beset by civil strife as global unrest soars
Saeed Kamali Dehghan

Reminiscence of the Future (penetrating)
A Bit Of Clarification
Andrei Martyanov

Wolfgang Streeck (article)
The International State System after Neoliberalism: Europe between National Democracy and Supranational Centralization

Fort Russ News (the new China is about doing business)
China bypasses Europe and Russia in the struggle for Ukraine
Sergey Ustinov

Fort Russ News (detailed)
Iran Rejects a Revised Nuclear Deal
Drago Bosnic

Gold, Goats, 'n Guns (astute)
Putin’s Now Purged the West from the Kremlin
Tom Luongo

Gilbert Doctorow (Putin moves deftly, non-plusing the West)
Vladimir Putin Prepares His Succession
Gilbert Doctorow | European Coordinator of The American Committee for East West Accord Ltd.

India Punchline
Trump, the deal maker, blinks before China
M. K. Bhadrakumar | retired diplomat with the Indian Foreign Service


Russia Insider
PBS 'Frontline' Cites 'Russia Insider' as Example of Kremlin Propaganda that Handed Trump Victory in 2016

RT
Russian political earthquake: Putin sets out plan for Kremlin departure & Medvedev resigns
Bryan MacDonald

Russia Observer
RUSSIAN FEDERATION SITREP 16 JANUARY 2020

SouthFront
Closer Look At Rearmament Of Russian Strategic Nuclear Forces
Dmitri Litovkin
Originally appeared at TASS, translated by AlexD exclusively for SouthFront

SouthFront
Studying NATO’s “Hybrid Warfare”

Sputnik International (got their attention)
‘Very Capable Enemy’: US Mulls Deploying Missile Defenses to Middle East After Iranian Strikes

Sputnik International (haven't watched enough Mafia movies, I guess)
‘We Did Not Think US Would Target Another Country’s Guest’ - Rouhani on Soleimani Assassination

Sputnik International (sums it up)
‘World Economy Would Collapse’ If City of London Stopped Laundering Money, Says HSBC Whistleblower

Sputnik International (only the US didn't see this coming)
While US Tariffs Remain for Now, Chinese Industries ‘Don’t Need America Anymore’

Strategic Culture Foundation
Chilean Military Violence – a Legacy at Home and Abroad
Ramona Wadi

The Intercept
Key Architect of 2003 Iraq War Is Now a Key Architect of Trump Iran Policy
Jon Schwarz

Zero Hedge (not that far-fetched, see below)
Iranian Military Now Claims US "Cyberattack" Brought Down Passenger Plane
The Unz Review
Who Targeted Ukraine Airlines Flight 752? Iran Shot It Down But There May be More to the Story
Philip Giraldi, former CIA counter-terrorism specialist and military intelligence officer, now Executive Director of the Council for the National Interest and founding member of the Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity






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