October 9, 2018
A new book by Canadian energy economist John Foster shines a light on the dark geopolitics of oil and gas. It uncovers the complex and hidden motivations of governments, including our own, that lie behind military interventions, crippling sanctions and other actions in our name. See: Oil and World Politics – The real story of today’s […]
Read MoreMarch 16, 2018
Is it happening all over again? Are technical experts being coerced by politicians to sign on to what are, at best, misleading statements? Here is a summary of the official story right off of the BBC website: “The British government is expelling 23 Russian diplomats after Moscow refused to explain how a nerve agent was used against […]
Read MoreFebruary 6, 2018
In this trenchant analysis, Professor Paul Rogers, who has been cataloguing the manifest failures of the “war on terror” since its inception, demonstrates how President Trump appears determined to continue this folly. [George W. Bush] crafted not a new American century leading to a more peaceful world, but a wasteland: sixteen years of war, hundreds of […]
Read MoreDecember 5, 2017
In his latest article, The Trump wars era (OpenDemocracy.net, 30 November 2017), Professor Paul Rogers, International Security Advisor at Open Democracy, outlines the terrifying augmentation of military force by the Trump administration. Because of its importance, we include it below in its entirety. “A new era is opening almost by stealth. Its defining feature is military expansion, ordered […]
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