Hungarian PM: • November 8, 2015 • Speaking at a conference in Budapest, the Hungarian Prime Minister, Viktor Orban, warned that Europe cannot build its future on immigrants, and that EU governments should encourage families to have more children. “Europe cannot build its future on immigration instead of families” he said at the conference. He said governments should motivate European families to have more children, warning that “the survival of our civilization and our culture is at stake.” In … Read entire article »

What’s the big deal between Russia and the Saudis? – Pepe Escobar DOHA – Amidst the wilderness of mirrors surrounding the Syrian tragedy, a diamond-shaped fact persists: Despite so many degrees of separation, the Saudis are still talking to the Russians. Why? A key reason is because a perennially paranoid House of Saud feels betrayed by their American protectors who, under the Obama administration, seem to have given up on isolating Iran. The Saudis can’t intellectually understand … Read entire article »

Enlargement and the euro are two big mistakes that ruined Europe (by Wolfgang Münchau) The single currency is a trap and eastern expansion forced the EU to take its eye off the ball Brussels T here has hardly been a year when the EU has not been on the brink of some crisis: banking, sovereign debt, Russia’s annexation of Crimea and now refugees. You can always point fingers at individual politicians and assign blame. But it is highly implausible … Read entire article »

Leftists often describe Henry Kissinger as a unique moral monster, but his intellectual framework pervades the entire national security state, from the neocons to Obama. By Greg GrandinTwitter September 10, 2015 When I told friends and colleagues that I was writing a book about the legacy of Henry Kissinger’s foreign policy, many made mention of Christopher Hitchens’s The Trial of Henry Kissinger. But I saw my purpose as antithetical to Hitchens’s polemic, which is a good example of what … Read entire article »

Cui bono ? Is this a casus belli arranged for Russia to try and stop off Daesh/ISis in Egypt? Are we being involved in a full flown proxy war between USA using ‘the free Syrian army’mercenaries and the protagonists of multipolarism ? … Read entire article »

Latuff-on-Russia-in-Syria TND Guest Contributor: Pepe Escobar | The no-fly zone in Syria already exists. It is run by Russia and Washington is unable to jam it. NATO is desperate. The Pentagon is desperate. Imagine waking up one day in Washington and Brussels just to realize Russia has the ability to electronically jam — detect, trace, disable, destroy — NATO electronics within a 600 km range across Syria (and southern Turkey). Imagine the nightmare of row after row of … Read entire article »

Dr. Strangelove Is Naked TND Guest Contributor: Pepe Escobar The whole Global South is now informed about how the Russian campaign in Syria has swiftly smashed all of ‘Exceptionalistan’s’ elaborate plans for a “Greater Middle East.” These plans span everything from the Wolfowitz Doctrine to Dr. Zbig “Grand Chessboard” Brzezinski’s categorical imperative of preventing the emergence of a strategic competitor across Eurasia. But the subtext is even more intriguing: The Pentagon never saw it coming. And they are absolutely … Read entire article »

Statement of Mr. Alfred-Maurice de Zayas Independent Expert on the promotion of a democratic and equitable international order at the Human Rights Council 30th Session Geneva, 16 September 2015 Mr. President, Distinguished delegates, Ladies and gentlemen, Pursuant to Human Rights Council resolutions 18/6, 21/9, 25/15 and 27/9, I have identified in my prior reports challenges to the realization of a democratic and equitable international order, including lack of transparency and accountability, absence of democratic participation in domestic and global decision-making, … Read entire article »