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Challenging Western Supremacy
Category: Analysis
WATCH: Target Cuba
Ray McGovern discusses the immediate threat to Cuba in the context of the history of U.S. hostility to the Caribbean island stretching back to his earliest days at the C.I.A. in 1963, just months after the Cuban Missile Crisis.
WATCH: McGovern, Ritter Play Putin & Gerasimov
Reacting to the Ukrainian slaughter of 21 students asleep in their Donbass dormitory, Ray McGovern as Vladimir Putin and Scott Ritter as Valery Gerasimov act out their impromptu, imagined interaction between the Russian president and the chief of the general…
Michael Brenner: Hegemony?
WATCH: The World This Week — ‘Chaos of the Old Order’
Xi and Putin say unilateral efforts to rule the world “have failed” and “a new type of international relations” emerges despite “neocolonial tendencies” bringing the “law of the jungle.” Trump mad over Iran and mulls Cuba invasion. Watch the replay.
Can a New Grassroots Left Take Shape in Britain?
As Labour’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer fights for survival, Paul Rogers says Jeremy Corbyn’s decade-long grassroots strategy may yet have the last word.
WATCH: Russia Debate — Ritter vs. McGovern
Scott Ritter says Russia will strike command centers in Kiev and German and English factories after Ukrainian attacks cut Russia’s oil exports 20 percent. Ray McGovern says Russia will continue to avoid hitting Europe to prevent a NATO-Russia war.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: History Turned in Beijing
To say not much happened during Trump’s two days in the Chinese capital, as a lot of people seem to think, is to miss the forest for the trees.
WATCH: The World This Week — ‘Hitting a Chinese Wall’
A brash, expansionist Donald Trump returned from two days in China, having been schooled by Xi Jinping in what global stability looks like. Watch the replay.
The Unraveling of Nehru’s Vision for India
Nehru’s pluralistic vision that has long held together one of the most diverse nations on earth is being dismantled by the steady march of Hindu majoritarianism, as reflected in India’s latest election results, writes Betwa Sharma.