IRAN – A week that changed the world, perhaps forever. Ray McGovern and Patrick Lawrence discuss it on The World This Week. 8pm EST Saturday.
WATCH: The World This Week w/Ray McGovern
Category: BRICS
DAY 4: ATTACK ON IRAN
Marco Rubio’s Cecil Rhodes Moment
The U.S. secretary of state is reviving the language and intent of 19th century colonialism to deter what he sees as “the forces of civilizational erasure that today menace both America and Europe alike,” writes Joe Lauria.
Hedges Report: The Future of the ‘New World Order’
Donald Trump believes U.S. economic and military might are all he needs to achieve unilateral control over America’s allies, but he’s a “one-man wrecking crew.” John Mearsheimer speaks to Chris Hedges.
Is Trump Deluded About India No Longer Buying Russian Oil?
Donald Trump announced a trade deal with India in which Delhi is supposed to stop buying Russian oil. But India has said nothing about it, writes Betwa Sharma.
Mutual Aid or Mutual Assured Destruction
WATCH: Cooperation is more important than competition in human survival, argued Peter Kropotkin. After competition brought two world wars, mutual aid twice sought to rescue humanity. Will there be a third chance? asks Joe Lauria.
US & China: India’s Sticky Situation
While Modi has deepened ties with the U.S., he’s been careful to preserve India’s strategic autonomy, stopping short of aligning too closely with Washington, writes Betwa Sharma.
Europe’s Final Descent
European elites, who have lived under U.S. shelter throughout the post-war period, are in no way capable of becoming independent. So-called EU strategic autonomy is an empty world. This is a new form of Stockholm Syndrome, writes Uroš Lipušcek.
‘Putin Will Play Trump Like a Stradivarius’
ALASKA SUMMIT: CN Editor Joe Lauria joined Jackson Hinkle’s Legitimate Targets to discuss the Putin-Trump meeting and the Middle East.
With Five Eyes on China, FBI Bulks Up in New Zealand
Mick Hall covers the upgrade of the U.S. intelligence agency’s Wellington operation to “counter the CCP” as another milestone of U.S. meddling in the Asia-Pacific.