Tag: North Korea
Crisis in the Congo: Where is the International Co...
Posted by David Kowalski | Jan 30, 2018 | Africa, News & Analysis, Politics | 2 |
Associated Press Associates Itself With War
Posted by David Swanson | Oct 27, 2017 | Politics, US, Viewpoints | 1 |
The Real Reason behind Trump’s Angry Diplomacy in ...
Posted by Ramzy Baroud | Oct 19, 2017 | Asia Pacific, News & Analysis, Politics | 2 |
China-Trump Trade Policy Leading into the Final Qu...
Posted by Antonio Graceffo | Oct 13, 2017 | Asia Pacific, Essays | 0 |
What’s North Korea Afraid of?
Posted by David Swanson | Oct 5, 2017 | Asia Pacific, Reviews, Viewpoints | 0 |
Why We Need Decolonization in 2020
by David Swanson | Jan 17, 2020 | News & Analysis, Politics, US
The immediate opportunity for decolonization in 2020, of course, is joining Iraq in demanding that the US close its bases in Iraq.
Humpty Dumpty Has Had a Great Fall
by Paul Craig Roberts | May 1, 2019 | Asia Pacific, Politics, US, Viewpoints
The Russians, Chinese, Iranians, and North Koreans know that no agreement with America means anything and that Washington speaks only with a forked tongue.
What Next for the Korean Denuclearization?
by Victor Zhikai Gao | Mar 8, 2019 | Asia Pacific, News & Analysis, Politics, US
Achieving denuclearization on the Korean Peninsula will bring peace and stability not only to the Korean Peninsula, but to all Northeast Asia and beyond.
U.S. Bases in Okinawa Are a Threat to Freedom
by David Swanson | Jan 7, 2019 | Asia Pacific, Politics, US, Viewpoints
Occupying Okinawa with tens of thousands of armed US troops does nothing positive for peace and freedom; instead, it just threatens both.
Paris Cyber Agreement – Déjà Vu All Over Again?
by Emilio Iasiello | Dec 14, 2018 | Asia Pacific, Europe, News & Analysis, Politics, US
Failing to get the major cyber aggressors on board with the Paris Cyber Agreement risks the agreement becoming nothing more than a paper tiger.
Rethinking Nuclearism: Thirty Years Later
by Richard Falk | Oct 6, 2018 | News & Analysis, Politics, US
The worst offenders of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty are the nuclear weapons states who abuse it to maintain their own dominance over other nations.
Korea Should Reunify Outside the Empire
by David Swanson | Sep 26, 2018 | Asia Pacific, Politics, US, Viewpoints
The two Korean governments and the Korean people are willing to resolve their differences, but the US government is standing in their way.
North Korea Thinks Pompeo Has Reneged On the Deal
by Paul Craig Roberts | Jul 9, 2018 | Asia Pacific, Politics, US, Viewpoints
Let this be a lesson to Putin, as if he needs another one, that no deal with Washington can be trusted.
Altruism and Sadism in Public Policy
by David Swanson | Jun 25, 2018 | Politics, US, Viewpoints
There are three things that are almost always underestimated: the U.S. military budget, altruism, and sadism.
Putin’s Peace Efforts Are Coming to Naught
by Paul Craig Roberts | May 24, 2018 | Asia Pacific, US, Viewpoints
Now that Washington and Israel have sabotaged Putin’s diplomacy, Putin’s hope is that the result will isolate Washington from Washington’s European and British vassal states rather than isolate Russia, Syria, Iran, and North Korea from the rest of the world.
Peace Comes to Korea: Let’s Understand Why
by David Swanson | May 1, 2018 | Asia Pacific, Politics, US, Viewpoints
The best thing that could happen for peace would be for the US to immediately get its missiles, its military, and its nose out of the Korean peninsula.
Crisis in the Congo: Where is the International Community?
by David Kowalski | Jan 30, 2018 | Africa, News & Analysis, Politics
The international community should make a greater effort to engage with the Congolese pseudo-dictator Joseph Kabila to entice him to step down voluntarily—while doing their upmost to ensure his people do not suffer any additional harm.
Endings and Beginnings: A Commentary on 2017 to 2018
by Richard Falk | Jan 4, 2018 | Politics, US, Viewpoints
The UN as constituted by its Charter gives control of global policymaking to the richest and strongest states, while the president of the world’s superpower poses an apocalyptic threat.
Trump’s National Security Speech
by Paul Craig Roberts | Dec 20, 2017 | Politics, US, Viewpoints
The American people, regardless of who they elect, have no voice, no input, no representation. An oligarchy rules, and Trump has become nothing more than its mouthpiece.
Associated Press Associates Itself With War
by David Swanson | Oct 27, 2017 | Politics, US, Viewpoints
Associated Press propaganda about the situation with North Korea leaves writes out all possibilities of a peaceful resolution.
The Real Reason behind Trump’s Angry Diplomacy in North Korea
by Ramzy Baroud | Oct 19, 2017 | Asia Pacific, News & Analysis, Politics
President Donald Trump is trying to scare off North Korea’s traditional ally, China, and disrupt China’s economic, political, and military ascendency.
China-Trump Trade Policy Leading into the Final Quarter of 2017
by Antonio Graceffo | Oct 13, 2017 | Asia Pacific, Essays
While some of US’s and China’s policy aims may be at odds, the two countries are finding areas where their interests overlap, and neither wants a trade war.
What’s North Korea Afraid of?
by David Swanson | Oct 5, 2017 | Asia Pacific, Reviews, Viewpoints
North Koreans have good reason to fear that the US might once again raze their country.
In Their Own Words: When Trump and Obama Sounded the Same
by Ramzy Baroud | Sep 27, 2017 | Politics, US, Viewpoints
Despite vastly differences approaches, Donald Trump’s words convey the same visionless messages as Barack Obama’s before him.
More Thoughts on Trump’s UN Declaration of War Against Iran and North Korea
by Paul Craig Roberts | Sep 21, 2017 | Politics, US, Viewpoints
Trump’s UN Speech Proves the CIA and the military/security complex are in full control of the US government.