NATO’s 5% of GDP Military Expenditures Is a 100% Indefensible and Stupid Idea

NATO’s 5% of GDP Military Expenditures Is a 100% Indefensible and Stupid Idea By Jan Oberg The arms-addicted NATO/EU leaders want an increase from 2 to 5% of GNP – or, let’s say, a doubling over the next decade. While neither NATO nor I know how Russia’s military expenditures will develop over that decade – they do serious qualitative threat analysis and not GNP percentages – NATO’s decision about the 5% aims at making NATO’s military expenditures 20 times higher than Russia’s. Read here

Israel, the World’s Top Candidate for Regime Change. Dr. Anthony Hall By Prof. Anthony J. Hall Bibi Netanyahu is the Prime Minister of Israel. For a substantial portion of the world’s people, the Israeli PM is also the most reviled war criminal of the 21st century. What is wrong with this picture? What is wrong with the people of Israel and those that back up the tribe ruled by such a pathological and bloodthirsty war monger? Read here

Kenyan Police Attack Youth-led Demonstrations Against Brutality By Abayomi Azikiwe Social unrest in the East African state of Kenya accelerated during mass demonstrations marking the one-year anniversary of a police crackdown on youth protesters during 2024. In more recent developments, a blogger was killed by the state after making critical online comments against the government of President William Ruto. Read here

Quotes on Economics and Banking You Won’t Hear on Corporate Mass Media By Reality Books The following are extracts from the book Demonic Economics and the Tricks of the Bankers. The book describes systemic aspects of the banking, monetary, and economic system that are not taught in the schools and universities of the world, and are rarely discussed on corporate owned news and media networks. Read here

Iran-Israel Ceasefire Eases Tensions but Does Not End the Conflict By Lucas Leiroz de Almeida Israel set two objectives for its operation: to neutralize Iran’s nuclear program and to advance a regime change operation by instigating the Iranian people to rebel against the leadership of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. After twelve days of fighting, neither of these objectives was achieved. Read here

Trial by Fire: How the Iran-Israel War Redefined U.S. Perceptions of Iranian Military Firepower By Prof. Ruel F. Pepa The Iran-Israel conflict, instigated under the radar by American strategic interests, inadvertently proved that Iran is a power not to be provoked lightly. It is a nation that understands modern warfare not only through missiles and men, but through optics, patience, and the ability to shape outcomes without appearing to control them. Read here

“Um Kulthoum”: Iran, Western Governments and Media Propaganda. “The Balance of Moral Authority has Shifted in Iran’s Favor”. Rima Najjar By Rima Najjar Um Kulthoum’s maqamat (a system of melodic modes, like scales in Western music with more complex structures and rules) and Iran’s strategic calculus both emerge from traditions with their own internal coherence, but they are often flattened into caricatures when viewed through Western paradigms. Read here