Trump’s Failed Naval Power and Missiles Capabilities. U.S. Lags Behind China

 

Trump’s Failed Naval Power and Missiles Capabilities. U.S. Lags Behind China. Ret. Adm. Cem Gurdeniz By Ret Admiral Cem Gürdeniz American intelligence, as usual, misjudged that Chinese naval power could rival them in 30 years. After September 11, 2001, when budget priorities shifted to the Global War on Terror (GWOT), the navy was neglected. Read here

Palestine’s Statehood Should Not Be in Question – Israel’s Statehood Should Be. Julian Rose By Julian Rose I learned something very significant when I was working as a volunteer on an agricultural kibbutz in Northern Israel back in 1975. At that time, a retired Israeli army Colonel explained to me that, in the Hebrew language, the name ‘Israel’ is not a place name at all, but a description of the tribe of Israel’s relationship with the God of Abraham. Read here

A Death Blow to the Palestinian State Looms. Marc Vandepitte By Marc Vandepitte Mainstream media have barely covered it, but on July 23, the Israeli parliament (the Knesset) voted by an overwhelming majority in favor of a non-binding motion that would allow Israel to annex the occupied West Bank. Read here

Trump Proposes Peace Agreement at Alaska Summit. Renee Parsons By Renee Parsons The Alaskan Summit began out of a proposal from White House advisor Mike Witkoff submitted to Russian foreign policy advisor Yuri Ushakov. That proposal was “considered acceptable” and led to a personal review by Russian President Vladimir Putin. Read here

US Human Rights Report on Venezuela Doesn’t Pass the Mirror Test By Roger D. Harris The US State Department’s latest Human Rights Report condemns Venezuela for serious abuses. Weaponizing human rights, accusations are selectively applied to serve a destabilization campaign. In this article, a mirror is held up to Uncle Sam to see how well “America the beautiful” holds up to the same charges, while also exposing the role of sanctions, compliant NGOs, and military threats in Washington’s hybrid war on Venezuela. Read here

Systemic Rivalry with China? Washington Raises the Terrorist Designation for a Group of Anti-Chinese Militants in Pakistan. Why? By Andrew Korybko The US’ systemic rivalry with China over the contours of the emerging world order has made many assume that it backs all opponents of the People’s Republic, from neighboring states with whom Beijing has territorial disputes to terrorist groups, yet a recent move just shattered this perception. Read here

US Pressure Might Inadvertently Bring India and China Back Together. Andrew Korybko By Andrew Korybko The pretext upon which Trump recently doubled tariffs on India to 50% was its continued trade with Russia, which India has refused to curtail for the five reasons explained here, yet it turns out that the US-Russian trade increased by 20% since he returned to office. Read here