Architects of China at Sea. From Mao Zedong’s “Strategic Awakening” to Xi Jinping's “Doctrine of Naval Great Power”

 

Architects of China at Sea. From Mao Zedong’s “Strategic Awakening” to Xi Jinping's “Doctrine of Naval Great Power” By Ret Admiral Cem Gürdeniz In 2018, Xi affirmed, “Building a strong navy is more urgent today than ever.” Under his leadership, China invested unprecedented resources in naval construction. The 2019 Defense Report formalized the goal of a “strong navy capable of operations in distant seas.” Read here

Argentina’s Milei Takes $40B Victory Lap Courtesy American Taxpayers By Helena Glass While US ranchers will see their profits cut, soybean farmers are watching as Argentina sells their product to China while they can’t due to the tariff war. But the order came down from on High and Trump is dutifully abiding by Israeli orders. Argentina must be saved and Milei, like Zelenskky, gets a cut. Read here

Israel’s Assault on the Nervous System of Palestine: Weaponizing Empathy, Grief and Trust to Engineer Collapse By Rima Najjar This essay documents how Israel weaponizes fundamental human reflexes — empathy, grief, trust, the instinct to survive — to engineer Palestinian societal collapse. It does so by dismantling perception, using cloned voices, fraudulent maps, and mimicked care to bait, betray, and sabotage.  Read here

Australian Sovereignty: Mr President, Take Our Critical Minerals: Australia’s Prime Minister Albanese in the White House By Dr. Binoy Kampmark The October 20 performance saw few transgressions and many feats of compliance. As a guest in the White House, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was in no mood to be combative, and US President Donald Trump was accommodating. There was, however, an odd nervous glance shot at the host at various points. Read here

Crime and Criminality in International Relations By Stephen Sefton One way or another, criminal behavior and the abuse of the issue of criminality have been permanent and integral elements of the foreign policies of the Western ruling elites for centuries. Read here

Martyrs to the Unspeakable: A Luminous Tapestry of Truth. Review by Edward Curtin By Edward Curtin To weave a magnificent tapestry like the one James W. Douglass has created with Martyrs to the Unspeakable: The Assassinations of JFK, Malcolm, Martin, and RFK takes a steady hand, a hopeful heart, and a steadfast dedication to seeking truth and telling it through factually based and interwoven stories. Read here

Review of “Martyrs to the Unspeakable: The Assassinations of JFK, Malcolm, Martin, and RFK” By Elizabeth Woodworth Drawn from recently declassified government documents, from hundreds of books and articles spanning time, from the author’s incredible interviews, and from historic videotapes, this work is an unprecedented contribution to our understanding of the forces that obliterated four inspired American leaders in the 1960’s. These forces still prevail. Read here