... » read this article

... » read this article

... » read this article

 ... » read this article

As analysts around the world question whether the US is losing its superpower status, China’s influence in the Asia-Pacific region is strengthening. But a new report has set out a strategy for America to increase its military presence in the area. The paper, entitled “US Force Posture Strategy in the... » read this article

Two months ago, the United States Department of Agriculture forecast the biggest maize (corn) harvest in history: 376 million tonnes. After two months of record heat and drought in the U.S. Midwest, it has dropped its forecast to 274 million tonnes. So by early July it was predicting that the... » read this article

Editor's Comment: In her analysis below, Clara Weiss reports that Russia is preparing its military for intervention against the US and NATO in Syria. On May 31 we commented on The War on the Syrian People: "With this in mind [a new anti-war movement], an important question for us at... » read this article

   ... » read this article

The U.S. dollarhas probably been the closest thing to a true global currency that the world has ever seen. For decades, the use of the U.S. dollar has been absolutely dominant in international trade. This has had tremendous benefits for the U.S. financial system and for U.S. consumers, and it... » read this article

Editor's Comment: Many have observed the systematic "China-bashing" ramped up in the US/Euro imperialist media over the past decade. Likewise, many have questions about the bourgeoning Chinese economy, China as the next superpower and questions about their military prowess or vulnerability. In other words, China has been enigmatic in the... » read this article

On Feb. 15, just as Chinese Vice-President Xi Jinping arrived in the United States for a four-day visit, U.S. President Barack Obama told an audience of American workers in Milwaukee, "Manufacturing is coming back!" Coming back from China, that is. But while the Master Lock Company of Milwaukee has indeed... » read this article

After suffering major military and political defeats in bloody ground wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, failing to buttress long-standing clients in Yemen, Egypt and Tunisia and witnessing the disintegration of puppet regimes in Somalia and South Sudan, the Obama regime has learned nothing: Instead he has turned toward greater military... » read this article

A DEBATE between Henry Kissinger, Fareed Zakaria, Niall Ferguson, and Li Daokui: Is This the Chinese Century? A CENTURY FOR SALE, ANY TAKER? The Munk Debate in Toronto has in the past three years become a significant forum for discussing global issues of our age. The most recent one held... » read this article

"First, a media was used to forge an external state against Syria, especially in the Security Council.  At that time, we were focusing on the internal aspect because it was not easy to show that there was an external plot, even to some Syrians. It was not easy to show... » read this article

While nervously watching China edging closer to becoming the predominant world power in the 21st century, Washington has also been keeping a keen eye on China’s heavy reliance on foreign oil to meet its growing energy needs. Engdahl analyses the oil trap that Washington has laid for China in Libya... » read this article

The resistance is a grassroots movement that goes well beyond the issue of the island’s militarization. Human rights, the environment and free speech are also at stake. Jeju Island, 50 miles southeast of South Korea’s mainland, has been called the most idyllic place on the planet. The pristine, 706-square-mile volcanic... » read this article

AFRICOM and the Threat to China’s National Energy Security The Washington-led decision by NATO to bomb Gaddafi’s Libya into submission over recent months, at an estimated cost to US taxpayers of at least $1 billion, has little if anything to do with what the Obama Administration claims was a mission... » read this article

The doomsayers who predict the collapse of the bourgeoning Chinese economy have been saying that China's dependence on exports will be their downfall as the world economy continues its downward spiral. But this view of China's dependence on foreign markets is both, narrow and short-sighted for a number of reasons.... » read this article

Editor's Note: Does Max have it right? Who can say? It's food for thought ... LMB "RT's eye-catching video reports are lined up online on our Youtube channel - where we've now reached a milestone 500-million views! RT is the first-ever 24-hour international TV news channel to reach such a... » read this article

26 July 2011 The Obama administration’s aggressive drive to counter China’s growing strategic and military influence in East Asia has seen the South China Sea become one of the globe’s most dangerous flashpoints. Washington has made a series of provocative statements over the disputed waters. The latest was an address... » read this article