To Control China’s Power, Obama Strengthens Ties To Asian Countries Ignoring Human Rights Abuses

The U.S. may still be at war in Afghanistan and increasingly involved in hot spots in the Middle East and North Africa, but on his first overseas trip since re-election, President Barack Obama will be visiting Asia. His top national security team is already moving ahead with the administration’s so-called strategic “pivot” to Asia-Pacific in a […]

Lisa Barron
By Lisa Barron
In this Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012 photo, a monk walks past a a wall painting created by graffiti artists to welcome U.S. President Barack Obama on a street in Yangon, Myanmar. Obama is scheduled to visit Myanmar later this week, the first visit by a U.S. president to the the one-time pariah nation, which is emerging from decades of military rule. (AP Photo/Aung Pyae)

The U.S. may still be at war in Afghanistan and increasingly involved in hot spots in the Middle East and North Africa, but on his first overseas trip since re-election, President Barack Obama will be visiting Asia. His top national security team is already moving ahead with the administration’s so-called strategic “pivot” to Asia-Pacific in a

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The Men Behind The Scene: Israel’s Dr. Strangelove

(CHICAGO) — Uniting Netanyahu and Lieberman is bad enough. Combined with Uzi Arad’s influence makes it combustible. More on him below. Netanyahu and Lieberman represent the worst of rogue Israeli leadership. Both are out-of-control warmongers. They’re also war criminals. They deserve prison, not high office. They deplore peace. They spurn democratic values. Why Israelis tolerate […]

Stephen Lendman
By Stephen Lendman
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, and Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman shake hands in front the media after giving a statement in Jerusalem, Thursday, Oct. 25, 2012. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

(CHICAGO) -- Uniting Netanyahu and Lieberman is bad enough. Combined with Uzi Arad's influence makes it combustible. More on him below. Netanyahu and Lieberman represent the worst of rogue Israeli leadership. Both are out-of-control warmongers. They're also war criminals. They deserve prison, not high office. They deplore peace. They spurn

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An Ambitious Canada Looks To Become A Global Power. Is It At Citizens’ Expense?

(MintPress) – Canada, the global superpower? It’s not the powerful title the world would expect the unassuming country to identify with, but the conservative leaders of America’s northern neighbor are steadfast on transforming Canada into an economic and military force to be reckoned with. In a speech at the General Assembly of the United Nations […]

Joey LeMay
By Joey LeMay
In this Saturday, July 16, 2011 file photo a Canadian armoured vehicle is loaded in a C-17 military transport aircraft at Kandahar airbase in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool/file)

(MintPress) – Canada, the global superpower? It’s not the powerful title the world would expect the unassuming country to identify with, but the conservative leaders of America’s northern neighbor are steadfast on transforming Canada into an economic and military force to be reckoned with. In a speech at the General Assembly of the United

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Tracing The Cause Of The Middle East Crisis: The Balfour Declaration

In recent weeks, protesters have called for the United Kingdom to formally recognize Palestine. The U.K. recently discouraged Palestine’s observer status in the United Nations despite the World Bank and the European Union attesting to the analysis that Palestine is ready to be a state. The U.K. has found itself in the impossible position of […]

Frederick Reese
By Frederick Reese
In this Monday, Jan. 5, 2009 file photo Palestinians carry the bodies of three toddlers Ahmed, Mohamed, and Issa Samouni, who according to Palestinian medical sources were killed in an Israeli strike, during their funeral in Gaza City. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa, File)

In recent weeks, protesters have called for the United Kingdom to formally recognize Palestine. The U.K. recently discouraged Palestine’s observer status in the United Nations despite the World Bank and the European Union attesting to the analysis that Palestine is ready to be a state. The U.K. has found itself in the impossible position of

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Collective Punishment Against Palestinians: Normalizing Apartheid In Israel

(MintPress) – Recently released documents show Israel calculated the number of calories citizens of Gaza needed in order to avoid starvation, according to internal notes released by the Ministry of Defense. Gaza, a small coastal strip run internally by Hamas, has been under a strict Israeli blockade since 2006. While Israelis long claimed the blockade was designed […]

Martin Michaels
By Martin Michaels
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(MintPress) – Recently released documents show Israel calculated the number of calories citizens of Gaza needed in order to avoid starvation, according to internal notes released by the Ministry of Defense. Gaza, a small coastal strip run internally by Hamas, has been under a strict Israeli blockade since 2006. While Israelis long claimed the

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An Encounter With Mikheil Saakashvili Before His Rise To Power

Earlier this month, the ruling party in Georgia conceded defeat in parliamentary elections to the opposition Georgian Dream coalition, led by the reclusive billionaire businessman and philanthropist, Bidzina Ivanishvili. What caught my attention, was not the newsmaker, Bidzina, who is destined to become the new prime minister, but rather his bitter rival, the president, Mikheil […]

Norbert Schiller
By Norbert Schiller
The young Georgian MP Mikheil Saakashvili speaking on one of his nearly a dozen telephones. (Photo Norbert Schiller/MintPress News)

Earlier this month, the ruling party in Georgia conceded defeat in parliamentary elections to the opposition Georgian Dream coalition, led by the reclusive billionaire businessman and philanthropist, Bidzina Ivanishvili. What caught my attention, was not the newsmaker, Bidzina, who is destined to become the new prime minister, but rather his bitter

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