Both revolutions of 1917 in Russia, the so-called February and the so-called October, took place during World War I (the Great War) when Russia fought against the Central Powers and their allies as a full member of the Entente powers together with France and Great Britain and their allies, including the Kingdom of Serbia, for which Tsarist Russia selflessly ...
The highlight of the month of October is Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya’s official visit to India from October 16 to 18. This was 55-year-old former academic’s first visit to India after she became Prime Minister. She is no stranger to India, particularly New Delhi, having studied and graduated from the Hindu College with B.A. degree in...
Donald Trump’s scatterbrained performance as ‘statesman’ poses a formidable challenge to foreign leaders and analysts alike. The struggle to interpret meaning and purpose seems futile because the man possesses no approximation of a mind capable of coherent thought processes. Trump’s behaviour is driven by obsessive emotions unedited by thought – expressed in...
Once upon a time, in the not-so-distant past, Vladimir Putin wanted to join NATO. It was early in his Presidency in 2000 when he expressed interest in Russia becoming part of NATO. In a March 2000 BBC Interview, when asked if Russia could join NATO, Putin then-Acting President, said: “Why not? I don’t rule out such a...
Putin announced that more than ten thousand Ukrainian troops were encircled in Kupyansk and Krasnoarmeisk (Pokrovsk), with his Ministry of Defense soon adding Dimitrov (Mirnograd) near the latter to the list. The Russian leader also proposed halting the fighting so that foreign journalists, including Ukrainian ones, can travel to the front to report on...
While deep state propaganda convinces public opinion that Russia is evil, armies are being prepared for war before our very eyes. The Chief of Staff of the French Army, General Pierre Schill, has just announced to the National Assembly that he is preparing for the next war against Russia. Meanwhile, the Polish Deputy Prime Minister has announced that he will...
Tensions in South America continue to escalate. Washington is promoting a naval siege of Venezuela, sending several military vessels - including aircraft-carriers and nuclear-capable submarines - to the Caribbean Sea. Furthermore, bombings of Venezuelan boats arbitrarily classified as belonging to drug traffickers have become frequent, resulting in the death...
Since the latter half of the 20th century, upon joining the NATO bloc, Turkey became a military-political ally of the United States. The American “nuclear umbrella” against the perceived Soviet threat resulted in Turkey’s significant economic and military dependence on the US and Western European countries, the establishment of American military bases in Ana...
The common image of the Sahel is one of arid lands, poverty, and despair. But this image is dangerously outdated. Today, the Sahel is not a “disaster zone” but a sort of “Silicon Valley” for criminal innovation. This is where business models, which 20th-century mafia bosses could only dream of, are being tested and...
Donald Trump managed to impose a form of peace in Gaza, not only against Hamas, but also against Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition. His adversaries were neither the Palestinians nor the Israelis, but the Israeli and British “deep states.” Thierry Meyssan Analyzes this sleight of...