F. William Engdahl — Why China Risks War over Those Wet Rocks

Naked power grab by — the US, conducted under the appearance of a judicial proceeding. China is calling BS and is ready to fight over it on the principle that if lines are not drawn, the US will just seize everything it possibly can under some pretext, through internal subversion or at the point of a gun. China is having none of it.

Engdahl explains the details that the news media are not reporting.

NEO
Why China Risks War over Those Wet Rocks

F. William Engdahl

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This exchange between a German journalist and a flamboyant Russian politician [Vladimir Zhirinovsky] who is often compared with Donald Trump, happened more than a month ago on Russia’s popular Channel 1.

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Alexei Pankin

Sputnik — China's Attempt to Purchase Opera Prompts Wagnerian Response From West

American regulators apparently said "no" to China fully buying the Norwegian internet browser company Opera Software in order to prevent Beijing from gaining clout in the market, competitive intelligence expert Yevgeny Yushchyuk told Sputnik….

Sputnik

China's Attempt to Purchase Opera Prompts Wagnerian Response From West

Mike Whitney — The Coup in Turkey has Thrown a Wrench in Uncle Sam’s “Pivot” Plan

A failed coup in Turkey has changed the geopolitical landscape overnight realigning Ankara with Moscow while shattering Washington’s plan to redraw the map of the Middle East. Whether Turkish strongman Recep Tayyip Erdogan staged the coup or not is of little importance in the bigger scheme of things. The fact is, the incident has consolidated his power domestically while derailing Washington’s plan to control critical resources and pipeline corridors from Qatar to Europe. The Obama administrations disregard for the national security interests of its allies, has pushed the Turkish president into Moscow’s camp, removing the crucial landbridge between Europe and Asia that Washington needs to maintain its global hegemony into the new century. Washington’s plan to pivot to Asia, surround and break up Russia, control China’s growth and maintain its iron grip on global power is now in a shambles. The events of the last few days have changed everything.…

Counterpunch
The Coup in Turkey has Thrown a Wrench in Uncle Sam’s “Pivot” Plan
Mike Whitney

US-NATO Border Confrontation with Russia Risks Nuclear War and Loss of European Partners — Jessica Desvarieux interviews Michael Hudson

And all throughout Europe — I've been in Germany twice in the last two months, and they're really worried that somehow America is telling Europe, let's you and Russia fight. 

Real News Network
US-NATO Border Confrontation with Russia Risks Nuclear War and Loss of European Partners

Jessica Desvarieux interviews Michael Hudson

Carter Page — Policies And Actions Advocated By China And Russia Benefit All Parties

Policies and actions advocated by China and Russia, as well as principals of mutual respect, equality, and mutual benefits have allowed a diversity of participation that benefits all parties. In concurrence with these trends, efforts by each power to ship their focuses towards the development of their domestic resources has offered additional advantages for each group.…

Katehon

Policies And Actions Advocated By China And Russia Benefit All Parties

Carter Page

Alexander Mercouris — McFaul on Russia: How the US’ Demands Risk War

McFaul’s piece [in the Washington Post] encapsulates everything which is wrong and dangerous about US policy. As is only too obvious, in his world view and in that of the neocons Russia – and all other countries – are not entitled to their own opinions and are certainly not entitled to an independent foreign policy. The only proper and “good” course for them is to agree to whatever the US demands of them. When they behave differently by acting in their own interests they are doing something wrong and bad, become “evil” and are vilified and attacked.

This is an impossible, overweening demand the like of which has never been made by any Great Power since the Fall of the Roman Empire. There is no possibility of strong independent countries like Russia ever agreeing to it. Demanding it of them is what is driving the world towards war.

The Duran
McFaul on Russia: How the US’ Demands Risk War

Alexander Mercouris

Pepe Escobar — NATO Paranoia Versus Eurasia Integration

The Great Game of geopolitics and the global economy.

Sputnik
NATO Paranoia Versus Eurasia Integration
Pepe Escobar

See also

The Duran
The Warsaw Summit and NATO’s Reckless Bluff

Alexander Mercouris