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30.06.2015 CHINA’S “SILK ROAD” ENRICHES ITS INFLUENCE ON SOUTH AMERICA
by Ariel Noyola Rodríguez
During his tour through Brazil and Peru, China’s Prime Minister Li Keqiang committed to the construction of the “Silk Road” of South America; a continental train that would connect the Atlantic to the Pacific. Within its objectives, this mega-project will seek to impulse the industrialization and with that, to promote economic development in the region.

26.06.2015 NEARING THE END OF THE ERDOĞAN SYSTEM
by Thierry Meyssan
In December 2014, Thierry Meyssan announced the fall of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, while almost all other international commentators still persisted in believing that he would win the legislative elections. Mr. Meyssan returns here to examine the career of the Turkish President.

16.06.2015 S-300 AIR DEFENSE SYSTEMS: POTENTIAL CONSEQUENCES OF BARTERING WITH IRAN
Vladimir Evseev
On April 13, 2015 President Vladimir Putin signed an executive order lifting the ban on transit through Russian territory and also the transfer to the Islamic Republic of Iran of air defense missile systems S-300. This makes it possible to implement the contract, signed in 2006−2007, on supplying Iran with five S-300 PMU-1 air defense systems.

09.06.2015 WORLD ORDER AND NATIONAL INTEREST
A Keynote Speech by Hans Köchler, President of the International Progress Organization, delivered at the 15th International Scientific Likhachev Conference “Contemporary Global Challenges and National Interests”, May 14, 2015.

04.06.2015 GERMANY FALLS OUT OF LOVE WITH AMERICA
By JOHN VINOCUR
Anti-Americanism offers cheap German nationalism with a good conscience. Angela Merkel should resist.
Anti-Americanism has become a fungible aspect of German politics. Blaming-the-Amis is now established as hard currency in matters of security, trade and in setting the tone of public discussion—either directly and gratingly, or managed more evasively but with real recognition of this harsh disaffection’s potential as a voter-getter.

01.06.2015 THE DOUBLE DEATH OF EUROPE
By Adrian Pabst
The continual crisis in the Eurozone and in Ukraine poses the most serious danger to Europe since the darkest days of the Cold War. Economic devastation in the south and war in the east cast a long shadow over the European Union and the wider Europe. Arguably the post-1945 promise of peace and prosperity no longer holds. The 28 EU member-states are home to high standards of living for many and the biggest single market with over 550 million consumers, but the 2008 crash exposed the sheer precariousness of the much-vaunted European social models and ways of life.

27.05.2015 THE YEAR 2015: FIRST THIRD REPORT
By Johan Galtung
The 19 January editorial “The Year 2015-What Are We in For?” identified four unfolding, dramatic processes: the West will continue fighting unsuccessfully and violently to keep their world grip; Eurasia will expand and consolidate successfully and nonviolently; Islam will expand and consolidate partly violently; Latin America and Africa will expand and consolidate, spearheaded by Brazil, South Africa, BRICS.

25.05.2015 THE FALL OF PALMYRA UPSETS GEOPOLITICAL BALANCE IN THE LEVANT
by Thierry Meyssan
The situation has considerably worsened in the Levant since the Islamic Emirate cut the ancient « Silk Road », the route which links Iran to the Mediterranean. There remain only two possible options : either via Deir ez-Zor and Aleppo, or else via Palmyra and Damascus. The first route has been disabled since the beginning of 2013, the second has just been cut. The fall of Palmyra will therefore have considerable consequences for the balance of the whole region.

21.05.2015 THE NEW WORLD DISORDER
By Tariq Ali
Three decades ago, with the end of the Cold War and the dismantling of the South American dictatorships, many hoped that the much talked about ‘peace dividend’ promised by Bush senior and Thatcher would actually materialise. No such luck. Instead, we have experienced continuous wars, upheavals, intolerance and fundamentalisms of every sort – religious, ethnic and imperial. The exposure of the Western world’s surveillance networks has heightened the feeling that democratic institutions aren’t functioning as they should, that, like it or not, we are living in the twilight period of democracy itself.

04.05.2015 DESTROYING CHRISTIAN CULTURAL HERITAGE SITES: DON'T ONLY CONDEMN ISIS, BUT ALSO THESE GLOBALLY RECOGNIZED GOV'T
By Haykaram Nahapetyan
A recent video on the destruction of ancient monuments by Islamic State in the Middle East has shocked the international community. The ISIS has sought to justify destruction of Assyrian ancient monuments in Northern Iraq by Islamic norms. The International community's reaction was predictable: the United Nations' cultural agency labeled those actions as a war crime, calling the world to "respond to this criminal chaos that destroy culture" and "put an end to this catastrophe".

29.04.2015 INSIGHTS INTO TURKISH DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL POLITICS
By John VanPool
Key Points:
- Prime Minister Erdogan claims Iran is attempting to divide and conquer the Middle East, but tempers his criticisms following a visit to Tehran...

22.04.2015 COULD CHRISTIANITY BE DRIVEN FROM MIDDLE EAST?
By Jane Corbin
Can Christianity survive, in the face of persecution and conflict, in the region of its birth? The BBC's Jane Corbin travelled across the Middle East - through Iraq and Syria - to investigate the plight of Christians, as hundreds of thousands flee Islamic militancy in the region.

15.04.2015 CAN WE MOVE TOWARDS A MULTIPOLAR WORLD DESPITE HEGEMONY IN THE MEDIA?
by Roberto Quaglia
States struggling against imperialism are probably not sufficiently aware of the importance of having non-aligned media. Yet, obviously, Russia Today, Press TV, Telesur and Al Mayadeen are better at defending freedom than other weapons. For these are indeed weapons we are talking about.

13.04.2015 HOW AMERICA BECAME AN OLIGARCHY
By Ellen Brown
According to a new study from Princeton University, American democracy no longer exists. Using data from over 1,800 policy initiatives from 1981 to 2002, researchers Martin Gilens and Benjamin Page concluded that rich, well-connected individuals on the political scene now steer the direction of the country, regardless of – or even against – the will of the majority of voters. America’s political system has transformed from a democracy into an oligarchy, where power is wielded by wealthy elites.

07.04.2015 GERMAN INTRANSIGENCE RAISES SPECTRE FOR ‘GREXIT’
Nile Bowie
Greece’s newly elected government, led by the leftist Syriza coalition that swept into power in January on an anti-austerity platform, finds itself in a highly unenviable position. Athens is burdened by colossal debt, imminent liquidity problems and a looming banking collapse. What is at stake for Greece now is its very ability to survive economically within the euro-zone.