As the Donald Trump administration and the Russian government agree to work together on ending the Ukraine war and lay out potential terms without Ukrainian and European input, I thought it would be interesting to revisit an essay from 16 years ago.
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Soft Power: U.K. & Quad STEM Scholarships
Michael Parenti: Against Psychopolitics
Many great public issues as well as many private troubles are described in terms of the “psychiatric” — often, it seems, in a pathetic attempt to avoid the large issues and problems of modern society.
— C. Wright Mills, The Sociological Imagination
Chinese Military Might vs Washington’s Asymmetrical Tools of Empire
China continues to strengthen its military capabilities, combining rapid growth in conventional power with readiness to counter U.S. asymmetrical strategies.
Chinese Military Might vs Washington’s Asymmetrical Tools of Empire (archived)
Previously:
US proxy groups capture Rakhine State in Myanmar
US Greenland-Panama Ambitions Aimed at War with Russia-China
Hot spots where war may break out or escalate in 2025: Balochistan
When was the Democratic Party anti-war?
Once in a while, I listen to “establishment controlled” Democracy Now. Today, I decided to listen to their episode with Bernie Sanders’ former foreign policy adviser, Matt Duss. They talked about how the Democratic Party has become “The Party of War” as if it’s something that’s recently happened. Left out of this conversation was if the Democratic Party was ever anti-war? I don’t recall a time in my life in which the Democrats were.
Read More »US proxy groups capture Rakhine State in Myanmar
Arakan Army’s Victory 2.0 in Myanmar: A New Order for Rakhine?
The Arakan Army’s recent victories in Rakhine have significant implications for the state and the country.
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Biden Regime Faces Backlash Over Funding for LGBT Advocacy in Zimbabwe
The U.S. government is weaponizing LGBTQ+ rights, otherwise known as pinkwashing, to overthrow the government of Zimbabwe.
Biden Regime Faces Backlash Over Funding for LGBT Advocacy in Zimbabwe
Read More »Listening to Soldiers Of Reason: The RAND Corporation and the Rise of the American Empire

Soldiers Of Reason: The RAND Corporation and the Rise of the American Empire
Related:
The Rand Corporation: The Think Tank That Controls America (archived)
By the 1960s, America’s rivals were paying attention. The Soviet newspaper Pravda nicknamed RAND “the academy of science and death and destruction.” American outfits preferred to call them the “wizards of Armageddon.”
RAND and SeaLight Part 3b: Four Ways China Is Growing Its Media Influence in Southeast Asia
05-10-2022: Four Ways China Is Growing Its Media Influence in Southeast Asia
China’s most straightforward method of media outreach is directly broadcasting or publishing its state media content in target ASEAN countries. Xinhua, China’s official state media agency, has print bureaus in every Southeast Asian country. TV news channels CCTV-4 and the English-language CGTN likewise operate in nearly every country in the region, while China Radio International airs multilingual content in Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, and Myanmar. Xinhua is a ministry-level agency directly under the State Council, while the other media organizations all operate under the Chinese Communist Party Publicity Department.
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