Brian Berletic, November 13 2024
In the weeks leading up to the 2024 US presidential election, Americans and many around the world invested hope that former-president and now President-elect Donald Trump would grind America’s wars abroad to a halt and instead invest in the United States itself.
The Trump Administration: From “No War Hawks” to ALL War Hawks
The tiny European state of Moldova is increasingly being drawn into the maelstrom of NATO’s war against Russia. On Monday, the US-allied government of Maia Sandu claimed victory in a referendum held the day before over whether the country should join the European Union. According to the Central Election Commission, 50.39 percent of voters supported and 49.61 percent opposed EU ascension. Slightly more than half of those eligible to cast a ballot did so.
The International Republican Institute is affiliated with the National Endowment for Democracy (NED). See my “front organizations” page regarding NED and Amnesty International.
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Daniel F. Runde’s Support for Ukraine (CSIS):
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PLA stages National Day drill in South China Sea in wake of 5-nation exercise
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Biden Approves $567 Million in Military Aid for Taiwan, Angering China
Today is the first day of the National Day holiday, and everyone is celebrating happily. However, the popularity of the Dongfeng intercontinental ballistic missile remains unabated, and today #洲际喷球# has once again topped the Weibo hot search list.
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Can we expand the state’s role in the economy while diminishing its capacity for war?
Suddenly a White House “priority”—getting aid to starving civilians—has vanished from the news cycle.
Maduro, an Expert in Defense and Counterattack
The parallel government strategy
One of the key maneuvers was the statement by Secretary of State Antony Blinken, recognizing opposition candidate Edmundo González Urrutia as the winner of the elections, openly contradicting the official result given by the only competent body in the matter, the National Electoral Council (CNE), which proclaimed Maduro the winner.
Faced with what appeared to be a repeat of the interim government of former lawmaker Juan Guaidó (who proclaimed himself president in 2019 and was endorsed by Washington, the European Union, and neighboring Latin American countries), Maduro launched a torpedo at the imperial waterline: if the U.S. does not recognize his victory, the energy contracts awarded to U.S. companies will be handed over to companies from the BRICS group, which Venezuela is hoping to join soon.
They need to throw out the Gene Sharp playbook.
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198. Dual sovereignty and parallel government – from Gene Sharpe’s “198 METHODS OF NONVIOLENT ACTION”
Guarimba is a ‘protest method’ devised by Venezuelan opposition member, Robert Alonso (who collaborated with the CIA to train terrorists). It was ‘inspired’ by Gene Sharp’s book, From Dictatorship to Democracy (see my ‘front organizations’ page for more on Sharp).
As predicted: violence by the far-right Venezuelan opposition breaks out across Caracas
Pistorius is the first German defence minister to visit the Philippines and hopes to finalise the agreement as early as October
Germany, Philippines agree to broaden defence cooperation deal
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Vietnam Sends Coast Guard Ship To Philippines For Joint Training
Philippine and Japan navies held their first bilateral drills in the contested waters, the Southeast Asian nation’s military said in a statement Friday.
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US Missile Deployment And $500M Military Aid To PH: Defensive Or Offensive Posturing?
LAST July 30, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin III dropped by Manila for the Philippines-US 2+2 ministerial dialogue, the fourth such talks since it began in 2012. This is unprecedented because it’s the first time that talks have been held in Manila. Indeed, the PH-US 2+2 dialogue has set the stage for continued and expanded military cooperation, reflecting a strengthened military and defense alliance between the two sides. Before visiting Manila, the two US officials also held talks in Tokyo with their counterpart top Japanese defense and diplomatic officials on July 28 to bolster military and defense cooperation.
US Missile Deployment And $500M Military Aid To PH: Defensive Or Offensive Posturing?
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US missile system may stay in PH after military drill – Army
THE Philippine Army yesterday said a medium-range missile system [Typhon] of United States military may remain in the country beyond September this year, depending on the training needs of Filipino troops.
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