Tag: Great Powers
US Foreign Policy vs. China Continues Under Trump
The incoming Trump administration is poised to pick up where the Biden administration has left off on the decades-spanning centerpiece of US foreign policy ‒ the encirclement and containment of China.
US Foreign Policy vs. China Continues Under Trump (archived)
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AFPI: America First Policy Institute
The Walton Family Foundation, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and a coalition of fishermen’s associations and environmental institutions join forces to promote responsible fishing practices.
China’s A2/AD (ACE Concept/Joint All-Domain Operations)
Nothing will change under Trump
Trump’s transition team has ties to the front organization Atlas Network through the America First Policy Institute.
Read More »China’s Naval Power Surpasses US – US Geopolitical Reach Exceeds its Industrial Grasp
US geopolitical reach exceeds its industrial grasp
By Brian Berletic
In order to contain China, the US must maintain military and economic primacy over China. Nevertheless, its ability to do this has come into question in recent years due to the continual rise and growing strength of China, and the demonstrated growing weakness of the US itself.
The ‘Israel Lobby’ Works for the US Military Industrial Complex
Since publication of John Mearsheimer’s and Stephen Walt’s ‘The Israel Lobby’ in 2007, superior public relations has served as the main explanation for the outsized influence that the nation of Israel holds over American politicians. In that telling, AIPAC (American-Israel Public Affairs Committee) and other supporters of Israel built a sophisticated and far-reaching public relations machine that promotes US politicians who support Israel and punishes those who don’t.
The ‘Israel Lobby’ Works for the US Military Industrial Complex – by Rob Urie – 27 June 2024
H/T: xenagoguevicene
Defense Contractors Are Bilking the American People

America’s national priorities are badly misplaced. Our country spends, with almost no debate, nearly $1 trillion a year on the military while at the same time ignoring massive problems at home.
Defense Contractors Are Bilking the American People
Declassified: Yugoslavia’s ‘Propaganda Value’ for British Spies
Declassified files shed fascinating light on how during the Cold War, Yugoslavia was a subject of intense cloak-and-dagger interest to British intelligence propagandists within Information Research Department (IRD).
Declassified: Yugoslavia’s ‘Propaganda Value’ for British Spies
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Inside the Pentagon’s New “Perception Management” Office to Counter Disinformation

“Perception management” came to prominence during the Reagan administration, which used the term to describe its propaganda efforts.
Inside the Pentagon’s New “Perception Management” Office to Counter Disinformation
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2013 – The NDAA Legalized The Use Of Propaganda On The US Public
RFK Jr: ‘The Neocon Projects’ in Iraq and Ukraine Have ‘Made a Laughingstock of U.S. Military Power and Moral Authority’
Neocon control of America has led to the collapse of American global hegemony and the shredding of our nation’s moral authority, according to Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
RFK Jr: ‘The Neocon Projects’ in Iraq and Ukraine Have ‘Made a Laughingstock of U.S. Military Power and Moral Authority’
H/T: Unorthodox Truth
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