One of the longest sagas of political persecution is coming to its terminus. That is, if you believe in final chapters. Nothing about the fate of Julian Assange seems determinative. His accusers and inquisitors will draw some delight at the plea deal reached between the WikiLeaks founder’s legal team and […]
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Two Geniuses Discuss Assange & the Other International News
Both Brian Berletic and Alexander Mercouris have been predicting — about such news-events as the cases of Assange, and Ukraine, and Taiwan, and Gaza — what has afterward happened, and therefore they are true authorities on the international news. Here they discuss especially Assange, Ukraine, Russia, and China, as well […]
Is The US Able To Create Another Alliance Against Russia And China?
The Western expert community is already probing public opinion on this issue and making appropriate stuffing. Chan Mo Ku, a former military officer at the Strategic Planning Directorate of the Republic of Korea – United States Combined Forces Command and Jinwan Park, an incoming Schwarzman Scholar at Tsinghua University, China, […]
Australia: A Place In Geopolitics (III)
Part II Canberra is potentially able to act as a mediator in the settlement of the territorial issue between China and Taiwan. A month before the meeting with General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, Xi Jinping, a delegation led by Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese went to Taipei for […]
Australia: A Place In Geopolitics (II)
Part I Washington appreciates Canberra’s role in ensuring a stable American foreign policy course. In 2022, the Indo-Pacific Strategy was published, according to which the continent occupies priority positions. In this context, Australia’s most important task is to contain China. In addition, the document noted the desire to resist “economic […]
TikTok Faces Ban In The United States Over Alleged Interference In Domestic Affairs
The principle of non-interference in the affairs of sovereign states has been the cornerstone of the world order for centuries. The United Nations enshrined this principle in its Charter as well as the Declaration on the Inadmissibility of Intervention in the Domestic Affairs of States and the Protection of Their […]
Australia: A Place In Geopolitics (I)
The geostrategic rivalry between the major powers is intensifying. It is extremely important for the United States to find allies who can not only support Washington in the struggle for world domination, but also who do not have deep dependence on the main factory of the world – China, because […]
Blinken’s Hypocrisy In China
Recently, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has payed a three-day visit to China and held talks with PRC President Xi Jinping and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. The visit of the head of American diplomacy was accompanied by reports that US-China relations are entering a new era, in which […]
US Is Strengthening AUKUS (II)
Part 1 Let’s consider separately the interaction of the United States with Seoul within the framework of AUKUS. If for Japan, as mentioned in the previous article, working with the United States within the framework of the Arms Alliance was of strong interest, since it would help consolidate Tokyo’s reputation […]
US Is Strengthening AUKUS (I)
In April 2024, following the review of applications for membership in the AUKUS bloc submitted by Japan, New Zealand and South Korea, representatives of the law enforcement agencies of Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States issued a joint statement. There has been a discussion about the possibility of […]
Warring Against Encryption: Australia Is Coming For Your Communications
On April 16, Australia’s eSafety commissioner, Julie Inman Grant, issued with authoritarian glee legal notices to X Corp and Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, to remove material within 24 hours depicting what her office declared to be “gratuitous or offensive violence with a high degree of impact and detail”. […]
Flicker Of Hope: Biden’s Throwaway Lines On Assange
Walking stiffly, largely distracted, and struggling to focus on the bare essentials, US President Joe Biden was keeping company with his Japanese counterpart, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, when asked the question. It concerned what he was doing regarding Australia’s request that the WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange be returned to Australia. […]
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