Video: CrossTalk: Recession 2015?
Are we experiencing the Great Recession of 2015 or merely a painful paradigm shift in how the global economy is run? Many in the West quickly blame China … Via Youtube
View ArticleVideo: CrossTalk: Annihilating Yemen
Getting scant media coverage in the West, Yemen as a state and society is being destroyed. The Arab world’s poorest country is being systemically annihilated … Via Youtube
View ArticleVideo: CrossTalk: Migrating crisis
The law of unintended consequences: Europe has finally started to address a humanitarian crisis partially of its own making: the growing wave of refugees from … Via Youtube
View ArticleVideo: CrossTalk: Kiev Infighting
With military stalemate in the east of the country and the economy in serious depression, the regime in Kiev has had to face some very hard realities. And its very … Via Youtube
View ArticleVideo: CrossTalk: Japan up in arms
Some political forces in the Japanese elite are hell bent on changing the country’s so-called peace constitution. For generations, Tokyo has avoided foreign wars … Via Youtube
View ArticleVideo: CrossTalk: Exiting recession
The recession in Russia is turning out to be longer and deeper than most economists had expected. Nonetheless, there is a growing consensus the worst is … Via Youtube
View ArticleVideo: CrossTalk: Reformable UN?
There is a wide consensus that the United Nations needs to be more representative and democratic – particularly the Security Council. Though the same … Via Youtube
View ArticleVideo: CrossTalk: Blaming Russia
The reaction from Washington on Russia’s upgraded fight against terrorism in Syria gives new meaning to the term ‘shock and awe’. The Obama administration’s … Via Youtube
View ArticleVideo: CrossTalk: Obama cornered
Doubling down or re-calibrating? After finding itself painted into a corner, the Obama administration appears to be doing both when it comes to Syria. However … Via Youtube
View ArticleVideo: CrossTalk: Chinese wave
The most recent China wave on the remaking of the Pacific: over the last weeks Beijing and Washington have upped the ante in their game of chicken to … Via Youtube
View ArticleVideo: CrossTalk: Erdogan’s blunder
Crime, and now punishment: So far the Russians are succeeding on all counts. The situation in Syria has stabilized, the Syrian army is on the offensive, and … Via Youtube
View ArticleVideo: CrossTalk: Syrian fault lines
In the wake of Turkey’s intentional downing of a Russian jet over Syrian airspace it appears the wrong lessons are being learned. Instead of greater cooperation … Via Youtube
View ArticleVideo: CrossTalk: Syrian minefield
With two widely differing coalitions and one very complex Civil War, it would appear there is little room for compromise in Syria today. While Russia has called for … Via Youtube
View ArticleVideo: CrossTalk: Syrian Minefield
With two widely differing coalitions and one very complex Civil War, it would appear there is little room for compromise in Syria today. While Russia has called for … Via Youtube
View ArticleVideo: CrossTalk on Syria: Road to peace?
After years of bickering and bellicose language, it would appear the major powers might be able to come to an understanding on how to end the Syrian Civil War … Via Youtube
View ArticleVideo: CrossTalk on Middle East: Russia’s strategy
The shifting sands of geopolitics have turned into a tsunami. With Saudi Arabia upping the ante with sectarian escalation, where does the Syrian conflict stand? Via Youtube
View ArticleVideo: CrossTalk: Arab Spring at five
Five years ago the phenomenon known as the Arab Spring started to play itself out. In retrospect there were exaggerated hopes for change in the Middle East. Via Youtube
View ArticleVideo: CrossTalk: Offensive propaganda
Offensive propaganda or new propaganda offensives? Obama administration announced new online initiatives to bolster its foreign policy narratives and as a … Via Youtube
View ArticleVideo: CrossTalk on Iran: Neocon revenge?
With the end of the original sanctions now in play, Washington’s neocons and allies are down, but certainly not on the run. What is their greatest fear? Via Youtube
View ArticleVideo: CrossTalk: Ukraine’s dead ends
Ukraine’s many dead ends. Faced with a faltering economy and growing political instability, official Kiev has limited options. And with Europe unwilling or unable … Via Youtube
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