Russia

In the last eighteen months the Obama administration have initiated the greatest build-up of military forces since World War two along Russia’s western frontier.  Such a military build up hasn’t been since since Hitler invaded the Soviet Union. Australian journalist John Pilger says that World War 3 has already begun. The media just don’t know about it yet because, at present, it is a war of propaganda, lies and distraction. But that can change in an instant. RT.com reports: Ukraine – once part of the Soviet Union – has become a CIA theme park.

Submitted by Shelley Kasli via OrientalReview.org,

Russia’s decision to greatly reduce its military presence in Syria, coming as it did with little warning, has left the world struggling for explanations. Russia is to maintain a military presence at its naval base in Tartous and at the Khmeymim airbase. In fact Russia is “withdrawing without withdrawing”.

The partial withdrawal is seen by many as a message to the Assad government to not take Russia’s military aid for granted, and to be more flexible in the upcoming peace negotiations.

Authored by Paul Craig Roberts,

With much help from the failures of neoliberal economic policy and neoconservative foreign policy, we are changing the world.

Submitted by Pepe Escobar via SputnikNews.com,

It’s spy thriller stuff; no one is talking. But there are indications Russia would not announce a partial withdrawal from Syria right before the Geneva negotiations ramp up unless a grand bargain with Washington had been struck.

Following successful military operations in Syria, Russia could now provide security for two Maghreb countries, Morocco and Tunisia who also face a threat from the ISIS, according to French media Boulevard Voltaire. Sputnik reports: Russia would establish a security zone in the Mediterranean and, thus, will be able to contain Turkish hegemony in the region and jihadist movements destabilizing both the Middle East and its peripheral regions, Professor Benjamin Wirtz wrote for Boulevard Voltaire.