Keyword: nato

Is This the Birth of a Beijing-Moscow-Berlin Alliance?

Picture: President Xi Jinping meets German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing courtesy China Daily. Pepe Escobar - A specter haunts the fast-aging “New American Century”: the possibility of a future Beijing-Moscow-Berlin strategic trade and commercial alliance. Let’s call it the BMB. Its likelihood is being seriously discussed at the highest levels in Beijing and Moscow, and viewed with interest in Berlin, New Delhi, and Tehran. But don’t mention it inside Washington’s Beltway or at NATO headquarters in Brussels. There, the star of the show today and tomorrow is the new...

US Veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan Return War Medals at NATO Summit

Picture: As seen on Democracy Now! Video The 2012, NATO Summit ended in Chicago, the US, yesterday. According to Democracy Now! delegates from more than 60 countries took part in this year’s summit - the largest NATO summit in the organization’s six-decade history. Many international peace activists also traveled from across the globe to take part in protests on the streets. German peace activist. Reiner Braun, chair of the international coalition, said: "We do not need NATO any longer," "No to War,...

How the West Used Libya to Hijack the Arab Revolts

Picture: www.anticapitalistes.net Alex Kane - Vijay Prashad talks neoliberal economics, the uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia and why NATO's intervention in Libya marked a new chapter in the story of the Arab revolts. At first glance, the revolt in Libya against Muammar Gaddafi seemed to be a continuation of the Arab uprisings that began in Tunisia in late 2010. But when NATO forces began to fly sorties over Libya, bombing Gaddafi’s fighters, it became absolutely clear this was no Egypt or Tunisia. Instead, argues Vijay Prashad...