“National Defense Strategy”: A Novel And Unlikely, But Welcome, Proposition

Thomas Knapp: “Military leaders have raised serious concerns about the Trump administration’s forthcoming defense strategy,” the Washington Post reports. “The critiques from multiple top officers … come as [US defense secretary Pete] Hegseth reorders U.S. military priorities — centering the Pentagon on perceived threats to the homeland, narrowing U.S. competition with China, and downplaying America’s role in Europe … Continue reading “National Defense Strategy”: A Novel And Unlikely, But Welcome, Proposition → - by Thomas L. Knapp


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Yes, James Comey is a Liar … and a Distraction

Thomas Knapp: On September 25, a federal grand jury indicted former FBI director James Comey on charges of making a false statement to Congress and obstructing a congressional proceeding (by making that false statement) in 2020. The false statement? The word “no,” in answer to the question of whether he had “ever authorized someone else at the … Continue reading Yes, James Comey is a Liar … and a Distraction → - by Thomas L. Knapp


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From Proxy To Power: Poland’s Nuclear Bid Reshapes Europe’s Security Map

Voice of East:   From Proxy To Power: Poland’s Nuclear Bid Reshapes Europe’s Security Map By Uriel Araujo Poland’s pursuit of nuclear capabilities, backed by US assurances, aims to cement its role as Europe’s anti-Russian bulwark while challenging Germany’s dominance. This underreported shift risks... Read More › - Voice of East


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Ukraine’s Modest Wins, Europe’s Strategic Collapse, And Trump’s U-Turn On Russia

Voice of East: War Of Inches: Ukraine’s Modest Wins, Europe’s Strategic Collapse, And Trump’s U-Turn On Russia By Uriel Araujo Ukraine’s modest frontline advances and Trump’s rhetorical shift put Europe in the spotlight. Zelensky’s push for $90 billion in arms underscores the fragile balance... Read More › - Voice of East


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Shutdown Theater, Briar Patch Edition

Thomas Knapp: The Producers at the Muny in 2008. Photo by Meetmeatthemuny. Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. “The White House budget office,” CNN reports, “is telling federal agencies to prepare plans for mass firings in the event of a government shutdown …” Programs that these fake “shutdowns” don’t normally affect would “be targeted for sweeping … Continue reading Shutdown Theater, Briar Patch Edition → - by Thomas L. Knapp


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The Five Most Likely Motives Behind Trump’s Flip-Flop On Ukraine

Voice of East: The Five Most Likely Motives Behind Trump’s Flip-Flop On Ukraine By Andrew Korybko The proxy war has reached a very dangerous point where tensions might soon spiral out of control. Trump surprised the world with a lengthy post expressing his newfound view that... Read More › - Voice of East


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Trump, RFK Jr. May Be Right About Acetaminophen, But Why The Rush?

Thomas Knapp: Tell me if you’ve heard this one before: A senile reality TV star and a publicity-seeking nepo baby walk into a press conference and announce that a widely used pain reliever may cause autism … Punch line? No punch line. It really happened, though few would have noticed if the senile reality TV star (Donald … Continue reading Trump, RFK Jr. May Be Right About Acetaminophen, But Why The Rush? → - by Thomas L. Knapp


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Brendan Carr and Donald Trump: Another Jawbone, Another Ass

Thomas Knapp: “This is a very, very serious issue right now for Disney,” Brendan Carr said on September 17. “We can do this the easy way or the hard way.” “This” #1 was talk show host Jimmy Kimmel’s claim that “the MAGA gang [is] desperately trying to characterize this kid who [allegedly] murdered Charlie Kirk as anything … Continue reading Brendan Carr and Donald Trump: Another Jawbone, Another Ass → - by Thomas L. Knapp


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Ukraine’s Overreach In Africa: From Proxy War In Europe To Proxy Adventurism Abroad

Voice of East: Ukraine’s Overreach In Africa: From Proxy War In Europe To Proxy Adventurism Abroad By Uriel Araujo Reports suggest Ukrainian weapons and operatives are fuelling conflicts in Mali, Sudan, and Libya, in its push to “counter Russia”. While Kiev brands its outreach... Read More › - Voice of East


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When The UN Fails: Kashmir And The Crisis Of Global Mediation

Voice of East: When The UN Fails: Kashmir And The Crisis Of Global Mediation By Dr Ghulam Nabi Fai “80 years. Longer than the average human lifespan. Normally this would be a moment to celebrate but are we really in a mood for... Read More › - Voice of East


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Charlie Kirk: The Value of a Legacy Is Subjective

Thomas Knapp: “Charlie Kirk’s funeral Sunday will be a historic moment for conservatives,” Henry Olsen writes at the Washington Post. “Kirk’s widow, Erika, President Donald Trump and his allies will understandably want to use the event to call out a tide of left-wing intolerance and violence. But they need to strike the right tone — or they … Continue reading Charlie Kirk: The Value of a Legacy Is Subjective → - by Thomas L. Knapp


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Did The Polish Deep State Try To Manipulate The President Into War With Russia?

Voice of East: Did The Polish Deep State Try To Manipulate The President Into War With Russia? By Andrew Korybko The black swan events of NATO jamming causing Russian decoy drones to veer into Poland and an F-16 missing one of its attempted interceptions... Read More › - Voice of East


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Hoplophobes Say The Strangest Things

Thomas Knapp: On September 10, Florida’s 1st District Court of Appeal looked at the state’s law against “open carry” of firearms, looked at the US Constitution’s 2nd Amendment, and noticed that the latter supersedes the former. Five days latter, Florida Attorney General James Uthmier issued “guidance to Florida’s prosecutors and law enforcement,” notifying them that “as of … Continue reading Hoplophobes Say The Strangest Things → - by Thomas L. Knapp


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Water Wars Strike Again: How Afghanistan’s Canal Project Could Reshape Eurasia’s Geopolitics

Voice of East: Water Wars Strike Again: How Afghanistan’s Canal Project Could Reshape Eurasia’s Geopolitics By Uriel Araujo As Kabul pushes forward with the Qosh Tepa Canal, Central Asia faces rising water tensions. Comparisons with India-Pakistan and lessons from other river disputes may shed... Read More › - Voice of East


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Five Actions that Definitively Disqualify Trump for his Coveted Nobel Peace Prize

Kim Petersen: I am especially proud to be the first President in decades who has started no new wars. — Donald Trump, Farewell Address, 20 January 2021 I am the Peace President and only I will prevent WW3! — Donald J. Trump, Truth Social, 6 September 2024 I think I’m going to get a Nobel Prize for […]
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Speculation Is Swirling About The Future Of Turkiye’s S-400s

Voice of East: Speculation Is Swirling About The Future Of Turkiye’s S-400s By Andrew Korybko The stage is set for a grand deal between the US, Turkiye, Russia, and India, at least in theory and only tacitly in the case of the US-Russia, US-India,... Read More › - Voice of East


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Charlie Kirk: This Too Shall Pass, Unfortunately

Thomas Knapp: If there’s one thing we should all be able to agree on, it’s that no one should be murdered for speaking. In the aftermath of Charlie “Prove Me Wrong” Kirk’s murder at a Utah campus event, it’s clear that no, we don’t all agree on that. The bulk of responses to Kirk’s assassination consisted of: … Continue reading Charlie Kirk: This Too Shall Pass, Unfortunately → - by Thomas L. Knapp


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Duda Belatedly Confirms That Zelensky Tried To Manipulate Poland Into War With Russia

Voice of East: Duda Belatedly Confirms That Zelensky Tried To Manipulate Poland Into War With Russia By Andrew Korybko To Poland’s credit, it didn’t fall for this trap, which could have sparked a fast-moving sequence of events that might have spiralled into World War... Read More › - Voice of East


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Now The Feds Want In On The University Patent Racket

Thomas Knapp: “The scientists get the patents,” US commerce secretary Howard Lutnick tells Axios.  “The universities get the patents. And the funder of $50 billion [in research leading to the patents], the US government, you know what we get? Zero. … The United States of America taxpayer should get half the benefit.” Put that way, it doesn’t sound … Continue reading Now The Feds Want In On The University Patent Racket → - by Thomas L. Knapp


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Shutdown Theater: Every Play Eventually Ends Its Run

Thomas Knapp: The Producers at the Muny in 2008. Photo by Meetmeatthemuny. Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. Here we go again. It’s time for another performance of American politicians’ favorite off-Broadway play, “Shutdown Panic.” “Congress only has a few weeks to avoid a government shutdown,” Mitchell Hill reports at WTOP, “but leaders of both parties … Continue reading Shutdown Theater: Every Play Eventually Ends Its Run → - by Thomas L. Knapp


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Russia Probably Didn’t Deliberately Target The Cabinet Of Ministers Building In Kiev

Voice of East: Russia Probably Didn’t Deliberately Target The Cabinet Of Ministers Building In Kiev By Andrew Korybko It’s difficult to imagine typically cautious and restrained Putin losing his cool and recklessly giving European warmongers exactly what they need for raising the chances that... Read More › - Voice of East


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When An Expat Kashmiri Met A Pandit In Northern Virginia

Voice of East: When An Expat Kashmiri Met A Pandit In Northern Virginia By Dr Ghulam Nabi Fai The strength of Kashmir has always been its diversity. Washington, D.C. – Sometimes circumstances bring back old gold memories. That is exactly what happened few... Read More › - Voice of East


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Disinterring Graeber: The First Five Years

Thomas Knapp: “When [David] Graeber died, five years ago today, he was just about the most important public intellectual in the world” asserts Thomas Peermohamed Lambert (“David Graeber: the Left’s lost hero,” UnHerd, September 2).  An unlikely position for the author of tomes covering “some of the most mind-numbing subjects,” from the originations of finance to managerial … Continue reading Disinterring Graeber: The First Five Years → - by Thomas L. Knapp


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Russia’s Special Military Operation in Ukraine

Kim Petersen: Medea Benjamin and Nicolas Davies have come out with the expanded and revised second edition of their book War in Ukraine. Defying logic, the subtitle is Making Sense of a Senseless Conflict. A blurb from professor Noam Chomsky calls it: “An invaluable guide.” I agree. Media analyst Norman Solomon calls the book a “concise primer […]
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Murder On The High Seas: Trump May Be Immune, But Are His Co-Conspirators?

Thomas Knapp: On September 2, the US government claimed that military operators acting on its behalf murdered 11 foreign nationals aboard a boat in international waters off the coast of Venezuela. I say “claimed” because Venezuelan communications minister Freddy Ñáñez suggests that a video of the murders released by the US government is an AI-generated “deepfake.” Regimes … Continue reading Murder On The High Seas: Trump May Be Immune, But Are His Co-Conspirators? → - by Thomas L. Knapp


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Kashmir Through The Lens: Film, Dialogue, And Diaspora Resolve

Voice of East: Kashmir Through The Lens: Film, Dialogue, And Diaspora Resolve By Dr Ghulam Nabi Fai Chicago, Illinois – It is a well-documented fact that people attend conferences for variety of reasons: to gain knowledge, to meet individuals they might not otherwise have... Read More › - Voice of East


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The Gaza War Isn’t Over, But Israel Has Already Lost

Thomas Knapp: Man carrying child’s body in Gaza. Fars Media Corporation.  Attribution 4.0 International license. The Israeli regime has lost its multi-front war in Gaza, the West Bank, Lebanon, Syria, and Yemen. Yes, really. It may not look like it, but the defeat is real and  baked into Israel’s future. Let me first make the case for Israeli … Continue reading The Gaza War Isn’t Over, But Israel Has Already Lost → - by Thomas L. Knapp


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SCO Issues Delayed Condemnation of Pahalgam Attack Amid Sino-Indian Rapprochement

Voice of East: SCO Issues Delayed Condemnation of Pahalgam Attack Amid Sino-Indian Rapprochement By Andrew Korybko The recent Sino-Indo rapprochement, which was inadvertently brought about by the US, accounts for why this year’s Chinese host agreed to include this in the Tianjin Declaration unlike... Read More › - Voice of East


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