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NATO at the Helm of European Foreign Policy

by Manlio Dinucci

Rome (Italy) | 27 June 2020
NATO Defense Ministers (Lorenzo Guerini, Pd representing Italy) gathered by videoconference on June17/18, and made a series of “decisions to strengthen the Alliance’s deterrence.” However, nobody in Italy talks about it, neither the media (including social media) nor the political world, where an absolute multipartisan silence reigns over all this. Yet these decisions, basically dictated by Washington and signed by Minister Guerini for Italy, not only trace the guidelines of our military (...)

Facebook surrounds Africa

by Manlio Dinucci

Rome (Italy) | 17 June 2020
Many industries and service companies are failing or shrinking due to the lockdown and subsequent crisis. Instead, there are those who have gained from all this. Facebook, Google (YouTube owner), Microsoft, Apple and Amazon - writes The New York Times - "are aggressively placing new bets, as the coronavirus pandemic has made them nearessential services." All these "Tech Giants" are from the United States.
Facebook - no longer called social network but "ecosystem", which also includes (...)

“The Art of War”

5G, the new track of the arms race

by Manlio Dinucci

Rome (Italy) | 3 June 2020
While Canada has just authorized the extradition of Meng Wanzhou, the daughter of one of Huawei’s leaders, to the United States, the U.S. Congressional Research Service exposes the military component of the G5.

USA: Race riots and separatist temptations

by Thierry Meyssan

Damascus (Syria) | 1 June 2020
The race riots that are spreading in the USA today do not threaten the integrity of the territory, but could pave the way for a cultural confrontation between the communities that share the country. Contrary to common belief, secessions of entire regions are more than ever on the agenda.

“The Art of War”

USA plan: militarized control of population

by Manlio Dinucci

Rome (Italy) | 26 May 2020
The Rockefeller Foundation, which has historical ties to the US federal government, has presented a national plan to control the coronavirus epidemic. It aims to test 30 million people a day at state expense and to subject US citizens to strict military control.

“The Art of War”

Giulietto Chiesa On the Front Line Until the End

by Manlio Dinucci

Rome (Italy) | 30 April 2020
The Italian journalist and politician, Giulietto Chiesa, is dead. He was a member of the World Political Forum and the Valdai International Discussion Club. Since 2002, he has actively participated with Voltaire Network and the Axis for Peace conference.

NATO in Arms to «fight coronavirus»

by Manlio Dinucci

Rome (Italy) | 10 April 2020
The 30 NATO foreign ministers met on April 2 by videoconference, and instructed US general Tod Wolters, Supreme Allied Commander in Europe, to "coordinate the necessary military support to fight the coronavirus crisis".
He is the same general who declared in the United States Senate on February 25 "nuclear forces are supporting every US military operation in Europe" and " I am a fan of a flexible first-use policy" of nuclear weapons, that is nuclear attack by surprise .
General (...)

“The Art of War”

In a Europe closed down by the Coronavirus, the EU opens its doors to the US army

by Manlio Dinucci

Rome (Italy) | 15 March 2020
30,000 US soldiers are currently disembarking in the European Union without respecting the sanitary measures ordered by Brussels and the member States. Either the command of the US Army Europe is incompetent and is putting its soldiers needlessly in harm’s way, or else they have already been vaccinated.

“The Art of War”

30, 000 soldiers arrive in Europe without masks

by Manlio Dinucci

Rome (Italy) | 9 March 2020
The United States are demonstrating their power by organising the largest transfer of their troops in Europe on the occasion of the Defender Europe 20 exercises. This country, which only a few years ago sacrificed its soldiers without warning in its nuclear tests, is taking no precautions for its soldiers faced with the corona virus epidemic.

“The Art of War”

The Fear Virus Pandemic

by Manlio Dinucci

Rome (Italy) | 28 February 2020
The exaggeration of the dangerousness of the coronavirus compared to other diseases and the preparation of the response of the main actors two months before the epidemic leave one stunned. It is not possible to draw any conclusions at this time.

“The Art of War”

The future of "America", increasingly armed

by Manlio Dinucci

Rome (Italy) | 21 February 2020
The federal government of the United States is responsible for defense and foreign policy, as well as the prosecution and adjudication of federal crimes. The new budget plans to close large agencies whose role is constitutionally vested in the states. It chooses to make no cuts in military spending although US troops in the broader Middle East and Africa are to "come home" in the last year of President Trump’s first term. Instead, Washington will expand its arsenal.

“The Art of War”

Greece - the clearance sale of military bases to the United States

by Manlio Dinucci

Rome (Italy) | 17 February 2020
The United States have profited cleverly from Greece’s financial problems in order to force them to sign a contract which would enable the USA to block the ocean passage from the Black Sea to Russia. Only the Greek Communists and their allies opposed them.

German Ambitions in the Wider Middle East

by Thierry Meyssan

Damascus (Syria) | 29 January 2020
75 years after the Second World War, Germany intends to become a power on the international stage once again. It has chosen to return to the expanded Middle East. But it is difficult and dangerous to rise to this level without any experience other than historical.

China, and not only Iran, is targeted by the USA

by Manlio Dinucci

Rome (Italy) | 25 January 2020
Independent of the questions directly concerning Iran, the United States are worried about the relations that Iran maintains with China. Progressively, Beijing is relying on Tehran to realise its gigantic project for the New Silk Roads in Asia.

What is the real nuclear threat in the Middle East?

by Manlio Dinucci

Rome (Italy) | 13 January 2020
The announcement by Iran of its withdrawal from the 5+1 nuclear agreement (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action) in response to the assassination of General Qassem Soleimani will mean nothing since the United States have already cancelled their participation. It is far more worrying that Israël has its own genuine nuclear arsenal, and could be tempted to use it in case of a withdrawal of American troops from the Middle East.

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