Japan: Abe’s master plan | The Economist

Commentary: Pakistan: Geopolitical conundrum written by Arnaud de Borchgrave

China destroys the ancient Buddhist symbol of Lhasa City in Tibet – CNN iReport

Russian politics: Chechnya and the bombs in Boston | The Economist

North Korea Seeks End to US Sanctions and Isolation

China Warns Against Countries Expanding Military in Asia – In2EastAfrica – East African news, Headlines, Business, Tourism, Sports, Health, Entertainment, Education

The Obama Kerry Hagel Regime: Selling Death and Buying Assassins in the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia | Global Research

Afghanistan: A Dark and Fragile Future

Afghanistan, Ecology and the End of War | Global Research

BBC: The Lyndon Johnson tapes – Richard Nixon’s ‘treason’

"We have found that our friend, the Republican nominee, our California friend, has been playing on the outskirts with our enemies and our friends both, he has been doing it through rather subterranean sources. [Nixon campaign aide Anna] Chennault is warning the South Vietnamese not to get pulled into this Johnson move."

China and the mirror of history: Let’s not forget | The Economist

Arundhati Roy: Decolonize the consumerist wasteland – Re-imagining a world beyond capitalism and communism

If there is any hope for the world at all, it does not live in climate-change conference rooms or in cities with tall buildings. It lives low down on the ground, with its arms around the people who go to battle every day to protect their forests, their mountains and their rivers because they know that the forests, the mountains and the rivers protect them. The first step toward re-imagining a world gone terribly wrong would be to stop the annihilation of those who have a different imagination – an imagination that is outside of capitalism as well as communism. An imagination which has an altogether different understanding of what constitutes happiness and fulfillment. To gain this philosophical space, it is necessary to concede some physical space for the survival of those who may look like the keepers of our past but who may really be the guides to our future. To do this, we have to ask our rulers: Can you leave the waters in the rivers, the trees in the forest? Can you leave the bauxite in the mountain? If they say they cannot, then perhaps they should stop preaching morality to the victims of their wars

What the US Bombing of Cambodia Tells Us

The War in Mali and AFRICOM’s Agenda: Target China | Global Research

The Longest War: Afghan People Face Fearful Future as American Troops Prepare to Exit the Ravaged Country

There Are Three Options for Afghanistan and They’re All Bad

TomDispatch: Tomgram: Ann Jones, The Afghan End Game?

Work With China, Don’t Contain It – NYTimes.com

Qatar, Sponsor of Islamist Political Movements, Major Ally of America | Global Research

Top News, Latest headlines, World News & U.S News – Upi.com – de Borchgrave

Will America Ever Grapple with the Atrocities It Committed in Vietnam?

Energy Dept. Launches Rare Earths Center To Avoid Shortage

The U.S. government in March 2012 filed a trade case against China, the major producer of rare earths for the globe, over export restrictions. To address the looming shortfall, the new Critical Materials Institute, or “Hub,” as it is known, will focus on developing new ways of leveling the supply-demand ratio of five rare earth elements in particular: neodymium, europium, terbium, dysprosium and yttrium .. elements responsible for making such commonplace devices function as light-emitting screens on smartphones and computers, earbuds, car speakers, and hybrid electric car motors

The Destabilization of Pakistan | Global Research

Who Owns the World? Noam Chomsky on U.S.-Fueled Dangers, from Climate Change to Nuclear Weapons

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