Walden Bello is a well-known figure in the Philippines who served in its House of Representatives and ran as a vice-presidential candidate on a social democratic ticket in the country’s 2022 elections. For many years, Bello has also been a leading inte…
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The son of the Iwo Jima flag-bearer in one of the most iconic photos in U.S history, James Bradley gained fame for his 2000 book Flags of Our Fathers, which was made into a film directed by Clint Eastwood. Offput at how Flags of Our Fathers was used to…
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New Book By Son of Iwo Jima Flag-bearer Explains Why Vietnam Defeated the U.S. Read Post »
Beneath the aircraft-carrier ceremony celebrating a “new golden age” in U.S.-Japan relations, ongoing toxic discharges from the Yokosuka naval base reveal a grimmer alliance—one built on secrecy, contamination and a surrender of environmental sovereign…
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Trump’s Yokosuka Spectacle: The Pageantry of Power and Japan’s Hidden PFAS Crisis Read Post »
The National Endowment for Democracy (NED) has appointed a big-time China hawk to its Board of Directors On November 4, the National Endowment for Democracy (NED)—a CIA offshoot that finances dissident media and political organizations in countries tar…
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CIA Cutout Pushes for War with China Read Post »
Shifting Power and Strategic Autonomy In global politics, perception shapes power, but China’s current strategy suggests more than perception management. Its refusal to yield to U.S. tariff pressure marks a deliberate assertion of strategic autonomy. W…
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The U.S.–China Tariff Confrontation: From Economic Dispute to Systemic Rivalry Read Post »
Lucien Conein was a key figure in coup that set the ground for the escalation of the Vietnam War Lucien Conein was a legendary CIA officer known as “Black Luigi,” who ran agents behind the Iron Curtain in the early Cold War, helped organize Iran’s noto…
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Lucien Conein was a key figure in coup that set the ground for the escalation of the Vietnam War Lucien Conein was a legendary CIA officer known as “Black Luigi,” who ran agents behind the Iron Curtain in the early Cold War, helped organize Iran’s noto…
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Headquartered in San Francisco, The Asia Foundation is a non-profit organization receiving public and private support that coordinates development projects, educational programs and cultural exchanges across Asia, in part with the aim of facilitating b…
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The Asia Foundation’s Deep CIA Ties Exposed Read Post »
President Donald Trump has expressed enthusiasm about Japan’s new prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, stating that her elevation to head the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in late October was “tremendous news.” Speaking to U.S. troops aboard a U.S. aircraf…
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From Toshiba to Huawei: America’s Long War on Superior Competitors For decades, the United States championed free markets and fair competition—until it no longer had the upper hand. Today, oligarchs like Peter Thiel—a key player in the U.S. security ap…
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The New York Times and other obituaries predictably left this out Richard Armitage, the number two official at the State Department from 2001 to 2005, died on April 13. The New York Times and other obituaries emphasized that Armitage was a Naval Academ…
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An on-the-ground account challenging Western propaganda Upon landing in Urumqi, the capital of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (commonly known as Xinjiang), it is evident that the Uyghurs, a Turkic-speaking Muslim minority, call this home. As I e…
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Xinjiang as It Really Is Read Post »
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