The Geopolitical Great Game: Turkey and Russia Moving Closer   By F. William Engdahl URL of this article: www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=12466 Global Research, February 26, 2009 Despite the problems of the ruble and the weak oil price in recent months for the Russian economy, the Russian Government is pursuing a very active foreign policy strategy. Its elements [...]

The Deep Politics of Hollywood In the Parents` Best Interests By Matthew Alford and Robbie Graham URL of this article: www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=12465 Global Research, February 26, 2009 Tom Cruise – “the world’s most powerful celebrity” according to Forbes Magazine – was unceremoniously sacked in 2006. His dismissal was particularly shocking for the fact that it was [...]

Black Sea: Pentagon’s Gateway to Three Continents and the Middle East   By Rick Rozoff URL of this article: www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=12400 Global Research, February 22, 2009 Stop NATO The Black Sea region connects Europe with Asia and the Eurasian land mass to the Middle East through Turkey on its southern rim, which borders Syria, Iraq and [...]

The gloves are off in the battle to shape our “new world order”, observes Eric Walberg The American Recovery and Reinvestment Bill passed this week will define Barack Obama‘s presidency. But it is really just the younger sibling to the Troubled Assets Relief Programme. To separate the now trillions being handed out to the banksters [...]

By José Miguel Alonso Trabanco URL of this article: www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=12380 Global Research, February 21, 2009 The financial and economic turmoil the world is currently experiencing will certainly have many serious consequences beyond those fields. Indeed, its geopolitical fallout could be far more serious than commonly acknowledged and it is an element that cannot be neglected [...]

By F. William Engdahl European banks face an entirely new wave of losses in coming months not yet calculated in any government bank rescue aid to date. Unlike the losses of US banks which derive initially from their exposures to low-quality sub-prime real estate and other securitized lending, the problems of western European banks, most [...]

Financial Crisis: Toxic Plans for Toxic Assets   By Stephen Lendman URL of this article: www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=12320 Global Research, March 16, 2009 Exit Paulson, enter Geithner with the latest “no banker left behind plan” – aka whatever Wall Street wants, Wall Street gets. Yet, the reception was underwhelming. The Dow plummeted 382 points while investors took [...]

Israel ready to launch a military offensive against Iran In the wake of Gaza, can the world afford to live with a nuclear Israel?   By Lech Biegalski URL of this article: www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=12307 Global Research, February 14, 2009 On February 14, Australian News Agency “The Age” reported: A SENIOR Israeli diplomat has warned that Israel [...]

Eastern Partnership: The West’s Final Assault On the Former Soviet Union   By Rick Rozoff URL of this article: www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=12299 Global Research, February 13, 2009 Stop NATO At a meeting of the European Union’s General Affairs and External Relations Council in Brussels on May 26 of last year, Poland, seconded by Sweden, first proposed what [...]

Bubble Economy 2.0: The Financial Recovery Plan from Hell   By Michael Hudson URL of this article: www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=12265 Global Research, February 11, 2009 Martin Wolf started off his Financial Times column today (February 11) with the bold question: “Has Barack Obama’s presidency already failed?”[1][1] The stock market had a similar opinion, plunging 382 points. Having [...]