The extraordinary March 10, 2023 announcement that China’s top diplomat, Mr. Wang Yi, helped broker a rapprochement between Saudi Arabia and Iran suggests that major powers can benefit from believing that, as Albert Camus once put it, "words are more powerful...
Politicians Shed Tears But Learn Nothing From Afghan Failures
On March 8th the House Foreign Affairs Committee held its first hearing on the withdrawal from Afghanistan. The two prevailing themes were either that the United States should still have soldiers dying in Afghanistan to successfully complete the forever just out of...
Peacemaker China Makes History In Middle East: Ron Paul Liberty Report
From today's Ron Paul Liberty Report: With successful brokering by China, Saudi Arabia and Iran have set aside years of enmity and proxy war to restore relations. Suddenly the United States seems irrelevant in the Middle East. Also today: Cracks developing in...
Where Are Voices for Peace in Canada’s Parliament?
Canada is calling for "regime change" in Russia in a new escalation of the NATO proxy war.During a press conference on Friday foreign affairs minister Mélanie Joly said, "we’re able to see how much we’re isolating the Russian regime right now –...
US ‘Imperial Anxieties’ Mount Over China-Brokered Iran-Saudi Arabia Diplomatic Deal
While advocates of peace and a multipolar world order welcomed Friday's China-brokered agreement reestablishing diplomatic relations between Iran and Saudi Arabia, U.S. press, pundits, and politicians expressed what one observer called "imperial...
US Schools Need To Teach Kids About Proxy War
The Russo Ukraine war has brought up a concept sorely lacking in the American vocabulary: Proxy War.Most folks are familiar with the word proxy. Ask and they might respond “Oh yes, like when I sign over my right to vote stock shares to another who votes as my...
How US Military Spending Works
Here’s how this works each year.1) Biden proposes a massive increase in military spending – above and beyond both what he proposed the year before and what the Congress increased that to. If you look at U.S. military spending according to SIPRI in constant 2021...
Conflicts of Interest: ‘Defend the Guard’ Is Gaining Momentum in State Capitols
Hunter DeRensis returns to COI to discuss the great work done by Bring Out Troops Home. Subscribe on YouTube and audio-only.
HUGE. In China-Brokered Deal, Iran and Saudi Arabia Restore Diplomatic Ties
"HUGE. China-brokered Deal, Iran and Saudi Arabia Restore Diplomatic Ties," ran the headline for today’s installment on The Duran YouTube Channel hosted by Alex Christoforou and Alexander Mercouris. In terms of diplomacy the news was indeed earth...
Conflicts of Interest: Massive War Games Push US Closer to War with North Korea
On COI #392, Kyle Anzalone breaks down joining US and South Korean war games. Subscribe on YouTube and audio-only.


