China and the U.S. – The future will be decided by economic influence, not military dominance

China and the U.S. – The future will be decided by economic influence, not military dominance

John Menadue March 6, 2024 Pearls and Irritations has posted an outstanding series of articles by Percy Allan on the so-called ‘China Threat‘. He highlighted that America is deeply divided and that promoting the China threat helps unite Americans; that unlike the UK and the US, China has no imperial legacy; that unlike the Soviet […]

US peace efforts with China have failed? Don’t be fooled by the narrative

US peace efforts with China have failed? Don’t be fooled by the narrative

Illustration: Craig Stephens The US isn’t serious about detente or any form of reconciliation. Instead it has been laying the foundation for a cold war or worse, and fabricating a moral high ground Josef Gregory Mahoney October 2, 2023 American efforts to foster detente with China have failed: it’s time to acknowledge this and move […]

The U.S. Cold War Against China Is Self-Destructive

The U.S. Cold War Against China Is Self-Destructive

Jan Oberg Originally published by Global Times, Beijing, on September 5, 2023 September 28, 2023 A couple of years ago, The Transnational Foundation for Peace and Future Research, TFF, in Sweden, of which I am the director, published ”Behind The Smokescreen. An Analysis of the West’s Destructive China Cold War Agenda And Why It Must […]

Peter Peverelli: On BRICS, naval exercises and U.S. threats

Peter Peverelli: On BRICS, naval exercises and U.S. threats

Peter Peverelli, TFF Associate March 1, 2023 The US has started raising concerns about possible Chinese military support to Russia. On Feb. 20, China, Russia and South Africa begin joint naval exercises off the coast of the latter. The BRICS countries will soon meet to decide on the admission of new members. This commentary attempts […]

Kenny Stancil: Military madness – US deploys nuclear-capable B-52s to Australia

Kenny Stancil: Military madness – US deploys nuclear-capable B-52s to Australia

Kenny Stancil November 28th, 2022 This escalation of U.S. hostility comes just days after the Biden administration released a Nuclear Posture Review that nonproliferation advocates said makes catastrophe more, rather than less, likely. Originally posted on Consortium News on October 31st 2022 here In what critics are calling a “dangerous escalation,” the United States is reportedly […]

Jan Oberg: Nancy Pelosi, Taiwan and the changing world order

Jan Oberg: Nancy Pelosi, Taiwan and the changing world order

Jan Oberg August 4, 2022 Right after US House Speaker Mme Nancy Pelosi, had landed in Taipei, Taiwan, on August 2, 2022, I was asked by Russia Today (RT) to comment on that tension-increasing event. It was a news program, but thanks to the excellent questions raised by Rory Suchet, the very knowledgeable anchor at […]

John Pilger: “The Coming War On China” documentary from 2016

John Pilger: “The Coming War On China” documentary from 2016

This documentary by John Pilger hardly needs any introduction. It is eminently useful for public education about the history and the events in and around China that has fuelled containment for decades – elements of an understanding of the present Cold War on China that the US or NATO mainstream media will never convey to […]

Michael Klare: Welcome to US Military Containment and Cold War on China

Michael Klare: Welcome to US Military Containment and Cold War on China

None Dare Call It “Encirclement” Washington Tightens the Noose around China Michael Klare January 17, 2022 Since he published “War Without End: American Planning for the Next Vietnams” in 1972, Michael Klare has established himself as one of the world’s leading experts on US military foreign policy, warfare, weapons, military intervention, energy policies and the […]