Selected articles (July 14, 2023)

 

1)

Colonialism or sovereignty? How the global financial system traps countries in debt

Political economists Radhika Desai, Michael Hudson, and Ann Pettifor discuss how the international financial system traps Global South countries in debt, reinforcing a neocolonial order.

July 12, 2023

https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/07/11/colonialism-sovereignty-financial-system-debt/

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2a)

Vilnius Summit Communiqué

Issued by NATO Heads of State and Government participating in the meeting of the North Atlantic Council in Vilnius 11 July 2023

https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/official_texts_217320.htm?selectedLocale=en

2b)

Here’s why the US may never allow Ukraine to join NATO

Kiev has to face up to some bad news –  for the first time, NATO enlargement has become a threat to Washington itself

By Valdai Club Programme Director Timofey Bordachev

July 12, 2023

https://www.rt.com/news/579613-us-never-allow-ukraine-join-nato/

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3a)

CIA Running Ukraine Blows Biden’s Bluster About No U.S. Boots on the Ground

Ukraine is ground zero for the CIA’s fascist origins

Editorial

Strategic Culture Foundation

July 7, 2023

https://strategic-culture.org/news/2023/07/07/cia-running-ukraine-exposes-bidens-bluster-of-no-us-boots-on-ground/

3b)

Germany creates equity in Western Ukraine

By M. K. Bhadrakumar

July 12, 2023

The hypothesis that the Anglo-Saxon axis is pivotal to the proxy war in Ukraine against Russia is only partly true. Germany is actually Ukraine’s second largest arms supplier, after the United States. Chancellor Olaf Scholz pledged a new arms package worth 700 million euros, including additional tanks, munitions and Patriot air defence systems at the Nato summit in Vilnius, putting Berlin, as he said, at the very forefront of military support for Ukraine.

https://www.indianpunchline.com/germany-creates-equity-in-western-ukraine/

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4)

MbS to Blinken: ‘No’ to Israeli normalization, ‘yes’ to Syrian reconciliation

Despite the threat of US economic sanctions, MbS tells Blinken that Saudi Arabia will financially invest in Syria as it is in Riyadh’s interest to do so.

By Hasan Illaik

July 10, 2023

https://new.thecradle.co/articles/mbs-to-blinken-no-to-israeli-normalization-yes-to-syrian-reconciliation

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5)

India’s foreign policy dilemma: Counter or cooperate with China?

New Delhi’s inclination towards the Atlanticist core contradicts its position as a self-reliant economic and military force, and hinders its aspirations for Eurasian integration through collaboration with China and Russia.

By F.M. Shakil

July 13, 2023

https://new.thecradle.co/articles/indias-foreign-policy-dilemma-counter-or-cooperate-with-china

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6)

News and analysis about Iran

https://handsoffiran.com/

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