Oriental Review

Israel Is Anticipating War

By Elmira TARIVERDIEVA (Russia)

Surprising political developments in Israel and recent reports in the US media suggest that Israel will attack Iran in the near future. After Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced early parliamentary elections at a conference of the Likud ruling party in early May, Israel decided unexpectedly to cancel them. The cancellation of the elections was not [...]

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US, Israeli and Saudi-funded Terrorists Destabilizing Syria Now Under Fire in Lebanon

by Tony CARTALUCCI

According to a 2007 New Yorker article by Seymour Hersh, “The Redirection,” the US, Israel, and Saudi Arabia had been assembling a region-wide army of extremist-mercenaries to battle Hezbollah in Lebanon, destabilize and overthrow Syria, and create a united front against Iran. The forces recruited for this effort would come from the ranks of the [...]

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Seif al-Islam Gaddafi and the Fight behind the Scene over His Fate

By Alexander MEZYAEV (Russia)

The legal proceedings against Seif al-Islam, the son of Muammar Gaddafi, have developed into an unusual situation, that has had no precedents in the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) history. The matter is that the Court itself is exerting efforts to destroy the case so that the accused would never have to face it. It has [...]

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Upcoming G8 Forum and the Objectives Behind the Looming Great War

By Viktor BURBAKI (Russia)

THE DYNAMICS UNRAVELING WITHIN THE WORLD SYSTEM AND DRIVING DEEP TRANSFORMATIONS OF THE EXISTING CENTER – SEMI-PERIPHERY – PERIPHERY LAYOUT IS PRONE WITH A PROLIFERATION OF SERIOUS ARMED CONFLICTS. THE WORLD IS ENTERING A TRANSITION EPOCH DURING WHICH A BIG WAR OVER NATURAL RESOURCES AND SPHERES OF INFLUENCE, ALONG WITH A SERIES OF PRECEDING REGIONAL [...]

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The Integration of Eurasia and Berlin

By Natalia MEDEN (Germany)

«Today we’re partners, but not friends» – said Russian ambassador to Germany Vladimir Grinin meeting journalists from different countries in Berlin by the end of April. After many years of assurances that the both countries are strategic partners, the opinion mainly expressed by Russian politicians, one should welcome the more sober assessment of Russia-Germany relations. [...]

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Germany: “Young Veterans”

By Natalia MEDEN (Germany)

A discussion on veterans’ policy change has been going on for some time in Germany upon the initiative of Minister of Defense Thomas de Meiziere (Christian Democratic Union). In April he submitted the “Bundesver veterans’ policy” report to the Bundestag Defense Committee. As the German tradition goes, it’s the two world wars participants who are [...]

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An Open Government Wrapped in the Internet

By ORIENTAL REVIEW

According to the dedicated page on the US State Department web-site, the Open Government Partnership (OGP) is ‘aimed at securing concrete commitments from governments to promote transparency, increase civic participation, fight corruption, and harness new technologies to make government more open, effective, and accountable’. A few lines below the text clearly names the nominal beneficiary: [...]

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Soros’s Virus Sneaking Into the Open Government Partnership

By Alexander SAVCHENKO (Ukraine)

The first annual conference of the Open Government Partnership, an international group set up in New York by the US, UK,  Canada, Norway, Brazil, Mexico, Indonesia, the Philippines, and South Africa in September, 2011, will open in Brazil on April 17, 2012. Over the past six months, the partnership has widened to include around 40 [...]

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Who Are To Stand Up In the International Criminal Court?

By Alexander MEZYAEV (Russia)

Not long ago the International Criminal Court (ICC) handed down a noteworthy ruling. Formally it was related to two African states – Malawi and Chad visited by president of Sudan Omar al-Bashir. Their fault was not so much receiving him but rather not putting him under arrest. The warrant was issued by the ICC back [...]

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Amnesty International Propaganda Targets Russia & Syria

By Tony CARTALUCCI

The Amnesty International “infographic” titled, “Shocking Facts About Who’s Arming Human Rights Abusers,” portraying Russia’s arming of Syria as “fueling the most bloodshed” is not “shocking” at all when one realizes the disingenuous human rights advocacy organization is run by US State Department officials and is funded by convicted criminal George Soros’ Open Society Institute [...]

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What Missiles Are Threatening Europe?

By Vladimir EVSEEV (Russia)

The issue of creating missile defense boundaries in Europe is largely political in nature. The United States is developing the system more for ensuring national security — officially from Iran, but in reality from China and possibly Russia. Otherwise, it is difficult to understand its persistence in establishing a global missile defense system in Europe [...]

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USA Used Tactical Nuclear Weapons in Afghanistan and Iraq

By Leonid SAVIN (Russia)

It became clear after the Seoul nuclear summit that the USA sticks to the old policy that goes back to 1945 – to monopolize the right to use nuclear weapons by making their non-proliferation part of international law in combination with new restrictive measures against others including Russia. It all should lead to the return [...]

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