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U.S. Waging ‘Unilateral’ Economic and Tech War to Halt China’s Rise, Washington Insiders Say Openly

Benjamin Norton October 25, 2022 Benjamin Norton

The Biden administration’s aggressive sanctions aim to “kneecap” China’s tech sector. A former Pentagon official acknowledged it is a “disproportionate” and “unilateral” attack, a “form of economic containment.” Benjamin Norton reports.

A C-130 Hercules aircraft from the Republic of Korea Air Force sits on the flight line at Rosecrans Air National Guard Base, St. Joseph, Missouri, May 12, 2022. C-130s from the ROKAF, Little Rock Air Force Base, and Dyess AFB were attending the Advanced Airlift Tactics Training Center’s Advanced Tactics Aircrew Course. The AATTC provides aircrew training to international partners / credit: Michael Crane / U.S. Air National Guard

Joint U.S.-South Korea Military Exercises Conclude, With Eye on North Korea & China

Aditya Sarin September 8, 2022 Aditya Sarin

The United States and South Korea seem to be attempting to send a clear message to both North Korea and China of their united military posture in the region. It comes as the U.S. encirclement of China continues rapidly. Aditya Sarin analyzes the situation.

Karim Ismael, 75, in his once-vibrant agricultural field in Chaqlawa in Iraqi Kurdistan / credit: Alessandra Bajec

Water Crisis in Iraq’s Kurdish Region Strains Food Security

Alessandra Bajec August 29, 2022 Alessandra Bajec

Climate change, dam projects, and poor water and pollution management in Iraq's Kurdistan region threatens food production and livelihoods in rural communities, reports Alessandra Bajec.

The Trinity test of the Manhattan Project was the first detonation of a nuclear weapon / credit: U.S. Department of Energy

UN Nuclear Treaty a Fraud As 9 Countries Spend Billions on Arsenals

Robin Lloyd August 24, 2022 Robin Lloyd

For the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons to collapse would be tragic. But for it to continue when everyone knows it is a lie is a moral and mortal affront to the people of the world, writes TF board member Robin Lloyd, who attended meetings this month of the 10th Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference at the United Nations.

Anti-government protest in Sri Lanka on April 13 in front of the Presidential Secretariat / credit: AntanO / Wikipedia

Real Debt Trap: Sri Lanka Owes Vast Majority to West, Not to China

Benjamin Norton July 20, 2022 Benjamin Norton

Sri Lanka owes 81 percent of its external debt to U.S. and European financial institutions and to Western allies, Japan and India. China owns just 10 percent. But Washington blames imaginary “Chinese debt traps” for the nation’s crisis, as it considers a 17th IMF structural adjustment program, reports Benjamin Norton.

Haitians Looked to China & Russia to End UN Mandate, Renewed for 1 More Year

Julie Varughese July 18, 2022 Julie Varughese

Despite China delaying the vote to hold closed-door negotations, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) unanimously agreed Friday to renew the UN's mandate in Haiti. Since 2004, as many as 13,000 troops from around the world have served as part of the UN's peacekeeping mission. For many Haitians, the mandate is a foreign occupation, reports TF editor Julie Varughese.

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