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Our dangerous new McCarthyism: Russia, Noam Chomsky and what the media’s not telling you about the new Cold War

Our dangerous new McCarthyism: Russia, Noam Chomsky and what the media’s not telling you about the new Cold War

January 29, 2015 · by Patrick L. Smith · in Articles, Salon

Perverse, diabolical obsession: Policy cliques in D.C. have no intention of desisting in this war until they win it It is time to attempt that hardest of things—to see ourselves for who we are, to see what it is we…

Why 2015 Will Make or Break a Spate of Global Alliances

Why 2015 Will Make or Break a Spate of Global Alliances

January 5, 2015 · by Patrick Smith · in Articles, The Fiscal Times

U.S., Russia, Iran, China, Europe all face loyalty tests Call it the “Year of Tenuous Ties” as new alliances take shape Obama has to rethink his approach to both Russia and China Last January this column nominated 2014 as “the…

Fallout from Obama’s Russia Strategy Is Spreading through Europe

Fallout from Obama’s Russia Strategy Is Spreading through Europe

December 24, 2014 · by Patrick Smith · in Articles, The Fiscal Times

The Obama administration’s sanctions against Russia, reluctantly supported by the Europeans, bite more deeply every day. But it is also clearer with each daily news report that Russians are not going to suffer alone. Russia’s immediate neighbors and the Europeans…

Paging Keri Russell: Russia, Cuba and the truth about Putin the U.S. media doesn’t want you to know

Paging Keri Russell: Russia, Cuba and the truth about Putin the U.S. media doesn’t want you to know

December 24, 2014 · by Patrick L. Smith · in Articles, Salon

We are making mayhem in Russia, and reality is almost the opposite of what is being described in the press I cannot be the only one to note the remarkable sequence of events in the Obama White House last week….

These are lies the New York Times wants you to believe about Russia

These are lies the New York Times wants you to believe about Russia

December 10, 2014 · by Patrick L. Smith · in Articles, Salon

Our sanctions caused Russia’s downturn. They protect Big Oil, the well-connected, and make the world more dangerous You can look at the Russian economy two ways now and you should. So let’s: It is an important moment in the destruction…

New York Times propagandists exposed: Finally, the truth about Ukraine and Putin emerges

New York Times propagandists exposed: Finally, the truth about Ukraine and Putin emerges

December 3, 2014 · by Patrick L. Smith · in Articles, Salon

NATO was the aggressor and got Ukraine wrong. Many months later, the media has eventually Well, well, well. Gloating is unseemly, especially in public, but give me this one, will you? It has been a long and lonely winter defending the…

How China and Russia Out-Maneuvered Obama in Asia

How China and Russia Out-Maneuvered Obama in Asia

November 17, 2014 · by Patrick Smith · in Articles, The Fiscal Times

President Obama brought a climate agreement back from his trip to Beijing last week, and Democrats and the media advertise it as a triumphant step in the U.S.-China relationship. At the weekend, he was in Brisbane for a G-20 meeting…

What really happened in Beijing: Putin, Obama, Xi — and the back story the media won’t tell you

What really happened in Beijing: Putin, Obama, Xi — and the back story the media won’t tell you

November 13, 2014 · by Patrick L. Smith · in Articles, Salon

Ukraine, Iran’s nukes, the price of oil: There are ties worthy of a Bourne film, if the media connected the dots By way of events on the foreign side, the past few weeks start to resemble some once-in-a-while event in…

The Mess Obama Made on the Way to the So-Called Ceasefire in Ukraine

The Mess Obama Made on the Way to the So-Called Ceasefire in Ukraine

September 8, 2014 · by Patrick Smith · in Articles, The Fiscal Times

Assuming the ceasefire declared in Ukraine as of sundown Friday holds—and the early signs are favorable—we celebrate the end of a conflict that has claimed a startling 2,600 lives since it broke out in April. But not so fast. It’s…

What a Deal Between Ukraine and Russia Could Look Like

What a Deal Between Ukraine and Russia Could Look Like

August 25, 2014 · by Patrick Smith · in Articles, The Fiscal Times

All eyes will focus this week on Minsk where Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet his Ukrainian counterpart, Petro Poroshenko. After coming close to armed confrontation over the aid-laden convoy Russia sent into Ukraine’s eastern region last week, the encounter…

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