TomDispatch – Page 2 – Asia Times

China, Russia, United States, World

Hypersonic weapons and national (in)security

by Rajan Menon October 4, 2019February 18, 2020

Afghanistan, Pakistan, South Asia, United States, World

Message to the grown-ups: ‘Mulch Trump’

by Tom Engelhardt October 1, 2019February 18, 2020

A wounded man receives medical treatment after a car bomb attack in Kabul on Monday. Photo: AFP

Afghanistan, South Asia, United States, World

The imperial debris of war

by Stephanie Savell September 23, 2019February 18, 2020

China, Russia, United States, World

Greenland and the Pompeo doctrine

by Michael T Klare September 16, 2019February 18, 2020

(VIETNAM-25, 1/3)A 01 May 1975 photo shows a large pile of US-made rifles abandoned by pro-American Southern Vietnamese army soldiers collected at Nhan Nghia commune, Chau Thanh district, in the southern province of Can Tho one day after Saigon fell to communist troops. Few young Vietnamese express much interest in the war, even though it scarred the lives of the parents and grandparents. AFP PHOTO / AFP PHOTO / VIETNAM NEWS AGENCY

Afghanistan, AT Finance, South Asia, Vietnam

Reflections on ‘peace’ in Afghanistan

by Andrew Bacevich September 11, 2019February 18, 2020

Members of the Taliban in Ghazni province, Afghanistan. File Photo: Reuters

Afghanistan, South Asia, United States, World

Ending the Afghan war (messily, yet again)

by Danny Sjursen July 29, 2019February 18, 2020

AT Finance, United States, Vietnam, World

‘What does war have to do with me?’

by Nick Turse June 30, 2019February 18, 2020

Afghanistan, Germany, Iraq, Middle East, Russia, South Asia, United States, World

The art of shaping memory

by Andrew Bacevich June 23, 2019February 18, 2020

President Donald Trump displays his knowledge of amounts of temperature change as he announces that the US will withdraw from the landmark Paris Agreement, in the Rose Garden of the White House on June 1, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo

China, United States, World

If Trump is the symptom, what’s the disease?

by Tom Engelhardt June 20, 2019February 18, 2020

US tanks pose for a photo under the "Hands of Victory" in Ceremony Square, Baghdad, Iraq. Photo: US Air Force/John L Houghton

Iran, Iraq, Middle East, United States, World

Two Iraqi peace activists confront a Trumpian world

by Laura Gottesdiener June 14, 2019February 18, 2020

A US Air Force B-1B Lancer takes-off to fly a bilateral mission with Japanese and South Korea Air Force jets in the vicinity of the Sea of Japan. Photo: US Air Force via Reuters

Afghanistan, AT Finance, Iraq, Middle East, South Asia, United States, Vietnam, World

The US cult of bombing and endless war

by William J. Astore June 7, 2019February 18, 2020

The Pentagon has begun a secret review of policies for the use of US nuclear weapons amid concern over China and Russia expanding their strategic weaponry. Photo: AFP

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Iraq, Middle East, Russia, United States, Vietnam, World

How the Pentagon took ownership of Trump

by William J. Astore May 4, 2019February 18, 2020

A Black Hawk helicopter being transported from a ship at Taiwan's Kaohsiung port. Photo: Handout

Afghanistan, South Asia, United States, World

American war is off the charts

by Tom Engelhardt April 17, 2019February 18, 2020

AT Finance, Philippines, United States, World

US takes exception to the rule of law

by Rebecca Gordon March 31, 2019February 18, 2020

A man rests while working on the reconstruction of the Jiankou section of the Great Wall. Photo: Reuters/Damir Sagolj

Beijing, China, Mexico, United States, World

A modest proposal for Trump

by Tom Engelhardt March 5, 2019February 18, 2020

Director of the White House National Trade Council Peter Navarro. Photo: AFP

AT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, Japan, Northeast Asia, Russia, Singapore, World

Trump’s trade czar, the latest architect of imperial disaster

by Alfred McCoy December 7, 2018

China's President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet at the 2018 Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok on September 11, 2018. Photo: Russian Presidential Press and Information Office / Anadolu Agency

Afghanistan, AT Finance, China, European Union, France, Germany, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Philippines, Russia, South Asia, Taiwan, United Kingdom, Vietnam, World

Five academics who unleashed the ‘demon’ of geopolitical power

by Alfred McCoy December 6, 2018

A US C-17 troop transport aircraft is parked at the 2017 Los Angeles Air Show. Photo: iStock

Afghanistan, AT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, European Union, Germany, India, Iran, Iraq, Mexico, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, Syria, Taiwan, Turkey, World

Planet of war: US military prepares for global combat

by Danny Sjursen November 22, 2018

US President Donald Trump points to journalist Jim Acosta from CNN, during a post-election press conference. Photo: AFP

World

The Donald and the fake news media: an affair to remember

by Tom Engelhardt November 18, 2018

The United States and China are trading blows on economic and strategic fronts in what some see as the dawn of a new Cold War. Image: iStock/Getty Images

Afghanistan, AT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, India, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, Vietnam, World

The new global tinderbox: It’s not your mother’s Cold War

by Michael T Klare October 31, 2018

Iraqi forces deploy on October 17, 2016 in the area of al-Shurah, some 45 kms south of Mosul, as they advance towards the city to retake it from the Islamic State (IS) group jihadists. Photo: AFP

Afghanistan, AT Finance, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, South Asia, Syria, Vietnam, World

Why US leaders persist in waging losing wars – and how they win anyway

by William J. Astore October 26, 2018

A mass funeral in the northern Yemeni city of Saada on August 13 for children killed in an air strike carried out by the Saudi-led coalition. Photo: AFP

Iran, Middle East, World

The royal touch: how Saudi money keeps Washington at war in Yemen

by Ben Freeman October 5, 2018October 5, 2018

Donald Trump boldly wants a new Space Force. Photo: iStock

China, Mexico, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, World

Space Force: smoke and mirrors or a flight to war in space?

by William D Hartung September 30, 2018

Yemeni children vent anger against Riyadh and Washington on August 13, 2018, as they take part in a mass funeral in the northern Yemeni city of Saada, a stronghold of the Iran-backed Houthi rebels, for children killed in an air strike by the Saudi-led coalition last week. Photo: AFP / Stringer

Afghanistan, France, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia, Syria, United Kingdom, World

Yemen’s descent into hell: a Saudi-American war of terror

by Rajan Menon September 20, 2018

US President Donald Trump, center, is seen with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, left, and US National Security Advisor John Bolton as he talks to the press at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit in Brussels on July 12. Photo: AFP/ Brendan Smialowski

Afghanistan, AT Finance, Australia, Brunei, China, European Union, France, Germany, Iran, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Middle East, New Zealand, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Russia, Singapore, South Asia, United Kingdom, Vietnam, World

Can Donald Trump unite the world (against himself)?

by Dilip Hiro August 25, 2018August 25, 2018

The Pentagon. Photo: Flickr Commons

Afghanistan, AT Finance, China, European Union, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Syria, World

How the last superpower was unchained

by Tom Engelhardt June 17, 2018

US President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin. Photo: Flickr

Afghanistan, AT Finance, Bangladesh, Beijing, Cambodia, China, European Union, Germany, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Russia, Shanghai, South Asia, United Kingdom, Vietnam, World

Beyond golden shower diplomacy: preserving a positive legacy

by Alfred McCoy May 27, 2018

Two U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer bombers fly from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. Air Staff Office of the Defense Ministry of Japan via Reuters

Afghanistan, Beijing, China, European Union, Iraq, Mexico, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, Syria, World

America’s military report card scores a failing grade

by Andrew Bacevich April 16, 2018

A US Air Force B-1B Lancer bomber flying over South Korea with US and South Korean fighter jets during a joint military drill this week. Photo: South Korean Defense Ministry via AFP

Afghanistan, AT Finance, China, India, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, Philippines, Russia, South Asia, Syria, World

A tale of American hubris

by Tom Engelhardt April 15, 2018April 15, 2018

A Chinese J-15 fighter jet lands on the deck of the Liaoning aircraft carrier during military drills. Photo: AFP

AT Finance, Australia, Bahrain, Beijing, Cambodia, China, European Union, India, Iran, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Pakistan, Philippines, Russia, Shanghai, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Sri Lanka, United Kingdom, Vietnam, World

How China, US are spawning a new great-power naval rivalry

by Alfred McCoy April 9, 2018