America has a vast overseas military empire. Does it still need it?
The U.S. has enjoyed global military dominance for decades. But in the face of emerging threats, some say a new strategy is in order.
Nachgehakt: Im Jahr 2022 sollte das neue US-Hospital ursprünglich fertig sein, doch wer an der Baustelle bei Weilerbach vorbeifährt, sieht anno 2021 hinter dem Zaun nichts als planierte rote Erde. Von Krankenhausbauten keine Spur. Wie steht es um das Projekt, das rund eine Milliarde Euro kosten soll und um das es in letzter Zeit ziemlich still geworden ist? Von Gabriele Schöfer RHEINPFALZ, 26.2.21
Continue reading →America has a vast overseas military empire. Does it still need it?
The U.S. has enjoyed global military dominance for decades. But in the face of emerging threats, some say a new strategy is in order.

Three days after the US attack on the senior military Qasem Soleimani, the Iranian amen published this picture showing an Iranian drone. Iran’s retaliation is a matter of time, says former diplomat Ann Wright. Photo: AP / TT
The original is here: https://www.no-to-nato.org/2021/02/nar-robotar-bestammer-over-liv-och-dod/ and here: https://tidningensyre.se/2021/21-februari-2021/nar-robotar-bestammer-over-liv-och-dod/
Published February 20, 2021
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https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/a-global-demand-to-35-governments-get-your-troops-out-of-afghanistan/
A Global Demand to 35 Governments: Get Your Troops Out of Afghanistan / A Thank You to 6 That Already Have
Target: Governments with Troops Occupying Afghanistan
After three quarters of a century, it’s clear the alliance has done much more harm than good.
by Nicolas J S Davies, Medea Benjamin
February 24, 2021
The February 17-18 meeting of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) Defense Ministers, the first since U.S. President Joe Biden took power, revealed an antiquated, seventy-five-year-old alliance that, despite its military failures in Afghanistan and Libya, is now turning its military madness toward two more formidable, nuclear-armed enemies: Russia and China.
https://progressive.org/dispatches/why-nato-needs-to-go-benjamin-davies-210224/
via Ukraine: Biden’s Unprincipled Stands Involving Covert Operations, Blackmail, Corruption, Nepotism and State Terrorism ByJeremy Kuzmarov – February 20, 2021 https://covertactionmagazine.com/2021/02/20/escalating-the-new-cold-war-with-russia-via-ukraine-bidens-unprincipled-stands-involving-covert-operations-blackmail-corruption-nepotism-and-state-terrorism/
Continue reading →On 18 February 2021, in preparation for the Second IPB World Peace Congress in Barcelona this fall, IPB held a roundtable discussion on US-China Relations, featuring Dr. Joseph Gerson of the US and Prof. Wang Danning of China, with commentators from across Asia. https://youtu.be/JYig1wnOGFQ
here are short minutes of our productive ICC meeting 16.02.2021 participants: Alain Rouy, Ann Wright, Ingela Martensson, Kate, Hudson, Kristine Karch, Ludo De Brabander (at the beginning), Medea Benjamin, Reiner Braun, Tamara Lorincz (later), Yves-Jean Gallas. Agenda: paper NATO2030 evaluate the webinar about NATO2030 we had a very interesting and productive webinar with about 35 persons. It is important to take more attention to this paper, even if the topics are not new, but never announced in this confrontational way. … Continue reading →
After the reintegration of France into the NATO integrated command decided by Nicolas Sarkozy in March 2009, the government has just taken a new step by proposing to NATO to host in Toulouse a new NATO Center of Excellence exclusively dedicated to space. Continue reading →
Après la réintégration de la France dans le commandement intégré de l’OTAN décidée par Nicolas Sarkozy en mars 2009, le gouvernement vient de franchir un nouveau pas en proposant à l’OTAN d’accueillir à Toulouse un nouveau Centre d’Excellence OTAN (CEO) exclusivement dédié à l’espace. Continue reading →
Le réseau Non à la guerre – Non à l’OTAN condamne les propositions pour un nouvel agenda de l’OTAN, exposées dans OTAN 2030: Unis pour une nouvelle ère . Ce rapport présente un dangereux plan d’expansion qui augmentera les tensions et les risques de guerre. Introduction En 2020, le secrétaire général de l’OTAN, Stoltenberg, a chargé un groupe de 10 « experts » de réfléchir à l’avenir de l’OTAN. Dans leur rapport OTAN 2030:Unis pour une nouvelle ère, ils présentent 138 propositions censées aider l’alliance militaire à relever les … Continue reading →