Media Release: NATO’s Spending Boom Puts Climate Targets at Risk, New Briefing Warns

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A new analysis by the Transnational Institute, Tipping Point North South and Stop Wapenhandel,  released the week of the NATO summit in the Netherlands, shows that the Alliance’s rapid military build‑up is already undermining global climate goals and threatening to divert trillions from clean‑energy investment. Since 2021, NATO nations have raised their combined defence budgets … Continue reading Media Release: NATO’s Spending Boom Puts Climate Targets at Risk, New Briefing Warns

Pentagon ran secret anti-vax campaign to undermine China during pandemic

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To implement the anti-vax campaign, the Defense Department overrode strong objections from top U.S. diplomats in Southeast Asia at the time, Reuters found. Sources involved in its planning and execution say the Pentagon, which ran the program through the military’s psychological operations center in Tampa, Florida, disregarded the collateral impact that such propaganda may have on … Continue reading Pentagon ran secret anti-vax campaign to undermine China during pandemic

“The US and China must unite to fight the climate crisis, not each other” Bernie Sanders

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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/aug/21/us-bernie-sanders-china-climate-change-cooperation Here is the insane dynamic that must be changed. In recent years, both the US and China have greatly increased their military budgets. The US now spends some $900bn on the Pentagon, more than the next 10 nations combined. China, with the world’s second largest military budget, spends almost $300bn. Despite spending these huge … Continue reading “The US and China must unite to fight the climate crisis, not each other” Bernie Sanders

Walden Bello on the US-China strategic confrontation

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Presentation at the AEPF Global Military Spending and Global In(security) Webinar, Dec 3, 2020 Walden Bello, Focus on the Global South https://www.facebook.com/walden.bello/posts/10158182198814332 There are great worries today that the conflict between China and the US will not stop at simply being a trade war, that it could at some point spill over into some form … Continue reading Walden Bello on the US-China strategic confrontation

Time to Rethink Arms Sales to Taiwan

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By A. TREVOR THRALL and JORDAN COHEN, Defense One NOVEMBER 2, 2020 On the surface, selling arms to Taiwan makes sense. Taipei has been an American ally for many decades and the United States has promised to help the island defend itself against China. Advocates of the most recent deal argue that the Harpoon missiles will improve Taiwan’s … Continue reading Time to Rethink Arms Sales to Taiwan