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Author and journalist. Finian Cunningham has written extensively on international affairs, with articles published in several languages. He is a Master's graduate in Agricultural Chemistry and worked as a scientific editor for the Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, England, before pursuing a career in newspaper journalism. He is also a musician and songwriter. For nearly 20 years, he worked as an editor and writer in major news media organisations, including The Mirror, Irish Times and Independent.
(3 comments) SHARE Friday, February 25, 2022 Biden Squawks Amid Headless Chickens
There's a whole lot of theatrical squawking and feathers in the surreal world of Western politicians.
(1 comments) SHARE Sunday, August 8, 2021 Pandemic Shows China Bests US
The starkly different impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on China and the United States is glaring proof of which political system is most capable of delivering for the common good of people. The total number of deaths in China from the disease stands at about 4,600. In the United States, the death toll is over 630,000 and rising.
(2 comments) SHARE Friday, June 4, 2021 US Spying on EU Lackeys
Joe Biden's attempts to rally the transatlantic alliance have just got a punch in the nose after media reports of American spying on European leaders.
(7 comments) SHARE Monday, March 22, 2021 Putin's Killer Response
US President Joe Biden's attempted slander against Russian leader Vladimir Putin -- calling him a "killer" -- was not only disgraceful. It was also very stupid.
SHARE Monday, March 15, 2021 West's Cynical Concern for Myanmar
The three Western powers on the United Nations Security Council have been highlighting concern for human rights violations in Myanmar. But their "concern" seems to have cynical motivation to make problems for China.
(12 comments) SHARE Monday, March 1, 2021 US' Futile Containment of China
State planners in Washington seem to think that a Cold War policy towards China will deliver the same kind of victory that America claimed against the Soviet Union. The objective is to make the United States the sole global hegemonic power with no other competitor.
(5 comments) SHARE Saturday, January 16, 2021 Pompeo's Desperado Vandalism
What an ignominious end to the Trump administration. Apart from the president being impeached for the second time, Trump's top diplomat Mike Pompeo has been frantically sabotaging as many foreign relations as possible.
SHARE Thursday, January 14, 2021 Don't Dismiss US Coup
Many commentators are dismissing the extraordinary events at the US Capitol as something much less serious than an attempted coup. Some have even joked about it as if it were a carnival of crazies high on Trumpism.
SHARE Saturday, December 26, 2020 Navalny Case Is Naked Admission of Spooks and Media Collaboration
The latest twist in the Navalny saga claims that the blogger-activist -- whom Russia accuses of being a CIA asset -- was somehow poisoned with highly toxic Novichok laced in his underpants. The story does not pass the whiff test. In fact, it reeks like, well, a pair of old underpants.
(1 comments) SHARE Sunday, December 13, 2020 America's Sick Priorities
The US Congress is pushing through another record-breaking military budget while tens of millions of Americans are staring into the abyss of Christmas misery from poverty and disease. The twisted priorities of Washington's politicians show the American political system is sick beyond words.
(1 comments) SHARE Friday, October 23, 2020 NATO Chickens Home to Roost
Many of these so-called jihadists came from European states and there is evidence that the state intelligence agencies permitted these radicals to travel clandestinely to Syria in order to do the dirty work of regime change against the Syrian government. That regime-change objective involved unleashing a campaign of unspeakable terrorism against civilians with the deliberate intention of terrorizing Syria into submission.
(2 comments) SHARE Friday, October 16, 2020 NATO, Energy Geopolitics and Conflict in Caucasus
A key factor in all this too is NATO's long-term plans to expand membership of the U.S.-led military alliance in the Caucasus and Central Asia along Russia's southern periphery.
(2 comments) SHARE Tuesday, September 29, 2020 Capitalism the Real Disease
It's hard not to agree with American professor Richard Wolff when he says the real disease facing the world is not Covid-19 but rather the failed economics of capitalism. Wolff's analysis is more cogent than ever.
(5 comments) SHARE Thursday, September 3, 2020 Why the US is Doomed
The fatal trouble with the US is that it has a chronic political disease. But none of the political class, including "populist" President Donald Trump, have a diagnosis to offer. And any remedial action always requires accurate diagnosis.
(4 comments) SHARE Monday, August 31, 2020 CIA's Addiction to Afghanistan War
It is America's longest overseas war and shows no clear sign of ending despite a shaky peace deal underway between the Trump administration and Taliban militants.
(4 comments) SHARE Sunday, July 19, 2020 UK Shoots Itself In The Foot for Uncle Sam
In a dramatic U-turn, the British government is scrapping Chinese telecom giant Huawei's involvement in modernizing its internet infrastructure. And the Trump White House is crowing with glee.
(1 comments) SHARE Sunday, June 28, 2020 China Right on Nukes
As Chinese officials have pointed out, it is up to the US and Russia to dismantle their huge arsenals to levels comparable to China's before the latter can participate in further disarmament. Moscow has said it respects the Chinese position.