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Who will be #Germany’s next #foreign #minister? Nobody cares.

source: https://www.politico.eu/article/who-will-be-germanys-next-foreign-minister-nobody-cares-heiko-maas-angela-merkel/

As far as #Merkel and her team were concerned, that made Maas perfect for the job. In contrast to his two immediate predecessors, both political heavyweights with the gravitas to assert themselves on the #world stage, #Maas, who spent most of his career as a local #SPD #politician in his native Saarland, resembled a deer in the headlights standing alongside the likes of Mike #Pompeo, secretary of state under former U.S. President Donald #Trump.

#politics #news #government #europe #power

Who will be Germany’s next foreign minister? Nobody cares.

During her 16 years in power, German Chancellor Angela Merkel seized full control over international affairs.

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Is China Really a Threat? Noam Chomsky Slams Biden For Increasingly Provocative Actions in Region

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjjND_ky6t4

'The #Biden #administration is continuing a #reckless #foreign #policy, despite taking a softer tone than the #Trump administration. “The trajectory is not #optimistic,” #Chomsky says. “The worst case is the increasing #provocative #actions towards #China. That’s very #dangerous.”

#democracynow #amygoodman #noamchomsky #australia #military #nuclear #war

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sylviaj@joindiaspora.com
Sylvia J

Imperial Abyss ~ Yanis Varoufakis, Richard D Wolff

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sN6ac59G6Bo

'It has been one year since #JoeBiden came into office. While he is at COP26 making weak and unconvincing commitments on the climate, the #collapse of the #world #order as we know it — from #environment to #geopolitics — seems #imminent. #RichardWolff and #YanisVaroufakis examine #Biden’s first year in office, and share their perspectives on the current #political and #economic order and its #future, from #techno-feudalism to the new #ColdWar on #China. They also speak about the ongoing #pandemic and the profound #transformations taking place in our time.'

#imperial #abyss #varoufakis #wolff #working-class #workers #labor #unions #strikes #capitalism #oligarchy #financialization #digital #system #foreign #policy #hegemony #us #eu #nordstream2 #empire #decline #denial #fdr #lbj #socialism #organize

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Sol

The U.S. Foreign Policy 'Establishment' Is Incredibly Dumb

The #US #Foreign #Policy #Establishment Is Incredibly #Dumb #politics

"The U.S. foreign policy 'establishment' is incredibly dumb:

[With Afghan Retreat, Biden Bucks Foreign Policy Elite](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/01/world/europe/afghanistan-biden-foreign-policy.html), New York Times, Sep. 1 2021
“The foreign policy establishment did get it wrong in Iraq, where the U.S. overreached,” said Richard N. Haass, the president of the Council on Foreign Relations. “We got it wrong in Libya, we got it wrong in Vietnam. But over the last 75 years, the foreign policy establishment has gotten most things right.”

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What Afghanistan’s Saigon moment teaches us about America’s ‘humanitarian wars’

https://www.rt.com/op-ed/532120-us-afghanistans-saigon-moment/
https://www.rt.com/russia/532261-west-russia-china-actions-afghanistan/

'Somewhat strangely, the rise of the #Taliban provides certain #opportunities for Afghanistan’s #development that were not previously available.
Unlike the #UK’s talk of #human-rights and #sanctions, the rhetoric coming out of #Beijing and #Moscow has been focused on #security and #engagement.'

#paulrobinson #afghanistan #saigon #debacle #humanitarian #war #crimes #women's #rights #us #occupation #opium #terrorism #kabul #pragmatic #taliban #china #russia #pakistan #iran #west #nato #foreign #policy

What Afghanistan’s Saigon moment teaches us about America’s ‘humanitarian wars’

What we’ve just witnessed in Afghanistan is a historical repeat of the ‘Saigon moment’. But the final hours of the US occupation have been accompanied by a cacophony of neocons decrying the decision to end the war.

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