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France’s loss is not China’s gain in the Indo-Pacific

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Chinese media have played up US-EU discord over AUKUS nuclear sub deal but the West vs China battle lines are still firmly in place by Bertil Lintner September 23, 2021 Source: https://asiatimes.com/2021/09/frances-loss-is-not-chinas-gain-in-indo-pacific/ German translation: Frankreichs Verlust ist kein Gewinn für China im indo-pazifischen Raum Source: https://www.nachdenkseiten.de/?p=76738 Excerpts: […] France’s Exclusive Economic Zone in the Indian Ocean encompasses altogether 2,650,013 square kilometers, which is possible because of all the scattered islands which are under French control. Réunion with 860,000 inhabitants is a department d’outre mer, or an overseas department of France, and so is the smaller island of Mayotte northwest of … Continue reading →

The U.S. Military Base in Cuba: “GITMO” Guantánamo Bay

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Guantánamo Bay is one of the best ports in Cuba, and larger than the island of Manhattan. U.S. Army occupied it 1898 1902. The “Platt Amendment”  included that bay are for U.S. use. Since 1959, the country has repeatedly urged the U.S. to vacate the base because the lease was enforced by force, and such contracts do not endure under modern international law. U.S. – Cuba Treaty 1934 ARTICLE I The Republic of Cuba hereby leases to the United States, for the time required for the purposes of coaling and naval stations, the following described areas of land and water … Continue reading →

Presence of NATO and France in Africa

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by Alain ROUY, Le Mouvement de la Paix (France) Until now, NATO has paid little attention to Africa, although the Western powers that are members of NATO have a strong presence on the African continent, in particular France, a former colonial power, and the United States, which since 2007 has established a unified US Army Command for Africa,  AFRICOM, located in Stuttgart, Germany. There are at least 34 US military sites in Africa: 14 main bases and 20 outpost camps, the main base being Camp Lemonnier in Djbouti with more than 5000 men. France has permanent and temporary bases in … Continue reading →

Global US military presence and the role of Germany

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by Karl-Heinz Peil published in German July 4th, 2021 on Telepolis https://www.heise.de/tp/features/Globale-US-Militaerpraesenz-und-die-Rolle-Deutschlands-6121113.html (A copy is available here: https://visualbases.org/2021-07-04_kp-telepolis/) Automatic translation by deepl.com, edited by the author. Concerning links and sources have a look to the original publication. US military bases worldwide: from the big bootprint to invisibility To depict the global US military presence, the roughly estimated number of 800 military bases in foreign countries and (own) overseas regions has been circulating for years. This is usually used to strikingly illustrate the character of the US empire, which is also referred to as “power projection”. However, this term can be … Continue reading →

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