On January 16, Turkey’s Anadolu Agency released a map of the alleged safe zone in the area east of the Euphrates in northern Syria,  which had been recently discussed between the US and Turkey . According to the Turkish side, this zone would include the entire area from  the town of Jarabulus to the town of al-Malikiyah. Ankara has been for a long time demanding to force Kurdish armed groups [YPG and Kurdish SDF units] out of the border area with Turkey. However, Washington, which uses these groups as its main proxy force, has been against this plan. It seems that this situation may have changed. Donald J. Trump ✔ @realDonaldTrump Spoke w/ President Erdogan of Turkey to advise where we stand on all matters including our last two weeks of success in fighting the remnants of ISIS, and 20 mile safe zone. Also spoke about economic development between the U.S. & Turkey - great potential to substantially expand! 85.4K 23:12 - 14 Jan 2019 Twitter Ads

By  Prof Michel Chossudovsky  and  Bonnie Faulkner ; Originally appeared at  Guns and Butter The structure of military alliances; the evolving situation in the Middle East; a shift in geopolitical alliances; the global military agenda; review of wars since 2001; nonconventional hybrid warfare to undermine a country’s financial structure; coalition of Turkey, Russia and Iran; Pakistan and India now a part of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization; US withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal, INF Treaty and START; nuclear posture review; the Manhattan Project; Rand Corporation report on war with China; the neoliberal agenda and the militarization of the economy. Listen to the interview with Prof. Michel Chossudovsky below. This is Guns and Butter. The Rand Corporation, on contract with the US Army, which commissioned a report examining a war with China. Now, this is called “War With China: Thinking Through the Unthinkable.” The irony of this is that what they want to examine in this