Articles by Peter Lavelle

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Panama Papers: Corruption PSYOPS
Peter Lavelle | CrossTalk – Russia Today, 22 Aug 2016

The so-called Panama Papers are sold to us as a vast leak chronicling the financial misdeeds of the rich and powerful. But is this really the case? Certainly, we are given insight into the secretive world of offshore banking, but is it a complete and balanced story? One interpretation of the Panama Papers is the West targeting its enemies.

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Has Capitalism Lost Its Compass? APEC Panel (Part 1)
Peter Lavelle, Russia Today – TRANSCEND Media Service, 1 Oct 2012

Has capitalism lost its compass? How should capitalism be defined? How flawed is the system and could it still be revived? And is there any real alternative to capitalism? These issues are discussed with distinguished panelists at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation 2012 summit held in Vladivostok.

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Has Capitalism Lost Its Compass? APEC Panel (Part 2)
Peter Lavelle, Russia Today – TRANSCEND Media Service, 1 Oct 2012

Jim Rogers and Artyom Volynets are there to defend capitalism in its modern form, while Chandran Nair and Frank-Jurgen Richter are arguing that capitalism has indeed lost its compass.

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CrossTalk: Malvinas/Falklands
Peter Lavelle - Russia Today, 20 Feb 2012

As the 30th anniversary of the Falklands/Malvinas war approaches, the UK and Argentina are making their cases. Is the UK trying to militarize the conflict? Or is it Kristina Kirchner who is determined to regain Argentina’s control of the islands? Will their status change? How much do the British people care about the issue? How big of an issue is it for the Argentineans? And what about the inhabitants of the island themselves?

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The Hypocrisy of the West’s ‘Humanitarian Interventions’
Peter Lavelle – The Moscow News, 4 Apr 2011

Western sponsored “humanitarian intervention” always picks a side – and the winning side does what it pleases. This is one of the unspoken spin-offs of “humanitarian interventionism”.

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CrossTalk on the Arms Bazaar
Peter Lavelle – Russia Today, 7 Mar 2011

On this edition of Peter Lavelle’s CrossTalk, his guests are asked why the countries in the Middle East spend so much on their militaries. Of course the US benefits, but does the region?

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New Arab World
Peter Lavelle, CrossTalk – Russia Today, 28 Feb 2011

25 Feb 2011 – CrossTalking with Middle East expert Harold Rhode and Johan Galtung from TRANSCEND Peace University. Will the US have a say in the Middle East scenario? Will it co-author it or play a silent spectator role? Is there any way the West can benefit from the current chaos? And will it gain any points if it continues to ring the alarm over rising fundamentalism?

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