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China Sends A Message: Holds Military Drills Off Taiwan, Will Sanction US Defense Firms
China Sends A Message: Holds Military Drills Off Taiwan, Will Sanction US Defense Firms Following last week’s State Department approval of the sale of $2.2 billion in arms to Taiwan, China’s Foreign Ministry confirmed Monday that it will follow through on threats first made days ago to impose sanctions on American companies selling arms to Taiwan. Crucially this confirmation came […]
“A 6th Grader Should Know America’s Foreign Policy Is Ridiculous”
“A 6th Grader Should Know America’s Foreign Policy Is Ridiculous” Policies which can ensure peace or ignite wars are important. Given this, one might think more Americans would critically examine the basic assumptions which form the basis of our nation’s foreign policy. As best I can tell, only three such assumptions or premises exist: To […]
Turkey’s Erdogan Vows To “Significantly” Cut Rates As Trump Set To Roll Out Sanctions Over S-400 Purchase
Turkey’s Erdogan Vows To “Significantly” Cut Rates As Trump Set To Roll Out Sanctions Over S-400 Purchase Lately not a week passes without some dismal news involving Turkey hitting the tape, and yet the lira continues to levitate, blissfully ignorant of the storm clouds headed for Ankara, levitating on hopes the Fed will cut rates […]
Iran To UK: We’ll Continue Oil Exports “Under Any Conditions” As Detained Tanker Crew Released
Iran To UK: We’ll Continue Oil Exports “Under Any Conditions” As Detained Tanker Crew Released As the “tanker wars” continue Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif warned his British counterpart Jeremy Hunt in a telephone call on Saturday that Iran plans to continue its oil exports “under any conditions”. Zarif also repeated Iranian demands for the UK to release the […]
De-Dollarizing the American Financial Empire
De-Dollarizing the American Financial Empire Guest: Michael Hudson Economist Michael Hudson continues his discussion of Super Imperialism: The Economic Strategy of American Empire with a focus on US monetary imperialism; President Trump’s demand for lower interest rates undercuts America’s requirement for foreign investment to fund its domestic and balance of payments deficit, increases the carry […]
Tomgram: Dilip Hiro, American Decline
Tomgram: Dilip Hiro, American Decline Did Donald Trump just make his first genuine mistake in the race for reelection in 2020? As I wrote during the 2016 campaign, The Donald had one striking distinction. He was the only candidate (or essentially American politician) of that moment who didn’t feel obliged to claim that the U.S. was not […]
Iran Denies Trying To Seize UK Tanker In Persian Gulf After Military Close Encounter
Iran Denies Trying To Seize UK Tanker In Persian Gulf After Military Close Encounter Update: Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) denied reports that their patrol boats tried to stop a British oil tanker in the Persian Gulf, with IRGC’s naval unit stating that “there were no encounters between the Iranian warships and foreign vessels […]
Government That Tortures Journalists Bans RT From Media Conference
Government That Tortures Journalists Bans RT From Media Conference The British Foreign Office has banned Russian outlets RT and Sputnik from attending the upcoming Global Conference on Media Freedom in London, citing their predilection for “disinformation”. “We have not accredited RT or Sputnik because of their active role in spreading disinformation,” said a Foreign Office spokeswoman. “It takes a […]
UAE Withdraws From Yemen
UAE Withdraws From Yemen Christopher Pike for the Crown Prince Court-Abu Dhabi A United Arab Emirates decision to withdraw the bulk of its forces from Yemen shines a spotlight on hard realities underlying Middle Eastern geopolitics. The pullback suggests that the UAE is preparing for the possibility of a US military confrontation with Iran in which the […]
Egypt Seizes Tanker Carrying Iranian Crude
Egypt Seizes Tanker Carrying Iranian Crude Tehran’s threats of retaliation against the UK for seizing a tanker carrying Iranian crude oil for export have prompted a British vessel to shelter in the Gulf, but the rest of the world doesn’t seem to be taking them too seriously. Citing local press reports, Middle East Monitor said Tuesday that a Ukrainian tanker carrying […]
China Demands US “Sever Military Ties” With Taiwan After $2.2bn Arms Proposal
China Demands US “Sever Military Ties” With Taiwan After $2.2bn Arms Proposal As expected on Tuesday China slammed the US State Department’s newly approved potential sale to Taiwan of M1A2T Abrams tanks, Stinger missiles and related equipment at an estimated value of $US2.2 billion. Beijing has long vehemently criticized US-Taiwan defense relations, which it sees as encroaching on its […]
Persian Gulf Conflict Could Send Oil Beyond $325
Persian Gulf Conflict Could Send Oil Beyond $325+ The possibility of Iran attempting to close the Strait of Hormuz to tanker traffic has increased significantly in recent weeks, as has the possibility of a Persian Gulf War, especially with the Islamic Republics’ intentional destruction of a U.S. surveillance drone on June 20. This act provides weight to […]
“Iran-Backed” Attack On Merchant Ship In Red Sea Thwarted: Saudi Coalition
“Iran-Backed” Attack On Merchant Ship In Red Sea Thwarted: Saudi Coalition As the tanker and pipeline wars in the gulf continue to heat up, Saudi state sources are claiming to have thwarted a new “terror attack” on a commercial ship targeted by Yemen’s Houthis. Spokesman for the Saudi coalition fighting in Yemen, Col. Turki al-Maliki, announced Monday that “Houthis attempted to attack […]
British Oil Tanker Seeks Shelter Over Fears It Could Be Seized By Iran
British Oil Tanker Seeks Shelter Over Fears It Could Be Seized By Iran After a former IRGC commander exhorted his government to take a British oil tanker hostage following the seizure by Royal Marines last week of a vessel hauling Iranian crude, an oil tanker run by British Petroleum is sheltering in the Persian Gulf […]
How Stupid Do They Think We Are?
How Stupid Do They Think We Are? “I daresay you haven’t had much practice,” said the Queen. “When I was your age, I always did it for half-an-hour a day. Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.” Consumers of the print or electronic output of the League of Copy Typists […]
