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In Major Threat To Dollar’s Reserve Status, Russia Offers To Join European SWIFT-Bypass
In Major Threat To Dollar’s Reserve Status, Russia Offers To Join European SWIFT-Bypass Three weeks after a meeting between the countries who singed the Iran nuclear deal, also known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), which was ditched by US, French, British and German officials said the trade mechanism which was proposed last summer – […]
Iran Seizes Foreign Tanker “Smuggling” Fuel In The Gulf
Iran Seizes Foreign Tanker “Smuggling” Fuel In The Gulf Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) says it has seized a foreign vessel with 12-crew members carrying one million barrels of oil. In an official Iranian media statement early on Thursday, the country’s military asserted the tanker was caught “smuggling” the fuel through the Strait of Hormuz. While details to the […]
“Wipe the Soviet Union Off the Map”: Planned US Nuclear Attack Against USSR
“WIPE THE SOVIET UNION OFF THE MAP”: PLANNED US NUCLEAR ATTACK AGAINST USSR On March 1st, 2018 president Vladimir Putin unveiled an array of advanced military technologies in response to renewed US threats to wipe the Russian Federation off the Map, as contained in Trump’s 2018 Nuclear Posture Review. It should be understood that these US […]
UAE Tanker “Disappears” In Persian Gulf, US Blames Iran
UAE Tanker “Disappears” In Persian Gulf, US Blames Iran The plight of a “mystery” UAE tanker that’s gone missing in the Persian Gulf now threatens to again send tensions with Iran soaring. Its location transmission signal was turned off Sunday as it drifted toward Iranian waters and it hasn’t been heard from since, with even […]
Britain Ramps up Media War on Russia
Britain Ramps up Media War on Russia The British government appears to be more and more aping a Monty Python-type farce with each passing day. Soon the absurd ensemble will be complete if either Boris Johnson or Jeremy Hunt becomes the next prime minister. This week the mandarins at the Ministry of Funny Walks ruled […]
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 […]
