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Trump’s trade war isn’t about trade anymore — it’s plainly about beating China in the next great war
Trump’s trade war isn’t about trade anymore — it’s plainly about beating China in the next great war President Donald Trump’s trade war with China started with tariffs and talk of trade deficits but quickly moved to addressing deep US national-security concerns about Beijing spying and stealing technology. In 2018, the US’s trade deficit with […]
Children are the political tool of choice in the hands of shameless propagandists
Children are the political tool of choice in the hands of shameless propagandists Policy-making has been with us since the dawn of humanity and generally its rules are timeless. Governments, heads of states, diplomats, religious leaders – whether they are part of the establishment or in opposition – have employed various instruments in a bid […]
Controversial Nord Stream 2 Pipeline Could Be Operational By November
Controversial Nord Stream 2 Pipeline Could Be Operational By November In what would be an early geopolitical win for Moscow, German news agency DW reported yesterday, citing one of the project’s engineers, that the Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline should be operational by November. Klaus Haussmann, an engineer at Nord Stream 2’s future landfall site […]
US Suspends Nuclear Arms Treaty Compliance
US Suspends Nuclear Arms Treaty Compliance In a sign that Russia might soon be deploying those new hypersonic missiles that Russian President Vladimir Putin has been showing off lately, Reuters reported that the US is preparing to suspend compliance with the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty, citing four US officials, opening the door to the reintroduction of medium-range ground-based nuclear […]
Venezuela’s Citgo, Which Refines 5% Of US Gasoline, Is Weighing Bankruptcy
Venezuela’s Citgo, Which Refines 5% Of US Gasoline, Is Weighing Bankruptcy In the latest salvo to emerge from the escalating fight between the Trump administration and Venezuela’s ruling Maduro regime over control of the South American country’s state-owned energy assets, the WSJ reports that in order to protect its operations, Venezuela’s Citgo Petroleum is considering various […]
Europe Launches SWIFT Alternative To Fund Iran In Collision Course With Trump
Europe Launches SWIFT Alternative To Fund Iran In Collision Course With Trump In a move sure to unleash fury from the Trump administration, the European Union has announced it has set up a transactions channel with Iran to bypass US sanctions. The launch of INSTEX — or “Instrument in Support of Trade Exchanges” — by France, Germany, and the […]
End All Interventionism, Not Just in Venezuela
END ALL INTERVENTIONISM, NOT JUST IN VENEZUELA It truly is phenomenal. The massive death and destruction from U.S. interventionism in Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, and the rest of the Middle East isn’t even over with, and yet interventionist dead-enders are now shifting their sights to Venezuela. One almost gets the impression that the dead-enders are saying to […]
People Who Care About Democracy Don’t Plot Coups Abroad
People Who Care About Democracy Don’t Plot Coups Abroad Illustration by Nathaniel St. Clair For some months now, Venezuela’s socialist government has lurched through a series of escalating crises — hyperinflation, mass protests, political violence — while both the government and its opposition have flirted with authoritarianism. It isn’t pretty — and to hear the […]
Bank of England tears up its Gold Custody contract with Venezuela’s central bank
Bank of England tears up its Gold Custody contract with Venezuela’s central bank In early November 2018, it first came to light that the Bank of England in London was delaying and blocking the withdrawal of 14 tonnes of gold owned by the Venezuelan central bank, Banco Central de Venezuela (BCV). At the time, Reuters […]
Flash-Balls, Pitchforks And A Backstop
Flash-Balls, Pitchforks And A Backstop It’s educational and even somewhat entertaining to observe the role of the western press in the ongoing erosion and demise of democracy in Europe. But while it’s entertaining, it also means their readers and viewers don’t get informed on what is actually happening. The media paints a picture that pleases […]
China, Russia Preparing For “Blackout Warfare” With “Super-EMP” Bombs
China, Russia Preparing For “Blackout Warfare” With “Super-EMP” Bombs Russia, China and several other nations are developing powerful high-altitude nuclear bombs that can produce super-electromagnetic pulse (EMP) waves capable of knocking out critical electronic infrastructure, according to several declassified 2017 reports from the now-defunct Commission to Assess the Threat to the United States from EMP Attack […]
U.S.-China War May Be “Just A Shot Away”
U.S.-China War May Be “Just A Shot Away” – “World’s most dangerous hotspot” is in the South China Sea– Currency and trade wars can lead to shooting wars warns Rickards– Chinese buildup in South China Sea like ‘preparing for World War III’ says US senator (see news)– U.S.-China shooting war could be, as Mick Jagger put it, […]
Moscow Will Do “Whatever It Takes” To Defend Its Interests In Venezuela
Moscow Will Do “Whatever It Takes” To Defend Its Interests In Venezuela After decrying US sanctions against Venezuela’s state-run oil company PDVSA as “illegal” and enforcing “unfair competition”, a Kremlin spokesman has reiterated that Russia is prepared to use “all mechanisms available to us” to defend its economic interests in Venezuela – interests that are closely tied […]
Three Reasons Macron is a Hypocrite when it Comes to Venezuela
Three Reasons Macron is a Hypocrite when it Comes to Venezuela Paris (GPA) – Emmanuel Macron recently voiced support for opposition in Venezuela even as his own country is ground to a halt every weekend by protests. There is an overused saying that “people in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones.” While these few words may be cliche there […]
