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Saudi Arabia Considers Itself Untouchable Due to Oil and Money
Saudi Arabia Considers Itself Untouchable Due to Oil and Money The roots of that lobby’s rise to prominence in Washington lie in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. As you may remember, with 15 of those 19 suicidal hijackers being citizens of Saudi Arabia, it was hardly surprising that American public […]
Should US-Saudi Alliance be Saved?
Should US-Saudi Alliance be Saved? Over the weekend Donald Trump warned of “severe punishment” if an investigation concludes that a Saudi hit team murdered Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. Riyadh then counter-threatened, reminding us that, as the world’s largest oil exporter, Saudi Arabia “plays an impactful and active role […]
The Arabian Game of Thrones Heats Up
The Arabian Game of Thrones Heats Up The reported torture, murder, and dismemberment of Washington-based Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate-general in Istanbul reminded the world that an intense power play is now taking place within the monarchies of the Arabian Peninsula and between them. In November 2017, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin […]
Juncker Warns ‘The EU Cannot Survive Without Italy’
Juncker Warns ‘The EU Cannot Survive Without Italy’ Ignoring warnings from the European Commission, the ECB and the European Commission (as well as practically every other supranational organization in Europe), the populist-led Italian government managed to submit their draft budget to the Commission before a midnight deadline – an outcome that was cheered by BTP […]
Western Civilization No Longer Exists
Western Civilization No Longer Exists Societal Collapse awaits in the wings if climate change and nuclear war don’t finish us off first The Cheney-Bush and Obama regimes destroyed due process, with the result that American citizens were detained in prison indefinitely without evidence and murdered without evidence or trial. In violation of US and international […]
Lies, Damn Lies & Statistics: How the US Weaponizes Them to Accuse China of Debt Trap Diplomacy
Lies, Damn Lies & Statistics: How the US Weaponizes Them to Accuse China of Debt Trap Diplomacy With China and Russia named as the two greatest threats to continuing American hegemony end of last year, the velvet gloves have come off the Washington establishment, baring their knuckles against the Middle Kingdom in plain view of […]
World Finance Leaders Scramble For A Solution To Escalating Trade War, Rising Rates
World Finance Leaders Scramble For A Solution To Escalating Trade War, Rising Rates The main takeaway from the IMF and World Bank Group annual meeting in Bali, which hosted financial ministers and central bank governors from around the world this weekend, was that global trade tensions were having a profound effect on global growth and […]
The Khashoggi Extortion Fiasco:
The Khashoggi Extortion Fiasco: A mystifying diplomatic escalation ensued following the disappearance of Saudi Washington Post columnist, Jamal Khashoggi, after visiting the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul, Turkey. Why would the United States of America make such a fuss over the disappearance of a non-American citizen? Why would America turn a blind eye to the Saudi […]
World’s “Worst Famine In 100 Years” Will Hit Yemen, U.N. Warns
World’s “Worst Famine In 100 Years” Will Hit Yemen, U.N. Warns For a Saudi and Mohammed bin Salman (MbS) update that’s not directly related to the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a United Nations official on Sunday warned Yemen is now facing what could be “the worst famine in the world in 100 years” which is […]
Forget Oil, Here’s Saudi Arabia’s Other ‘Weapons’
Forget Oil, Here’s Saudi Arabia’s Other ‘Weapons’ There are not one, not two, but three ‘weapons’ on the “nuclear option” menu for Saudi Arabia to strike back at any US sanctions stemming from its alleged murder and dismemberment of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi in what is now being reported as a “botched interrogation.” The first […]
Netanyahu Hopes To Bring U.S. Attention Back On Iran, Threatens “Action” In Syria
Netanyahu Hopes To Bring U.S. Attention Back On Iran, Threatens “Action” In Syria With the Jamal Khashoggi affair shaking up Saudi-Washington relations, and with multiple Gulf countries predictably coming out in support of Riyadh’s denials that it was behind the journalist’s disappearance and apparent murder, it will be interesting to see Israel’s stance on the issue. […]
Saudi Media Casts Khashoffi Disappearance as a Conspiracy, Claims Qatar Owns Washington Post
Photo: Ozan Kose/AFP/Getty Images SAUDI MEDIA CASTS KHASHOGGI DISAPPEARANCE AS A CONSPIRACY, CLAIMS QATAR OWNS WASHINGTON POST IN SAUDI ARABIA, major media outlets have cast the disappearance and apparent murder of Saudi dissident and Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi as a foreign conspiracy to denigrate the image of the kingdom. The media accounts, which come from outlets run […]
Saudi Blowback Wipes Billions From Softbank Shares
Saudi Blowback Wipes Billions From Softbank Shares Refusing to be cowed by a flurry of cancellations that have effectively gutted Riyadh’s Future Investment Initiative – colloquially known as “Davos in the Desert” – Saudi Arabia has lashed out at the US and its Western allies, warning that there will be hell to pay if anybody […]
NATO Coordinates Information War on Russia
NATO Coordinates Information War on Russia The US, Britain and other NATO allies upped the ante this week with a coordinated campaign of information war to criminalize Russia. Moscow dismissed the wide-ranging claims as “spy mania”. But the implications amount to a grave assault recklessly escalating international tensions with Russia. The accusations that the Kremlin […]
A Glimpse Beyond the Unipolar Moment
A Glimpse Beyond the Unipolar Moment “Potentially the most dangerous scenario would be a grand coalition of China, Russia and perhaps Iran, an ‘anti-hegemonic’ coalition, united not by ideology but by complementary grievances” —Zbigniew Brzezinski Are we reaching the penultimate and petulant back-end of the American Empire’s Unipolar Moment, a denouement hastened by a raft […]
