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Europe May Fold, but China and Russia See Opportunity
Europe May Fold, but China and Russia See Opportunity And we recently discovered, if it was not known before, that no amount of power can withstand the hatred of the many. – Marcus Tullius Cicero Although European leaders are talking a big game about keeping the Iran deal (JCPOA) alive following Trump’s unilateral withdrawal, there’s […]
Europe: National Sovereignty vs. International Conquest, at Stake over Iran
Europe: National Sovereignty vs. International Conquest, at Stake over Iran Europe now faces its ultimate ideological fork-in-the-road, which it has thus far ignored but can no longer ignore: They need to decide whether they seek a world of nations that each is sovereign over its own territory but over no other (and this would not […]
It’s Now Clear: Five Star Lega Deal is a Commitment to Leave the Eurozone
It’s Now Clear: Five Star Lega Deal is a Commitment to Leave the Eurozone There was some confusion Tuesday over the exact wording of an Italian coalition agreement. The agreement is now clear. Italy Coalition Agrees to Leave the Eurozone I typically do not agree with Eurointelligence regarding views on what “should” happen. However, I […]
Why The Empire Never Sleeps: The Indispensable Nation Folly
Why The Empire Never Sleeps: The Indispensable Nation Folly Like the case of Rome before it, the Empire is bankrupting America. The true fiscal cost is upwards of $1.o trillion per year (counting $200 billion for veterans and debt service for wars), but there is no way to pay for it. That’s because the 78-million strong Baby Boom is […]
Is Putin’s Strategy Finally Beginning To Work?
Is Putin’s Strategy Finally Beginning To Work? I have explained Russian President Vladimir Putin’s Christian practice of turning the other cheek to Western provocations as a strategy to convey to Europe that Russia is reasonable but Washington is not and that Russia is not a threat to European interests and sovereignty but Washington is. By […]
The World Will Not Mourn the Decline of U.S. Hegemony
The World Will Not Mourn the Decline of U.S. Hegemony Commentators on both right and left bemoan the decline of American global power under Donald Trump, but is that such a bad thing? asks Paul Street in this commentary. There are good reasons to bemoan the presence of the childish, racist, sexist and ecocidal, right-wing […]
Tomgram: Michael Klare, The Road to Hell in the Middle East
Tomgram: Michael Klare, The Road to Hell in the Middle East It’s already long forgotten here, but the theocratic regime in Iran was really our baby. After all, in 1953, the CIA and British intelligence engineered a coup to replace a democratic government in Iran with the autocratic Shah and so gave Iranians just what […]
Lousy Deals and Turning Wheels
Lousy Deals and Turning Wheels In that long ago yesteryear of 1979, before blogging, tweeting, twerking, hacking, posting, ghosting, doxing, and all the other Internet-enabled compulsions of the present day, a gang of inflamed young men, said to be students, invaded the US embassy compound in Teheran and took fifty-two American embassy personnel hostage — […]
Iran Sanctions Threaten The Petrodollar
Iran Sanctions Threaten The Petrodollar One country must be quite pleased with the prospect of new U.S. economic sanctions against Iran’s oil industry, and this country is the largest oil importer in the world, and is Iran’s largest single oil client. When China launched its long-awaited yuan-priced oil futures last month, it did so as […]
Erdogan: Cyprus Oil Drilling Is A Security Threat To East Mediterranean
Erdogan: Cyprus Oil Drilling Is A Security Threat To East Mediterranean The Eastern Mediterranean will face a security threat should Cyprus continue its unilateral operations of offshore oil and gas exploration in the region, Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an said in a speech at think tank Chatham House in London on Monday. Turkey, which recognizes […]
Will Trump Launch a Currency War, Too?
China Photos/Getty Images Will Trump Launch a Currency War, Too? Last month, Donald Trump personally announced a series of import tariffs and other measures to restrict the flow of Chinese goods and capital into the United States. Clearly, Trump views China as a significant economic threat, so it may be only a matter of time […]
Iran And Syria: Why Regime Change In One Means Regime Change In Both
Iran And Syria: Why Regime Change In One Means Regime Change In Both Probably the weirdest, dumbest, most annoying thing about writing on US foreign policy right now is the fact that regime change in Iran and regime change in Syria have been falsely spun into the illusion of two separate issues along partisan lines. People […]
Will Trump Torch the Global Economy on the Bonfire of his Vanity?
Will Trump Torch the Global Economy on the Bonfire of his Vanity? At least it is confirmed for us. Donald Trump wants regime change in Iran. His cancellation of the JCPOA was a decision born his myopia. He has surrounded himself with people who reinforce his view and manipulate him via his vanity. And the price […]
Time To Choose
kienyke.com Time To Choose Will you be an agent of depletion or regeneration? There’s a vast revolution underway. And it’s time to pick sides. Your choice couldn’t be more critically important. Quite possibly, the entire fate of the human species hangs in the balance. It’s time to decide: Will you be an agent of depletion […]
Shining Light On Scurrilous Stories: Who Is Really Undermining Canadian Democracy?
Shining Light On Scurrilous Stories: Who Is Really Undermining Canadian Democracy? Canada is a very pleasant country, if you don’t mind being cold for long periods, and in The Economist’s 2017 Democracy Index is described approvingly as ranking sixth of the 167 countries examined. It “scores highly in the electoral process and the functioning of government categories, and also […]
