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China Is Days Away From Killing the Petrodollar
China Is Days Away From Killing the Petrodollar Not long ago, there was a popular joke in China that went something like, “Who is Xi Jinping?” The answer was, “The husband of Peng Liyuan,” the famous singer Xi is married to. Today, Xi is China’s president. He leads 1.4 billion people. And he’ll likely be […]
US Planning a Terrorist False Flag Chemical Attack to Justify Bombing Syria: Russia Says It Will Respond
US Planning a Terrorist False Flag Chemical Attack to Justify Bombing Syria: Russia Says It Will Respond Events in Syria increasingly resemble a direct confrontation between major powers rather than a proxy war. Lavrov’s words, delivered a few days ago, reveal the critical phase of international relations the world is going through, with a potentially […]
The euro area’s deepening political divide
The euro area’s deepening political divide Two European elections – in Germany on 24 September 2017 and Italy on 4 March 2018 – warn that the peoples of Europe are drifting apart. Much of the recent deepening of these divisions can be traced to Europe’s single currency, the euro. This column argues that the political […]
China Unveils How It Will Retaliate To US Tariffs, USDJPY Snaps
China Unveils How It Will Retaliate To US Tariffs, USDJPY Snaps While it will hardly come as a surprise considering that trade wars always evolve in an escalating tit-for-tat manner, the WSJ reports that just hours ahead of Trump’s announcement of as much as $60 billion in tariffs targeting Beijing, China is preparing to hit […]
The European Union Wants to Be an Even Bigger Global Bully
The European Union Wants to Be an Even Bigger Global Bully Europe doesn’t need another empire. Over time, the European Union has developed into more than just an economic cooperation between nations. The EU is a big and intrusive government that constantly acquires new powers. And like all superstates, its tendency to defend freedom against control […]
A World War Might Sound Crazy, but It Could Be America’s Last Act of Desperation
A World War Might Sound Crazy, but It Could Be America’s Last Act of Desperation (ANTIMEDIA Op-ed)— Though some have been warning about the catastrophic potential for a third global conflict for years, it wasn’t until recently that these warnings became more mainstream. The calamitous nature of the violence in Syria — which has one nuclear power defending a government that has been the target […]
Sweden Unveils Plans For ‘Total Societal Mobilization’ Against Russia
Sweden Unveils Plans For ‘Total Societal Mobilization’ Against Russia In yet another sign of what Russia expert Stephen Cohen has described as the escalating New Cold War, non-NATO aligned Sweden is initiating detailed plans to ready itself for total societal mobilization in response to military attack from a major external power. As Aaron Mehta points out […]
Attack Against Nord Stream 2 Renewed with Vigor: Whose Interests Does It Meet?
Attack Against Nord Stream 2 Renewed with Vigor: Whose Interests Does It Meet? Economics dictate national interests. Foreign policy is the tool used to advance it. Moscow has to fight back on all fronts, but the truth is that Washington does not care much about chemical attacks in Eastern Ghouta, the Salisbury poisoning, election meddling, […]
The CBS Interview With Saudi Arabia’s Mohammed bin Salman Was a Crime Against Journalism
Photo: Alberto Pezzali/NurPhoto/Sipa USA/AP The CBS Interview With Saudi Arabia’s Mohammed bin Salman Was a Crime Against Journalism “AT JUST 32, Mohammed bin Salman seems fearless and determined. He has quickly become the most dominant Arab leader in a generation.” That’s how “60 Minutes” began its interview with, and profile of, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed […]
Emperor Xi Delivers Stark Warning To Trump: Hands Off Taiwan
Emperor Xi Delivers Stark Warning To Trump: Hands Off Taiwan President Donald Trump may have kicked the hornet’s nest by signing on Friday the “Taiwanese Travel Act”, encouraging official visits to Taiwan by officials at all levels with an emphasis on “national security officials.” The signing angered the newly crowned Chinese President Emperor Xi Jinping, […]
Preparing For Nuclear War is Useless
Preparing For Nuclear War is Useless A recent news article outlined how Hawaii’s health care system is not able to handle the casualties from a nuclear attack. The scenario discussed was one in which a 150 kiloton (equivalent to 150,000 tons of TNT) blast over Waikiki causes 142,000 fatalities and 167,700 injuries. The scenario considered […]
Cancer, George Monbiot and Nuclear Weapons Test Fallout
Cancer, George Monbiot and Nuclear Weapons Test Fallout Photo by JK the Unwise | CC BY 2.0 George Monbiot, who has now been diagnosed with prostate cancer at the young age of 55, was therefore born in 1963, at the peak of the atmospheric test fallout. He is thus a peak exposed (at risk) member […]
How They Sold the Iraq War
How They Sold the Iraq War Photo by Taymaz Valley | CC BY 2.0 The war on Iraq won’t be remembered for how it was waged so much as for how it was sold. It was a propaganda war, a war of perception management, where loaded phrases, such as “weapons of mass destruction” and “rogue […]
Turkey’s Erdogan Vows New Military Operations Into Eastern Syria And Sinjar, Iraq
Turkey’s Erdogan Vows New Military Operations Into Eastern Syria And Sinjar, Iraq Following Turkey’s two-month long invasion of Northern Syria and subsequent takeover of the predominantly Kurdish town of Afrin, the logical question that remains is: what ‘s next for the ‘Mad Sultan’ Erdogan? President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s Sunday victory speech didn’t lack for the […]
