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“It Could Reshape The Global Trading System For Decades” – US Rejects China’s Bid “Market Economy” Status
“It Could Reshape The Global Trading System For Decades” – US Rejects China’s Bid “Market Economy” Status The US has filed a legal submission to the WTO as a third party, intervening in a case that China has brought against the European Union. The US rejects China’s argument that under the 2001 agreement, which confirmed […]
How A North Korean Electromagnetic Pulse Attack Could Kill Millions And Turn America Into A Post-Apocalyptic Wasteland
How A North Korean Electromagnetic Pulse Attack Could Kill Millions And Turn America Into A Post-Apocalyptic Wasteland This is why North Korea’s test of an intercontinental ballistic missile is so important. North Korea had test fired a total of 22 missiles so far this year, but this latest one showed that nobody on the globe […]
Monetary Imperialism
Monetary Imperialism Photo by Nathaniel St. Clair In theory, the global financial system is supposed to help every country gain. Mainstream teaching of international finance, trade and “foreign aid” (defined simply as any government credit) depicts an almost utopian system uplifting all countries, not stripping their assets and imposing austerity. The reality since World War […]
North Korea Says “Completed State Nuclear Program”; Warns “The Whole US Is In Range”
North Korea Says “Completed State Nuclear Program”; Warns “The Whole US Is In Range” North Korea claims its “new ICBM can put whole U.S. mainland within range,” says it has “realized great historic cause of completing state nuclear force” * * * Following the successful test-firing of its longest range ICBM yet today, Yonhap News […]
Russia Warns Washington: Confiscating Gold Reserves Would Be “Declaration Of Financial War”
Russia Warns Washington: Confiscating Gold Reserves Would Be “Declaration Of Financial War” In a surprising, and unexpected warning – which seemingly came out of nowhere – Russia’s Finance Minister Anton Siluanov cautioned Washington yesterday that “If our gold and currency reserves can be arrested, even if such a thought exists, it would be financial terrorism.” […]
Russian Diplomat’s Warning: ‘Apocalyptic Scenario’ Likely On Korean Peninsula
Russian Diplomat’s Warning: ‘Apocalyptic Scenario’ Likely On Korean Peninsula The tense situation over North Korea’s nuclear program has one top Russian diplomat sounding the alarm. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Igor Morgulov said that the world can no longer turn a “blind eye” to alarming speed with which North Korea is advancing their weapons of mass destruction. North Korea’s […]
Forget About Catalonia And Brexit, The Next European Black Swan Could Be Transylvania
Forget About Catalonia And Brexit, The Next European Black Swan Could Be Transylvania Over the past 100 years, the borders in Central and Eastern Europe have been redrawn time and time again, often leaving groups of people separated from their home country by new borders. Although land often changed hands relatively peacefully, suddenly finding one-selves […]
US State Department Admits Plans To Meddle In Hungary’s Democracy
US State Department Admits Plans To Meddle In Hungary’s Democracy As we noted last week, hypocrisy may be the only consistent guiding principle of US foreign policy. The Rex Tillerson State Department will pump $700,000 into Hungarian media to remove Viktor Orban. TheDuran’s Alex Christoforou writes: When another nation state uses media to communicate it’s […]
The ‘End of Dreams’, and the Saving of Appearances
The ‘End of Dreams’, and the Saving of Appearances Zao Wu-Ki The red sun 1950Once again, to my delight, we’re back with former British diplomat and MI6 ‘ranking figure’ Alastair Crooke and his Conflicts Forum organization. We posted a few of his articles this year and last. This time, Alastair writes a reaction to one […]
The US-Saudi Starvation Blockade
The US-Saudi Starvation Blockade Our aim is to “starve the whole population — men, women, and children, old and young, wounded and sound — into submission,” said First Lord of the Admiralty Winston Churchill. He was speaking of Germany at the outset of the Great War of 1914-1918. Americans denounced as inhumane this starvation blockade […]
In Escalating War Of Words, Saudi Crown Prince Calls Iran’s Ayatollah “New Hitler Of The Middle East
In Escalating War Of Words, Saudi Crown Prince Calls Iran’s Ayatollah “New Hitler Of The Middle East“ Godwin’s law states that “as an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Hitler approaches 1.” Saudi Arabia’s powerful, and controversial, 32-year-old Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman – who in just a few months has […]
How the West Is Adopting the Worst Practices of the Post-Maidan Ukraine
How the West Is Adopting the Worst Practices of the Post-Maidan Ukraine Before we tell you how Vice-President Dick Cheney, Senator John McCain, former First Lady Michelle Obama, Professor Stephen Cohen and, of course, President Donald Trump plus over 2000 prominent American and European politicians, celebrities and intellectuals joined the group of “useful idiots” one […]
Museletter #306: Saudis and Trump: Gambling Bigly
Museletter #306: Saudis and Trump: Gambling Bigly Download printable PDF version here (PDF, 205 KB) “My grandfather rode a camel, my father rode a camel, I drive a Mercedes, my son drives a Land Rover, his son will drive a Land Rover, but his son will ride a camel.” – Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum, first […]
The Fight for Northern Iraq’s remaining oil
The Fight for Northern Iraq’s remaining oil Fig 1: Iraqi crude exports by SOMO The above graph shows Iraqi crude oil exports by the SOMO oil marketing company. Until March 2014 Kirkuk crude from North Oil Company (Avana and Baba domes and Bai Hassan fields) was flowing through the Iraq-Turkey pipeline (ITP) Kirkuk – Baiji […]
