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Troika Offers Greece Third Bailout Program, Prepares Emergency Plan If No Deal
Troika Offers Greece Third Bailout Program, Prepares Emergency Plan If No Deal On the heels of Thursday’s failed Eurogroup meeting and heading into what is again being presented as an all or nothing, “Lehman weekend” for Greece and its creditors, reports suggest the troika has offered Greece a third bailout program: GREEK CREDITORS OFFER EU15.5B […]
Food Security: a Hostage to Wall Street
Food Security: a Hostage to Wall Street Imperialism and the Control of Agriculture In October of last year, World Food Day celebrated ‘Family Farming: Feeding the world, caring for the earth’. According to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization’s website, the family farming theme was chosen to raise the profile of family farming and smallholder […]
EU’s Tusk To Greece’s Tsipras: “Game Over”
EU’s Tusk To Greece’s Tsipras: “Game Over” Brinksmanship is building: *GREEK OFFICIAL SAYS TUSK TOLD TSIPRAS AT EU SUMMIT “GAME OVER” *GREEK GOVT OFFICIAL COMMENTS IN TEXT MESSAGE *TSIPRAS TOLD TUSK AT EU SUMMIT “THIS ISN’T A GAME”: OFFICIAL *TSIPRAS SAID AT SUMMIT CREDITORS’ PROPOSALS EXTREME: OFFICIAL *GREECE-AID DEAL IS MATTER OF POLITICAL WILL: GREEK […]
Western Collusion With Egypt’s Reign of Terror
Western Collusion With Egypt’s Reign of Terror Germany’s detention without charge of a journalist critical of Abdul Fattah al-Sisi is part of a pattern of Western collusion in Egypt’s war on democracy Why was Al Jazeera journalist, Ahmed Mansour, detained by German authorities under an Egyptian arrest warrant for three days, before being released without […]
The People Must Be Overthrown
The People Must Be Overthrown Perhaps I should apologize for writing about Greece all the time. Thing is, not only have I just arrived in Athens last night (and been duly showered in ouzo), but Greece is the proverbial early harbinger of everything that’s wrong with the world (not to worry, I know that’s a […]
Europe’s Complicity in Evil
Europe’s Complicity in Evil Sovereignty or Imperialism? On September 5, 2009 I addressed an international conference in Austria on the subject of Europe’s subordination to the US and, thus, the absence of any constructive criticism of US foreign and domestic policies. Karel van Wolferen, whose website is http://www.karelvanwolferen.com, kindly reminded me of my address to the […]
What Would A Saudi-Russian Partnership Mean For World Energy?
What Would A Saudi-Russian Partnership Mean For World Energy? What happens when two nations, that together account for more than fourth quarter of global oil production, begin collaborating on future energy projects? Russian President Vladimir Putin met Saudi Prince Mohammad in St. Petersburg on June 18 at a meeting in which Saudi Arabia and Russia, […]
Propaganda Reigns In The West: Guest Post by Vladimir Putin
Propaganda Reigns In The West: Guest Post by Vladimir Putin The lies about Russia and Russia’s president have grown so thick, threatening the world with devastating war, that distinguished Americans have formed the American Committee for East-West Accord. The members of the founding board are former US senator Bill Bradley, Amb. Jack Matlock who was […]
The War Party’s Foolish Confrontation With Russia Is Heading Into A Dangerous Dead End
The War Party’s Foolish Confrontation With Russia Is Heading Into A Dangerous Dead End “U.S. Poised to Put Heavy Weaponry in East Europe: A Message to Russia,” ran the headline in The New York Times. “In a significant move to deter possible Russian aggression in Europe, the Pentagon is poised to store battle tanks, infantry fighting […]
Will Seizure of Russian Assets Hasten Dollar Decline?
Will Seizure of Russian Assets Hasten Dollar Decline? While much of the world focused last week on whether or not the Federal Reserve was going to raise interest rates, or whether the Greek debt crisis would bring Europe to a crisis, the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague awarded a $50 billion judgment to […]
Energy Security in the EU: Pipelines, Powers, and Political Relations
Energy Security in the EU: Pipelines, Powers, and Political Relations The Many Faces of Energy Security The term “energy security,” despite its pessimistic applications and loose definitions, is profligately used in policy circles and academic fields. Limiting disruptions of supply to broader definitions, which have political, economic, and/or environmental bearing, is common of energy security […]
Putin and the Saudi Caravan
Putin and the Saudi Caravan No one – as usual – saw it coming. So guess who walks into a room in St. Petersburg this past Thursday; Saudi Arabia’s Deputy Crown Prince – and Defense Minister – Muhammad bin Salman, favorite son of King Salman; Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir (former ambassador to the US and very close to key players in the […]
Geopolitics Will Trump Economics in Greece
Geopolitics Will Trump Economics in Greece Based on the continued failure of the negotiating parties to make any substantive progress in the talks over Greek debt payments, the financial world is tied up in knots over a possible Greek exit from the European Union. The uncertainty has manifested in both high and low finance, with […]
Public Didn’t See Last Two World Wars Coming Either
Public Didn’t See Last Two World Wars Coming Either Books about how World War I started, and to a lesser degree how World War II started, have tended in recent years to explain that these wars didn’t actually come as a surprise, because top government officials saw them coming for years. But these revised histories […]
