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Nuclear Agreement With Iran
Nuclear Agreement With Iran Washington’s issue with Iran has never been Iran’s nuclear energy program. The notion pushed by the neoconservatives that Iran only had a nuclear energy program (5% uranium enrichment) in order to hide a nuclear weapons program (95+% enrichment) was always a cover for Washington’s real opposition to Iran and Washington’s real […]
The PetroYuan Is Born: Gazprom Now Settling All Crude Sales To China In Renminbi
The PetroYuan Is Born: Gazprom Now Settling All Crude Sales To China In Renminbi Two topics we’ve deemed critically important to a thorough understanding of both global finance and the shifting geopolitical landscape are the death of the petrodollar and the idea of yuan hegemony. Last November, in “How The Petrodollar Quietly Died And No […]
Where Porter is On and Off in Explaining US Media Bias on Saudi Aggression against Yemen
Where Porter is On and Off in Explaining US Media Bias on Saudi Aggression against Yemen In an important new article, award-winning journalist Gareth Porter notes that US and Western media are using the term “proxy war” as “a way of softening the harsh reality of Saudi aggression” against Yemen. A proxy war by definition, Porter […]
This Week In Energy: Geopolitical Triggers Could Spur More Price Volatility
This Week In Energy: Geopolitical Triggers Could Spur More Price Volatility Tensions heated up in the Persian Gulf this week after Iran fired upon and seized a cargo ship near the Straits of Hormuz. Considered to be the most strategic and vital chokepoint for global oil trade, the narrow stretch of water is regularly patrolled […]
The Pentagon’s ‘Long War’ Pits NATO Against China, Russia and Iran
The Pentagon’s ‘Long War’ Pits NATO Against China, Russia and Iran Whatever happens with the nuclear negotiations this summer, and as much as Tehran wants cooperation and not confrontation, Iran is bound to remain — alongside Russia — a key US geostrategic target. As much as US President Barack Obama tried to dismiss it, the Russian sale of the S-300 missile system to Iran is a monumental game-changer. Even […]
The cyber blitzkrieg
The cyber blitzkrieg The forces of the perfect storm of climate change, energy tsunamis and global economic bubbles in collision are complex and varied; each with their own levels of threat and urgency. In this milieu, it’s easy to over-fixate on the more visible threats and downplay the others. Case in point: The Iranian nuclear […]
The Latest Media Attempts To Suppress Oil Prices
The Latest Media Attempts To Suppress Oil Prices It started with the Iranian supply overhang and has grown louder by the day in the media. While we were all supposed to be cowering in fear at the 1MB/D that would be coming from Iran any day, it emerged instead that not only is the deal […]
Proxy War Crosses Border? Houthis Reportedly Clash With Saudi Troops Near Najran
Proxy War Crosses Border? Houthis Reportedly Clash With Saudi Troops Near Najran Earlier today we reported that local militiamen in the key Yemeni port city of Aden had captured two Iranian officers suspected of aiding Houthi rebels in the battle to control the city where fighters still loyal to President Hadi are determined to beat back an […]
As US Seeks To “Contain” Iran Nuclear Plans, Russia & China Expand Theirs
As US Seeks To “Contain” Iran Nuclear Plans, Russia & China Expand Theirs As The United States continues to ‘deal’ with Iran’s nuclear ambitions, Sputnik News reports that “the expansion of cooperation between the Russian Federation and China in the nuclear sphere is being actively discussed.” The source went on note that talks on the construction of […]
Oil Market Knee-Jerk Reaction To Nuclear Deal Unjustified
Oil Market Knee-Jerk Reaction To Nuclear Deal Unjustified A group of exhausted diplomats did the unthinkable. The P5+1 countries and Iran came to a massive and historic framework agreement over Iran’s nuclear program, paving the way for a final deal to be hashed out before the real deadline in June. Negotiations went past the self-imposed […]
Its A Damn Good Deal That Will Change History—–Unless The GOP War Party Sabotages It
Its A Damn Good Deal That Will Change History—–Unless The GOP War Party Sabotages It The announcement of a “framework” for an agreement with Iran to limit its nuclear research and development had all the drama of a thriller – theextended negotiations, dragging out over several days and deadlines, the anticipation, the furor surrounding the process, and […]
Why Putin Doesn’t Need To Pander To The West
Why Putin Doesn’t Need To Pander To The West It’s quiet on the eastern front – as quiet as a conflict between world superpowers can be. Since February’s cease-fire agreement, relative calm has prevailed in Ukraine and world events elsewhere – Iran and Yemen – have shifted the global focus. Still, the West’s frigid relationship […]
NEW YORK TIMES ACCIDENTALLY UNDERMINES JOHN BOLTON “BOMB IRAN” OP-ED IN OWN PAGES
NEW YORK TIMES ACCIDENTALLY UNDERMINES JOHN BOLTON “BOMB IRAN” OP-ED IN OWN PAGES The New York Times yesterday published an op-ed by the characteristically bellicose John R. Bolton, headlined ‘To Stop Iran’s Bomb, Bomb Iran.’ Bolton, now a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, was U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations during the George W. Bush administration. In […]
Impending Iran Deal Could Crush Current Rally
Impending Iran Deal Could Crush Current Rally The headline for the week was Saudi Arabia’s attack on rebels in Yemen, which threatens to ignite tensions between regional rivalries in the Middle East. The proximate cause was the advance by Houthi rebels on Aden where the Yemeni President is located. Saudi Arabia spent several weeks secretly reaching […]
In Yemen, It’s The Bad Guys Vs. The Bad Guys
In Yemen, It’s The Bad Guys Vs. The Bad Guys Saudi Arabia and Egypt stand poised to conduct a massive ground invasion of Yemen, and the western media will be full of tales about how “Operation Decisive Storm” is liberating that country from the evil Iranian-backed Houthi rebels. And without a doubt, the Houthis are […]
