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Putting all the Pieces Together
Putting all the Pieces Together We start our podcast today more than 2,500 years ago at a time when the dominant superpower in the western world was the Achaemenid Empire of Persia. Their civilization had reached an unfathomable level of wealth and sophistication; historical records show that, at peak, the Persian treasury had more than […]
Beyond the clash of empires
Beyond the clash of empires A world of living places Empire’s law – The unbridled pursuit of power I’ve seen this movie before. A large and powerful nation attacks a small and weaker nation. Fiery explosions light up the night. Their thunder roars across the landscape while armored columns roll over the border. Shock and […]
How Empires Die
How Empires Die When the state / empire loses the ability to recognize and solve core problems of security and fairness, it will be replaced by another arrangement that is more adaptable and adept at solving problems. From a systems perspective, nation-states and empires arise when they are superior solutions to security compared to whatever arrangement […]
Nobody Who Says “You Can Criticize Washington AND Beijing” Actually Does
Nobody Who Says “You Can Criticize Washington AND Beijing” Actually Does Listen to a reading of this article: ❖ Whenever I criticize the US empire’s manipulations and aggressions on a nation which disobeys its dictates I always get comments from people saying “You know, Caitlin, two things can be bad at once. You can criticize both.” They […]
The Afghan Correction
The Afghan Correction Interventionistas never seem to learn these seven truths about war and ‘nation building.’ Soviet troops in the highlands near Kabul, Afghanistan, 1986. Photo by Кувакин Е. (1986); scanned and processed by Vizu (2009); размещено согласно Permissions: E. Kuvakin by personal collection, CC BY-SA 3.0. The chaotic rout of the U.S. in Afghanistan has got […]
Could Donald Trump be the Last World Emperor? States and Empires After the End of the Fossil Age
Could Donald Trump be the Last World Emperor? States and Empires After the End of the Fossil Age Empires are short-lived structures created and kept together by the availability of mineral resources, fossil fuels in our times. They tend to decline and fall with the decline of the resources that created them, and that’s the […]
The Race Against Time
The Race Against Time For decades, in discussing the ever-increasing hegemony of the world’s principal governments (US, EU, et al.), I’ve been asked repeatedly, “When will the governments understand that this obsession they have to become all-powerful is not in the interests of the people?” The answer to this question has also remained the same […]
Start Dealing
Start Dealing Empires have one historical constant: they fail. President Trump likes deals and campaigned on his deal-making prowess. Negotiation requires parties who respect each other enough to bargain in good faith. It is a lost art in US foreign policy, replaced by imperatives: we tell you what to do and you do it. This […]
Ron Paul: “All Wars Paid For Through Debasing the Currency”
Ron Paul: “All Wars Paid For Through Debasing the Currency” And at some point, all empires crumble on their own excess, stretched to the breaking point by over-extending a military industrial complex with sophisticated equipment, hundreds of bases in as many countries, and never-ending wars that wrack up mind boggling levels of debt. This cost […]
