Seven Days of Failures for the American Empire
The ‘America Last’ Express Hurtles On: Saudi Arabia,...
Kiev Regime – A Western Frankenstein Creation
Former British diplomat, founder and director of the Beirut-based Conflicts Forum.
Alastair CROOKE
America’s Technology and Sanctions War Will End, by Bifurcating the Global Economy
The bifurcation of the global economy stems from America’s geo-political financial sanctions regime and the consequent attempts by targeted states to de-couple from the dollar sphere.
What Didn’t Happen at G20 Is Far More Important Than What Did
It is Trump’s misfortune that his Presidency seems to be coinciding with the end to not just ‘any’ super-cycle, but to a turbo-charged, global debt super-cycle.
Italy, the EU, and the Fall of the Roman Empire
The global explosion of debt is a macro problem that vastly transcends the microcosm of Italy. Like the ancient Roman Empire, the EU has atrophied in its ‘order’ to become an obstacle to change.
The Khashoggi Effect: Erdogan Inverts the Paradigm, whilst Gulf & Allies Sink in Quagmire
Erdogan is skilfully – and strategically - using Khashoggi ‘leaks’ dribbled out in the media. He is using them to exit from the threat of project to plunge Turkey into a quagmire of encirclement.
The Iranian Albatross the US Has Hung Around Its Own Neck
Trump’s policy of seeking to overthrow the Islamic Republic of Iran through sanctions will eventually become seen as ‘the Albatross’.
After Midterms, Will Trump Go On Risking World Trade and the Off-Shore Dollar Sphere?
The Russian leadership cannot have failed to notice that Trump’s twitter ‘missiles’ are also opening up Europe, in a new – as yet undefined – way
The Unraveling of the Netanyahu Project for the Middle East
There is no example of sanctions alone having toppled a state; and whilst the US can use its claim of judicial hegemony as an enforcement mechanism, the US has effectively isolated itself in sanctioning Iran.
A Rules-Based Global Order or Rule-less US Global ‘Order’?
Europe will be expected to welcome America’s missiles deployed back into Europe. Some states may welcome this (Poland and the Baltic States), but Europe as a whole will not. It will serve as another powerful reason to rethink...
There are other divided cities, but none stirs the passions of people around the world as does Jerusalem.
In 1958, then Senator John F. Kennedy claimed there was a “missile gap”, saying the USSR was far ahead in ICBM weapons; when satellite photos showed the astounding...
The bifurcation of the global economy stems from America’s geo-political financial sanctions regime and the consequent attempts by targeted states to de-couple from the...
There is no way in any sane assessment that the ramshackle Ukrainian forces can be regarded as “brothers” of the US armed forces.
