Trump’s Sanctions Admit the End of US Military Dominance
The Death of US and UK Neo-Colonialism
Beneficiaries of the Surge in US Military Spending
Former British diplomat, founder and director of the Beirut-based Conflicts Forum.
Alastair CROOKE
The Deal: Smelling a Rat, Arabs Sense a Coming Humiliation
Iran will not be crippled by sanctions, and whatever becomes of Trump's Deal, Israel will find itself in a region in which the locus of politics is drifting towards the alliance of forces who prevailed in the epic struggle over...
The G3 Global Order is a ‘Pipe-Dream’ — until US has its Leadership Mission Catharsis
Trump’s ‘8 May decision’ and the ‘metamorphosis’ of the President’s zeitgeist which it necessarily entailed, leaves the US President bereft of anything worthwhile now to offer Putin (except...
Forcing the Surrender of an Era’s Old Pretences – Henry Kissinger
America may find itself an island between two oceans – and with no global order in hand. In an era of fragmented and disordered ‘order’, in other words.
Trump Drops the Value of the EU as an Ally — to Zero
By meeting Putin, Trump brought the US out of zugzwang, having handed over to the European Union the right to make this same move, which only risks complicating Euro politics – beyond its existing challenges.
Trump's 'Wars' Bed-In; 'Go Long'
Real wars are like that. Easy to start, always promising quick, assured victory – and invariably they disappoint.
As Trump ‘Goes Nuclear’ Against Iran and China, What’s Next?
If the room for substance is really not so great, is there any point to the meeting at all? Well … Yes, it delivers a kick in the pants to the Anglo-Establishment that has put every obstacle in the way of such a meeting.
The Beginning of the End of the Bilderberg Era
America’s dollar hegemony has proved toxic to the rest of the world in very many ways, and Trump is fueling antagonism towards dollar hegemony (if not yet towards America per se).
What Does the North Korea-Trump ‘Best Friends’ Summit Portend for Iran?
The North Korean process is ‘parked’ for now (whilst the lengthy negotiations continue), and Trump is free to pursue heightened attrition against Iran
This is a defense budget of confrontation giving preference to pressure instead of negotiations and diplomacy.
The NATO expansion – which the legendary George Kennan presciently warned against in vain – continues to drive the world the closer towards the threat of...
The scramble for Africa will only increase in intensity as the insatiable appetite for Africa's oil, gold, diamonds, and rare earth minerals attracts more global interest...
Russia, Iran, China, and now Turkey are in the same boat, as all have become the target of US sanctions. But none of those nations has bowed under the pressure.
