Author Archives: Conor Gallagher
The Empire Rebrands
Both Biden’s “Foreign Policy for the Middle Class” and Trump’s “America First” are packaged to solicit support from the American people for empire.
Read more...Mass Terminations Have Cut USDA ‘Off at the Knees,’ Ex-employees Say
The US is now a net importer of food. “America First” policies threaten to make situation worse, but who could benefit?
Read more...Germany Holds an Election in an Alternate Reality
The likely new government looks determined to double down on Germany — and Europe’s — destruction.
Read more...BRICS, Boers, and Preparing for Conflict With China in South Africa: Examining the US Pressure Campaign
In addition to Greenland and the Panama Canal, Washington is doubling down on efforts to “dominate” naval theaters in a conflict with China.
Read more...Links 2/17/2025
Climate Crisis Is Causing a Chocolate Market Meltdown: Study
Between July of 2022 and February of last year, cocoa prices jumped by 136 percent, partially due to climate extremes in West Africa’s Cocoa Belt.
Read more...Links 2/16/2025
How Much More Is Europe Prepared to Lose?
The EU has already dramatically remade its societies, governance structure, and social values over the past three years in fight against Russia. Where will it end?
Read more...US Export Controls and the Restructuring of Global Value Chains: An Analysis of Japanese Multinationals’ Exits From China
If tighter trade controls are making it more difficult for Japanese firms in China to access advanced components and technologies, the effects may be reflected in the exit behaviour of Japanese firms from China rather than in trade statistics.
Read more...Links 2/12/2025
Paradise Is a Police State: Examining the Techno-Optimism of Billionaire Silicon Valley Investor (And Unofficial Trump Administration Adviser) Marc Andreessen
The unlimited AI and energy now being unleashed is supposed to usher in a new utopia centered around low wages and prices. So why are Andreessen and friends so intent on a police state as part of the grand experiment we’re all being enlisted in?
Read more...Links 2/5/2025
Does Trump’s Attempted “Dismantling” of Spook-Infested, Regime Change Agency USAID Herald a New Foreign Policy Era?
It looks more like an attempt to bring under control rogue agencies that were hostile to Trump during his first term in office as well as a shift in the type of “values” the US will support abroad.
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