US Tries to Play Hardball with India
The neocons go to their usual playbook. Meanwhile, India expands trade routes with Russia and looks for a way forward with Beijing.
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The Neoclassical Growth of China
A model finds that China closely tracked the trajectory of Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan. Does this claim hold up to close scrutiny?
Read more...The Intercept’s Latest Leak Might Deal Irreparable Damage to Pakistani-Chinese Relations
The latest Intercept leaks confirm the notion that neither China nor Russia can trust Pakistan. That has awkward implications for China.
Read more...The Reported Russian-North Korean Military Deal Is All About Geostrategic Balancing
Looking at the logic of the Russian deal with North Korea.
Read more...The South China Sea’s Resource Wars
Taiwan is only a part of the ongoing conflict between Chana and America plus its Asian allies.
Read more...At What Level Will Saudi Arabia And Russia Stop Pushing Oil Prices Higher?
Russia and Saudi Arabia seem finally to have gotten the oil price increases they wanted. How much higher might they go?
Read more...Indonesia’s Wait-And-See Approach Towards Joining BRICS
Indonesia serves as a reminder that the so-called “Global South” is not monolithic and that affects the prospect of joining BRICS.
Read more...BRICS: African Countries Face Opportunities and Risks in Alienating China or the US – An Expert Weighs In
An, erm, interesting take on the implications for BRICS for African nations.
Read more...US-China Decoupling: Rhetoric and Reality
An update on how the much-ballyhooed US economic divorce from China is progressing.
Read more...Imperialism: How the Struggle of Both Classes and Nations Creates Our World
How imperailasm has determined much of the structure of the international economy and that in turn affects domestic interests.
Read more...Hoisted from Comments: China’s Unsustainable, Unbalanced Growth Model and Its Current Economic Wobbles
Musings on the routes for China out of its economic problems and whether China will actually take them.
Read more...Danny Haiphong: Pepe Escobar and Michael Hudson Join on BRICS Plus Six, Ukraine, and the Multipolar World Economy!
Danny Haiphong talks to Michael Hudson and Pepe Escobar about hot mulitipolarity topics, particularly BRICS and its “currency” plans
Read more...Henry A. Kissinger at 100, Still a War Criminal
Some of the major entries in Kissinger’s rap sheet.
Read more...BRICS’ Expansion Is Beneficial But It Also Isn’t Without Strategic Challenges
BRICS is set to add important new members…but will their diversity complicate coming to common policy stances?
Read more...China And U.S. Lock Horns Over New 122.5% Steel Tariff
Yet another US/China trade row, this one over steel.
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