Category Archives: China

US Black Sea Strategy Takes Another Big Hit in Georgia Election

Protests are now expected in country that plays key role in Eurasian logistics after voters choose pro-Russian government.

The Great Game of Logistics

Logistics corridors play an increasing role in the New Cold War. Do workers lose no matter who wins?

“Powder Keg in the Pacific, How China’s Challenge Revived America’s Position in Asia and the Pacific”

A reader critical thinking exercise in the form of a neocon justification of US efforts to contain China.

“Is The West Prepared to Deal With Potential Iranian Sabotage of the Oil Market?”

A discussion of some of the ways Iran could use economic, as in oil, leverage to retaliate against an Israel strike.

De-risking Downsides

The EU starts a trade war with China. Like the “de-risking” from Russia, the US is once again poised to be the main beneficiary.

Satyajit Das: US Presidential Politics – The More They Bicker, the More They Stay the Same

US presidential candidates promise policy choices but have little room to manoeuvre. Ergo, politics turns into a contest like American Idol

Rob Urie: Failed US Economic Policies Lie Behind Current Geopolitical Tensions

How US fealty to neoliberalism undermined its economy. And why China’s choices are not likely to produce happy outcomes.

The US Tries to Pressure Türkiye into Putting Its Russian Missile Systems Under American Supervision

Move would allow US to study Russian defensive capabilities. It would also severely damage ties between Ankara and Moscow, but are there reasons Erdogan would go for it?

Richard Wolff and Michael Hudson: West’s Colossal Failure: Peace Summit in Switzerland, US Decline, Rise of BRICS

Michael Hudson and Richard Wolff, in fine form, discuss the remarkable US success in driving its strategic rivals into alliances.

Indian Foreign Minister Throws Cold Water on the Idea of a BRICS Currency

The Indian foreign minister make fatal (at least for now) objections to the idea of a BRICS currency.

Elon Musk and Tesla Shape America’s Future. But Problems Run Deeper Than Tweets.

The financialization of U.S. firms making key products endangers American global leadership and, in Tesla’s case, climate change progress.

The West’s Blunders Help Fuel Russia’s Far East Development

A tip of the cap to the geniuses at the US State Department.

The EU Retreats Further into a World of Self-Delusion

Mario Draghi calls for Europe, decimated by self-inflicted energy crisis and social austerity, to go on borrowing spree to pay for endless fight against Russia.

Is US Policy Saving the Dollar or Destroying It?

How the global economy is being restructured, in no small measure due to inept, self-destructive policy moves that undermine dollar use in trade.

A Short Overview of Making Colonial Empires by European Powers from the Time of the Vienna Congress up to WWI (1815−1914)

A high level recap of how European powers built out their empires in the century before the Great War.