Category Archives: Middle East

And Then There Was One: The Eurasian Unity Project Runs Out of Trade Route Options as Washington Successfully Spreads Chaos

With multiple other routes coming undone Beijing ramps up efforts for a corridor through Iran and Türkiye to Europe.

Iran War: US and Iran Exchange Fire as Trump Reveals Extent of Israel Capture With Barmy Abrams Accord Proposal; Continued Denial of Approaching Energy Crunch After Reserves Depleted

Iran war news: Negotiations are supposedly advancing despite a US attack, a fiery Khamenei speech, and Israel declaring “full war” in Lebanon

Iran War: Trump-Claimed Agreement Coming Apart as Iran Sticks to Long-Held Positions and Republican Stalwarts Rebel; Experts Argue It May Be Only to Temporize

Today’s Iran war news: As the latest Iran war “deal” comes unglued, it looks like it was intended merely to hit the pause button….why?

Iran War: Trump Announces Iran Deal with Iran Already Disputing His Claims; Hawk Heads Exploding; Even if Pact Concluded, Strait of Hormuz Traffic Expected to Reach Only 40% of Old Level by Year End

Today’s Iran war update: Trump says he has a deal. Iran begs to differ as to what it would amount to.

Iran War: Trump and Top Officials Cancel Holiday Plans, Suggesting Imminent Attack; Walmart Reports Consumers Self-Rationing Gas

Today’s Iran war news: Negotiations are now at an impasse and Trump is taking visible steps consistent with new attacks.

Iran War: Quelle Surprise! Vanishingly Unlikely “Deal” Visibly Falling Apart as US Consumer Spending Crumbling

Today’s Iran war news: Talks fantasies get a harsh dose of reality as Iran rejects a US nuclear demand while consumers go green at the gills.

Iran War: Trump-Netanyahu Dust-Up Over Negotiations – Bona Fide or Deception? Oil Speculators Cheer Three Supertankers Leaving Gulf, as Continued Bond and Financial Market Decline Seems Likely

Today’s Iran war news: Some oil leaving the Gulf gave markets a boost, but the US-Iran impasse remains, along with US attack threats.

Iran War: US Experts and Iran Still Expect Major Attack; Wall Street Journal Debunks Trump Claim of Gulf State Intervention; Bond Rout Intensifies

Today’s Iran war update: The US still looks to be planning to resume the war against Iran even as the bond market rout intensifies.

Iran War: Trump’s Latest TACO on Iran Strike Pits Gulf States Against Israel; Bond Market Tremors Add to Hard-to-Deny Signs of Economic Stress

Today’s Iran war update: Has seemingly irresistible force Israel met immovable objects in the form of Gulf states and the bond markets?

Iran War: Trumps Makes New Threat as Buildup Continues; Middle East Data Centers, Key to US Military, at Risk; More Recognition of Risk of Shortages Like Impact of Scarce Diesel

Today’s Iran war update: Trump again bares his teeth and makes escalatory moves as the global economy starts to bleed out.

Interpreting Lavrov’s Proposal That India Mediate Between Iran & The Gulf Kingdoms

Russian Foreign Minister offers reminders of BRICS inability to be counterweight to US geopolitical order.

Iran War: More Speculation that US Will Restart War, Along with Possible UAE Operation Against Key Iran Island, Big Explosion at Israel Weapons Factory; Yet More on Imminent Real Economy Damage

Today’s Iran war news: Rumors on Trump to decide on restarting war, possible UAE action, Israel explosion, plus info on real economy damage

Michael Hudson: US Designs on Iran and the Trump-Xi Summit

With Iranian journalist Ali Alizadeh, Michael Hudson debunks White House spin on the Trump-Xi talk and gives a historical view of the war

Iran War: Trump in China, Ship Seized in the Strait, War Powers Vote Comes This Close, Saudis Make Peaceward Moves

Trump was in China, but that didn’t stop Iran from seizing and sinking ships, the Saudis are wheeling and dealing for peace, and a War Powers vote almost passed.