Category Archives: Politics

Stop Worshiping Central Banks

Preoccupied with ‘credibility’ and reputations, central banks are again driving the world into recession, financial turmoil and debt crises.

“Nikkei-Owned Financial Times Begins to Crack on Sanctions”

Some serious whinging from Japan about the supposedly new and improved oil and gas sanctions on Russia.

The U.S. Diesel Shortage Is Worsening

That diesel shortage we warned you about is arriving. So what is likely to happen?

Electro-Shock Therapy for Slow Learners in the Ukraine Electric War (Part III)

Russia launches another high-intensity attack on Ukraine’s electric grid, and John Helmer continues his analysis of Russia’s strategy.

Stab in the Back – Not One Inch but Right to the Heart

John Helmer picks apart the not-well-understood story of who betrayed whom when Gorbachev agreed to the lousy US “not one inch” promise.

The Grain Giants Have Made a Bonanza from Hunger. Time to Take Them Apart

The global food system, heavily influenced by the big grain companies, needs an overhaul to allow diverse crops, producers and supply routes

A Disordered World – Part 3: Pathways

Satyajit Das’ final post on where the world order is headed.

The Growing Chorus for Peace in Ukraine

It has now become barely acceptable to say it might be a good idea to seek an end to the Ukraine war.

Satyajit Das: A Disordered World – Part 2: Susceptibilities

Satyajit Das continues his tour of the breakup of the world order, here focusing on financial/economic dislocations and dysfunctional elites

Sunak Has Been Set Up To Fail and the Likelihood Is That He Will

Rishi Sunak has a Mission Impossible even before getting to his bad impulses. Most countries in the West face the same long list of problems

Satyajit Das: A Disordered World – Part 1: Fracture

Satyajit Das provides a multi-facted overview of how key world structures are breaking as the US fights to preseve its imperial hold.

IEA: The Current Energy Crisis Is Unprecedented

The IEA has finally, late in the game, goten the nerve to sound alarms about energy shortages. But nary a word about the role of sanctions

Wall Street Journal on “U.S.-Saudi Relations Buckle” Focuses on Personalities Over End of Unipolar Era

Even though Biden as always is making a bad situation worse, the US-Saudi relationship looks destined to have gone off the rails.

“The US Signals Readiness to Launch Nuclear Strike Against Russia”

How Russia is reading Western, particularly US, nuke talk.