Michael Hudson: Debt, Sponsors of the Wars, Future of USD and BRICS
ichael Hudson on topics old and new: the role of debt in rentier extraction and US hegemony, and the prosepcts for the dollar and BRICS.
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The West and the War in Ukraine: Selling and Buying Hopium
Despite some press stories and orthodox pundits acknowledging that things are going badly for Ukraine, there is way too much delusion.
Read more...The Sahel Tug-of-War: U.S. And Russia Face Off For Influence In Niger
A US propaganda outlet frets over Niger.
Read more...The Polish President Said Kiev Isn’t Doing The West Any Favors & Its Counteroffensive Failed
Spats between Polish and Ukrainian officials reflect divergences in interests which they may no longer be able to paper over.
Read more...NATO Training Leaves Ukrainian Troops ‘Underprepared’ for War
The veneer of NATO superiority is cracking as the Ukraine and its sponsors engage in a blame game over why the war is going so badly.
Read more...America’s Supersized Military: “The Greatest Fighting Force in Human History”
William Astore provides a cold look at the gap between the cost and overly-ambitious aims of the US military versus results.
Read more...The Road That Could Ignite a War in the Caucasus
Armenia and Azerbaijan are on the verge of another war – one that would suck in outside actors like Turkiye, Iran, Israel, India, and of course, Uncle Sam.
Read more...War Hawks’ Drive to Expand NATO into Asia May Destroy Western Military Alliance
Individuals can fail upwards, but organizations? NATO not been up to the task of propping up Ukraine, but the US wants to aim it at China.
Read more...Russia Is Finally Correcting False Perceptions of BRICS
Russia is dialing down expectations for big BRICS developments at a late August summit.
Read more...As the Ukraine War Drags On, It’s Time to Reassess the Impacts of Sanctions
The bundle of sanctions was initially designed and imposed in haste, with little basis to assess historic performance.
Read more...Two Overlapping Takes on Inflation
MMT backer Richard Murphy and London finance organ City A.M. have surprisingly simliar views on the causes of inflation but differ on remedies
Read more...Oppenheimer and the Birth of the Nuclear-Industrial Complex
A measured but wide-ranging takedown on the movie Oppenheimer and the way it goes way too easy on too many matters nuclear.
Read more...Explaining China’s & India’s Reported Differences Over Expanding BRICS
Quelle surprise! China and India have different economic interests, which means they have diverging visions for BRICS development.
Read more...NATO Failed in Ukraine Against Russia. Now It’s Targeting China
NATO is trying to extricte itself from Ukraine. But will the US play ball?
Read more...Some Thoughts on the Russian End Game in Ukraine
What might Russia do as Ukraine’s military weakens?
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