Amid all the uncertainties about how the conflict between the United States and Iran will develop, one thing seems certain: the “unipolar world” dominated by the Anglo-American alliance is over. This unprovoked war of aggression against Iran, pushed by a crazed Israeli regime, may well turn out to be greatest strategic disaster of the United States in recent decades, and […]
Read moreThe global “everything bubble” is ripe for explosion, the only uncertainty being when it will happen and what the trigger will be: the private credit bubble, the crypto bubble, the AI bubble, U.S. government debt, or the oil crisis? Or a combination of some of them? * The oil crisis. Darren Woods, CEO of the largest Western oil company ExxonMobil […]
Read morePentagon acting comptroller Jay Hurst told the U.S. Congress on April 29 that the first 60 days of the war against Iran had cost the American people about $25 billion. But this staggering figure only applies to U.S. munitions and operations, explicitly excluding, for example, the damage to U.S. bases. The actual cost for the globe is orders of magnitude […]
Read moreIn the German Chancellor’s interview on the Caren Miosga national television show of May 3, Friedrich Merz, who assumed the Chancellorship on May 6, 2025, demonstrated that Germany’s big problem today is the lack of competent leadership. First, the Chancellor attempted to play down his brawl with U.S. President Donald Trump over certain aspects of the Iran War (but not […]
Read moreThe visit last week of Britain’s King Charles to the United States represented an open betrayal by President Trump of the principles Americans are celebrating this year with the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. If Donald Trump expected to receive a boost of popular support from his embrace of Charles — whom he obsessively called “a good guy” […]
Read moreAs King Charles ended his four day visit to United States on April 30 aimed at consolidating the “250-year special relationship” of the United States and the United Kingdom, independent presidential candidate Diane Sare commented that the reception he had received at the White House and the Congress, as well as the media comments, indicated “how few Americans have any […]
Read moreDonald Trump’s campaign commitments not to engage in forever wars, and to help put an end to long-standing international conflicts have been irreparably broken, at the latest since the outbreak of the illegal U.S.-Israel war against Iran. As if to underline his disregard for international law, not to mention his disconnect from reality, Trump asserted gleefully on May 1, that […]
Read moreIn line with helping countries of the Global South, China began implementing on May 1 a “comprehensive zero-tariff regime” on all imports from all African countries, minus Eswatini, which still has diplomatic relations with Taiwan, not with China, regardless of their size, politics, or economic circumstances. The significance of this policy, as emphasized by Global Times in an editorial and […]
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