A new Great Game has begun in the Eastern Mediterranean
As tensions soar over oil and gas development, the international community should actively look to encourage de-escalation… Read More A new Great Game has begun in the Eastern Mediterranean
Category: The Great Game
The Rotten Alliance of Liberals and Neocons Will Likely Shape U.S. Foreign Policy for Years to Come
“Basically nobody in liberal circles is taking seriously the consequences of the fact that the exiled cadre of the Republican Party are building a massive power base in the Democratic Party.”… Read More The Rotten Alliance of Liberals and Neocons Will Likely Shape U.S. Foreign Policy for Years to Come
The Decline in Power of the Oil States
There is a real historic change going on in the Middle East and north Africa, though it has nothing to do with the relationship between Israel and the Arabs… Read More The Decline in Power of the Oil States
Can Lebanon be Saved?
there was something slightly odd about the way this tragedy was retold in the west… Read More Can Lebanon be Saved?
Think ‘Sanctions’ Will Trouble China? You’re Stuck in the Politics of the Past
The complex history of how China and the US once embraced each other should inform how the current showdown is tackled… Read More Think ‘Sanctions’ Will Trouble China? You’re Stuck in the Politics of the Past
British Court Refuses To Release Venezuelan Gold To Maduro
“Her Majesty’s government has unequivocally recognised Guaidó as president of Venezuela. It necessarily follows that Her Majesty’s government no longer recognises Maduro as president of Venezuela…”… Read More British Court Refuses To Release Venezuelan Gold To Maduro
Bulls in a China Shop: How Beijing Cultivated Wall Street’s Giants
Financial institutions have been Beijing’s most powerful advocates in Washington. No organisation has been more important to the CCP’s campaign to penetrate US elites, or more willing than Goldman Sachs… Read More Bulls in a China Shop: How Beijing Cultivated Wall Street’s Giants
HSBC Embraces China’s Crackdown on Hong Kong, Goes All-In on Asia Pivot
Beijing squeezes, and HSBC knows where it makes most of its money. Standard Chartered, another UK bank, did the same… Read More HSBC Embraces China’s Crackdown on Hong Kong, Goes All-In on Asia Pivot
We Are Watching The Story Of America Crash Headlong Into The Reality Of America
The disparity between the myth and the reality has finally been stretched to a breaking point, and now the mask of free liberal democracy is coming off in front of everyone… Read More We Are Watching The Story Of America Crash Headlong Into The Reality Of America
Iran’s Coronavirus Outbreak Bizarrely Resembles the Black Death
Compared to the ancient plagues, coronavirus – the description “pandemic” aside – is an infinitesimal threat to humanity. But its spread is of a speed that past generations in the Middle East would understand.… Read More Iran’s Coronavirus Outbreak Bizarrely Resembles the Black Death
Why Washington Is Paranoid About Huawei
New expose shows how American intelligence secretly owned and operated encryption company whose devices were used by the governments of more than 100 countries over decades, so the US now fears a repeat by the Chinese with the services of the 5G giant… Read More Why Washington Is Paranoid About Huawei
An Alternative View of the Soleimani Assassination
On foreign soil, as a guest nation, the US has assassinated a diplomatic envoy whose mission the US had requested… Read More An Alternative View of the Soleimani Assassination
