Category Archives: China

U.S. Automakers Navigate Rising Metal Costs and Supply Woes

Beleagured US automakers, who remain important employers, face new tsuris in tariff costs and scarcity of key minerals.

US Explores Its Options for Destabilization in Georgia

More sanctions are under discussion as Ukraine SBU is accused of smuggling explosives into Georgia.

China Continues Its Steady Expansion Into Central Asia On The Sidelines Of Big Summits

The US foreign policy establishment begins to wake up to the reality of China’s dominance in Central Asia.

Michael Hudson: SCO and BRICS 2025

The SCO meeting looked to be a great success. But what can we expect in folllow through?

Michael Hudson: Eurasian World Order – New Global Governance

Michael Hudson discusses hot topics, such as the implications of the SCO conference and Xi’s global governance proposal.

Trump’s Appellate Court Tariff Loss: It Isn’t Over Until the Fat Lady Sings

Trump is likely to win his retaliatory tariff battle at the Supreme Court and even if not, he’s too fond of this bludgeon to give it up.

Farcical Visions of Competitiveness in the EU

What will stop these maniacs first? A popular revolt putting them in padded cells or Russian strikes?

The New Currency War: US Stablecoin-China Digital Yuan Rivalry as a Test of Monetary Discipline

How the US stablecoin/digital yuan arms race creates instability risks and undermines monetary sovereignity around the world.

Strategies of Hope and Death: the US Foreign Policy Establishment Banks on Things Breaking Washington’s Way Once Leaders of China, Iran, and Russia Eventually Die

In Washington think tank land, begrudgingly accepting coercive limitations does not mean giving up.

Lessons from China: Industrial Policy Works Even After Retaliation

A new study finds that industrial policy pays off, even after factoring in the cost of retaliation. So when will neoliberals wise up?

“Could 2008 Happen Again?”

Private debt levels, particularly for real estate, look evocative of the 2008 crisis. But how is a rerun likely to differ?

Michael Hudson: Europe’s Surrender

Michael Hudson returns to current events in an interview with Nima, focusing on what the Trump tariffs deals mean for Europe, the US and BRICS

Alfred McCoy: Controlling the ‘World Island’

More on Alfred McCoy re how how H.J. Mckinder’s “world island” has shaped Western strategic thinking, here with respect to the Pacific

The China Shock Hits Germany

How China was hollowing out Germany’s manufacturers before the loss of cheap Russian energy made matters worse.

When One of the World’s Most Powerful Nations Is Run By Spoiled Children

The US cannot achieve its goals in the world by traditional economic or military means, so it increasingly prefers chaos and destruction. How do the other powers stop it?