Michael Hudson: SCO and BRICS 2025
The SCO meeting looked to be a great success. But what can we expect in folllow through?
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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.
Read more...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.
Read more...Farcical Visions of Competitiveness in the EU
What will stop these maniacs first? A popular revolt putting them in padded cells or Russian strikes?
Read more...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.
Read more...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.
Read more...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?
Read more...“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?
Read more...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
Read more...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
Read more...The China Shock Hits Germany
How China was hollowing out Germany’s manufacturers before the loss of cheap Russian energy made matters worse.
Read more...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?
Read more...Trump Threatens India With Secondary Sanctions Over Russian Oil Purchases. What Next?
Trump’s attempt to bully India into dropping Russian oil buys is not succeeding. What happens now?
Read more...Economists Wake Up to West’s Trade and Technology Dependence on China
Useful data on and discussion of China’s dominance of inputs and technologies essential to the West.
Read more...US Power Grab of Global Ports Runs Out of Steam Following Pressure From Beijing
Trump said the US is “retaking” the Panama Canal (and dozens of other ports). Not so fast, says Beijing.
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