The Need to Disarm the Discourse on China
On US escalation versus China, particularly on the PR front.
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WSJ’s Greg Ip Discusses China Crisis Risk
Fed whisperer Greg Ip expresses cautious concern about China, based on the latest IMF forecasts.
Read more...Drone Warfare in the Nuclear Age
American leadership drunk on its belief in its exceptionalism, drone and war with China edition.
Read more...Michael Hudson: IMF Showdown with China in Morocco
China is challenging the US retaining what amounts to veto rights at the IMF. What next?
Read more...Michael Hudson: A BRICS+ Bank: How Would It Really Function?
Michael Hudson clears up some of the considerable confusion about what a new BRICS “currency” would amount to.
Read more...Rob Urie: Americans Are Unleashing Monsters They Have No Idea How to Contain
How Americans, or at least their putative leaders, are pursing policies that are deranged and increasingly authoritarian.
Read more...BRICS: An Anti-Imperialist Fantasy and Sub-Imperialist Reality? – Patrick Bond
A no-holds-barred critique of BRICS as mainly aspiring to participate in in current organizations, rather than a create new ones.
Read more...Happy Talk About US Slowdown a Recession Warning as China Growth Also Weakening
Recession complacency means things are wobblier than they seem.
Read more...US Tries to Play Hardball with India
The neocons go to their usual playbook. Meanwhile, India expands trade routes with Russia and looks for a way forward with Beijing.
Read more...The Neoclassical Growth of China
A model finds that China closely tracked the trajectory of Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan. Does this claim hold up to close scrutiny?
Read more...The Intercept’s Latest Leak Might Deal Irreparable Damage to Pakistani-Chinese Relations
The latest Intercept leaks confirm the notion that neither China nor Russia can trust Pakistan. That has awkward implications for China.
Read more...The Reported Russian-North Korean Military Deal Is All About Geostrategic Balancing
Looking at the logic of the Russian deal with North Korea.
Read more...The South China Sea’s Resource Wars
Taiwan is only a part of the ongoing conflict between Chana and America plus its Asian allies.
Read more...At What Level Will Saudi Arabia And Russia Stop Pushing Oil Prices Higher?
Russia and Saudi Arabia seem finally to have gotten the oil price increases they wanted. How much higher might they go?
Read more...Indonesia’s Wait-And-See Approach Towards Joining BRICS
Indonesia serves as a reminder that the so-called “Global South” is not monolithic and that affects the prospect of joining BRICS.
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