Category Archives: China

A US or UK Hidden Hand? “How an India-Pakistan War Could Derail Central Asia’s Future”

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Asif contends that acting as a US operative helped prime the current India-Pakistan conflict. Does he have a point?

Roaring Tariffs: The Global Impact of the 2025 US Trade War

A model of the economic effects of various tariffs war scenarios shows even the likley “least bad” outcome is stilll pretty bad.

Trump’s Neverending Tariffs War? Proposes 100% Tariffs on Foreign Movies; De Minimus Exclusion Ends, Hurting the Poor; Financial Times on Tariff Evasion, Official and Via Trans-Shipment

A battlefield update on Trump’s tariff wars.

Complacency, Denialism and the Risk of an Economic Trumpocalypse

Why the downside to Trump economic policies are far greater than the press and pundit class are willing to acknowledge.

China Leapfrogging the U.S. in Tech Innovation

Some sobering facts on how China is outstripping the US in science and technology advances.

Chokepoint Crazy: The U.S. Bombs Both Sides of Gulf of Aden and Considers Setting Up Shop in Somaliland

Bombs fall on Yemen. Bombs fall on Somalia. The US considers recognizing Somaliland in desperate attempt to dominate Red Sea.

Accident or Attack? Explosion at Iran’s Busiest Commercial Port Will Reverberate Beyond Bandar Abbas Either Way

Explosion likely to exacerbate existing problems with the Iranian economy, which include high inflation that is hitting food prices particularly hard and weak economic growth due to sanctions

As Trump Administration Considers Retreat on Tariffs, Will It Resort to Usual US Fallback Option?

Washington’s focus on global chokepoints could see extra attention in wake of tariffs debacle.

Will the EU Join the Economic War Against China?

Should Brussels join in, the economic fallout from Project Ukraine could seem quaint, and it could contribute to shortages in the US.

‘You Don’t Need a Tariff, You Need a Revolution’

Chinese point out that Americans are exploited by oligarchs. But the tariffs, like it or not, are part of a radical right counter-revolution.

Embracing Climate Change to Hurt China

The U.S. goes all in on the burn-it-all-down strategy.

Pulling the Rug Out from Under China’s Clean Tech Strategy

China went all in on clean energy technology in recent years, but the economic war by the West and other developments now pose challenges to that gamble.

Top Trade Expert Says Trump Tariff Pause Lays Bare ‘Just One More Con on Working People’

Do Trump’s trade flip flops, destructive to everyone save perhaps insider traders, show that he has entered a Mad Ludwig phase?

Trump’s Additional 50% Tariff Against China and China’s Tit for Tat Retaliation: Trump Own-Goals Himself Into Where China Would Want Him

Some further thoughts on the radical US-destructiveness of the Trump tariff regime.

‘We’re Turning Into a Dictatorship’: Trump Tariffs Seen as Ploy to Further Consolidate Power

Senator Chris Murphy called President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs “a political weapon designed to collapse our democracy.”