Who Gives a Hug – China Changes Its Position Towards Iran, US
China has revised its conditions for a Xi-Trump meeting. China will not be seen as backing US escalation v. Iran and requires negotiations.
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Iran War: Iran Pushes Back Against Trump “Deal Is Nigh” as More Evidence of US Failure Emerges, Including Gulf State Mini-Revolt, Even More US Base Destruction, Jet Fuel Price Rise Damage, Conservative Opposition to Trump Climbdown
Today’s Iran war news: The US again engages in market-manipulating deal head-fakery as more evidence of its weak position accumulates.
Read more...Economic Management in War: Professor Michael Hudson in Discussion with Ian Proud
An informative and wide-ranging conversation of how economic policies can neglect, support, or impede the prosecution of war
Read more...Iran War: Trump “Pauses” Failed Operation Freedom, Rubio Claims End to Epic Fury With Strait of Hormuz Still Blockaded and Alarms About Real World Damage Rising
Today’s Iran war news: Team Trump says it is abandoning Project Freedom and Epic Fury while keeping the damaging blockade and sanctions on.
Read more...Karaganov’s Candid Assessment Of Europe Shows The World What Russian Hardliners Think
Russian hardliners are set to become more influential as European leaders vows to escalate against Russia.
Read more...Iran War: Iran Targets US Warships, US Reports Small Successful Gulf Transit, Iran Hits UAE; Putin Call for Middle East to Be a WMD-Free Zone, Challenging Israel Nuclear Program; US Renewed Strikes Still Look Imminent
Today’s Iran war updates: skirmishes flare as Iran contests Trump’s lame Operation Freedom; a bigger attack seems likely.
Read more...Iran War: Peak Chaos as Trump Announces “Humanitarian” Convoy to Enter Strait to Free Trapped Ships, Soon Walked Back by Officialdom; Negotiations Reported as Collapsing as Iran Toughens Position; UAE Enters War
Today’s Iran war news: Trump carries on with his signature chaos-making, but not necessarily to his advantage.
Read more...Iran War: Trump Whinges About Iran Proposal, China Rejects New US Secondary Sanctions, Ansar Allah Threatens Saudis
Today’s Iran war news: The US and Iran standoff continues, with Trump signaling he still prefers striking to blinking.
Read more...Iran War: Trump Leans Towards Another Attack on Iran as More Weapons Arrive; Further Confirmation of US Base Damage in Theater; More on War Cost; El Niño as Famine Multiplier
Today’s Iran war update: Trump still seems primed to attack again in Iran even as costs to the US and Israel mount.
Read more...Coffee Break: American Science in the Crosshairs, Nuclear Nightmares, and a Vision of a Good Life
Part the First: The Attack on American Science Continues, Unabated. A few days ago the president fired the National Science Board (NSB), all twenty-two members of a statutory twenty-five, who served staggered six-year terms that preserved institutional memory. The NSB was created pursuant to the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 to “recommend and encourage […]
Read more...Iran War: Trump Mulls Kinetic Options, Mojtaba Warns, US Consumers Suffer
Today’s Iran war news: Trump is considering action as Iran warns that being more stupid will come at a high price.
Read more...Iran War: Oil Rises to $126 Due to Press Reports of Briefing to Trump on Military Options; Iran Threatens to Counter US Blockade
Today’s Iran war update: Trump is still trapped in his own mess and is too seriously considering more self-destructive kinetic action
Read more...Satyajit Das: The Re-Shaping of the Persian Gulf and Energy Markets
Are the Gulf states a wild card that could unblock the impasse between the US and Iran?
Read more...Iran War: Trump Insanity Escalates, Administration Doubles Down on Failed Economic Strangulation as Iran Digs In and Costs to World Rise; Israel Destruction of South Lebanon Continues
Today’s Iran war update: the appearance of limited action continues to mask ongoing damage to the world economy
Read more...Iran War: Narrative Dissolution as Ceasefire Continues Except in Lebanon
A western media distracted by Saturday night’s alleged attack on Trump is letting the Iran War narrative dissolve into several related streams as the ceasefire continues, except in Lebanon and the high seas.
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