US Attacks Iran: Start of a Long War? Update: Iran Parliament Votes to Close Strait of Hormuz
And so the US war against Iran begins, with showy strikes against empty nuclear facilities. What next?
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Michael Hudson: Why America Is at War with Iran
The neocon logic for needing to defeat Iran and break it into ethnic parts
Read more...NATO’s Procurement Corruption Scandal Might Delay Its Rapid Militarization Plans
Yves here. Yet another example of European values in action! A corruption scandal in Aisle 5! While this procurement abuse is not all that big an impediment to European NATO members bulking up their armed forces, say compared to voters not being on board with baked-in social spending cuts, the lack of an industrial base, […]
Read more...Trump Reportedly Greenlights Plan for US Attack on Iran Without Congressional Approval
The Trump administration barrels toward U.S. intervention in Iran, with neither reality nor Congress serving as a check.
Read more...Will Iran Actually Close the Strait of Hormuz? Eni CEO Weighs In
Investors seem unduly chill about the risk that a US attack on Iran will produce a formal or de facto closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
Read more...Rob Urie: As Goes Iran, So Goes Humanity
Discussing the risk of nuclear escalation in Iran.
Read more...Laith Marouf on Iran’s Escalatory Path and Its Expectations of a Long War
Lebanon-based jouranlist Laith Marouf provides some granular detail on Iran’s and Israel’s operations and what might come next in the war
Read more...Does TACO Have Predictive Value? Pressures on Trump With Respect to Joining Israel in its Iran War
The war situation with Iran is not necessarily developing to the advantage of Israel, and Trump has to decide what to do.
Read more...Yanis Varoufakis: The Economics of Europe’s Descent into Warmongering
The long path that has led Europe to see big defense spending will be a lifeline, hence the need to stoke war fever.
Read more...Israel Launches Attacks Against Iran; Iran Begins Retaliation
Parsing emerging information on the Israel campaign against Iran, and Iran’s initial response.
Read more...Climate Adaptation and Inequality: Lessons from Cape Town’s Drought
Cape Town’s drought illustrated that when climate crises become acute, the rich care for themselves irrespective of bigger effects.
Read more...Rob Urie: Why Retaliation Rhymes with Negotiation, US – Russia Edition
On not-well-known elements of the US-Ukraine-Russia conflict, the fecklessness of the left, and the abject stupidity of Western leaders
Read more...“Trump Administration Closes In on Hard-Hitting Sanctions on Russia”
Russia sanctions enthusiasts try to talk over how Ukraine undercut Trump support with Ukraine’s attack on Russian nuclear deterrence assets
Read more...Golden Dome Dangers: How Trump’s Scheme Threatens to Make the US Less Safe
Why Trump’s Golden Dome is set to backfire, except for the grift, which is presumably the real point.
Read more...Satyajit Das: Lessons from Japan’s Massive Debt Hangover
While there are things the debt-addled West can learn from Japan, the dirty secret is they were in some key ways in better shape than we are.
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