Yves here. Perhaps because the author assumes readers are already familiar with this part of the Saudi story, the kingdom is facing serious budgetary pressures even with oil now over $70 a barrel. Stability has been achieved only by generous payments to the populace at large. Take that away and the legitimacy of the government […]
Read more...Why the currency crisis in Turkey is a due in part to the failure to take adequate corrective measures after the global financial crisis.
Read more...Looking at who the media has silenced in the Trump era, such as critics of America’s wars and of Israel.
Read more...A look at how long and how deeply the US has been mired in its many wars.
Read more...A high level look at the upheaval in Turkey.
Read more...With its newest sanctions, the Administration ratchets up its “regime change in Iran” strategy. Not a good look.
Read more...Trump will meet this week with Putin in Helsinki. But despite talk of a “grand bargain” that enlists Russia in helping the US-Israel-Saudi-UAE front against Iran, don’t expect it to happen, says professor Rami Khouri in this Real News Network interview.
Read more...The Trump administration is trying to replicate the Obama-era Iran strategy of shutting down Iranian oil exports as a way to pressure the regime into making a series of concessions. But there are several reasons why Trump may not succeed.
Read more...Yves here. A map of the Strait of Hormuz and environs seemed a useful addition. The danger, as the article insinuates, is that if things got that far, a conflict over the Strait of Hormuz would escalate into a full-scale conflagration. By Dr. Cyril Widdershoven, a long-time observer of the global energy market. Presently, he […]
Read more...On misdirected anger over migration policies.
Read more...Will the American public make politicians address the cost, immorality, and futility of our war machine?
Read more...The Real News Network’s Paul Jay contends that Trump and his team are focused on Iran as they carry out the Project for a New American Century plan.
Read more...Yemen starves….and why the Western media looks the other way.
Read more...The foundations of Israel are rooted in a colonial project that has modernized its face but continues to subject Palestinians to military occupation, land dispossession and unequal rights.
Read more...A discussion of the how Europe’s efforts to buck the US sanctions against Iran may play out.
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