Which Non-OPEC Producers Can Be Expected To Cut?
Twelve non-OPEC states have been invited to participate in negotiations on an output freeze, further complicating this outcome’s prospects.
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Gaius Publius: Syria Is Another Pipeline War
We have been at war in Syria over pipelines since 1949. This is just the next mad phase.
Read more...Is the US Headed Towards War in Syria?
A hard look at US belligerence in Syria by Colin Powell’s former chief of staff, Larry Wilkerson.
Read more...We’re Not in a New Cold War – It’s Far Worse
Why the current tensions with Russia are as bad as in the worst periods of the Cold War.
Read more...America’s Military and Diplomatic Power in Visible Decline
China and Russia are trying to ensure that Washington no longer exercises unrestrained power, and with a good bit of success.
Read more...Could Falling Chinese Oil Production Kill The OPEC Deal?
Why China will influence any OPEC deal in November, and some broader implications.
Read more...How Trump and Clinton Gave Bad Answers on US Nuclear Policy….And Why You Should Be Worried
As tensions with Russia rise, neither Presidential candidate gave a straight answer on the use of nuclear weapons.
Read more...Fade OPEC
Is the OPEC production cut set to be finalized at the end of November the real deal?
Read more...Wells Fargo CEO Stumpf, Head of Community Bank Hit With Multi-Million in Clawbacks: Labor Department Opens
Wells Fargo’s board acts against CEO John Stumpf right before a House hearing. Is this to blunt the interrogation or to save his hide?
Read more...Matthew Cunningham-Cook: A Disgusting, Child-Murdering Vote – On The $1.15 billion Saudi Arms Sale
The US continues to fund a senseless Saudi campaign of starvation against the Yemeni people
Read more...Berlin Election Outcome Signals Merkel’s Tenuous Grip on Chancellorship
Yves here. We’ve been saying for some time that Merkel’s hold on power was weakening. As this Real News Network video shows, the recent election results confirm this slippage. Notice that this interview fails to mention that the huge influx of refugees into Europe is the direct result of the US creating failed states in […]
Read more...Income Inequality in a Globalising World
Absolute inequality around the world has increased, challenging the purported benefit of globalization.
Read more...The Real Scandal of Clinton’s Emails: Conducting Foreign Policy In Secret
A revealing effort to acknowledge that the Clintons are corrupt but contend that it doesn’t matter much because the system is rotten.
Read more...A Hard Look at the War Criminals, Um, Hawks Who Say “Never Trump”
The hawks who are throwing bricks at Trump forgot that they are living in glass houses.
Read more...Putin-Erdogan Meeting a Dud: No Common Ground on Syria
Erdogan met Putin in Moscow last week but as Helmer explains, failed to achieve any rapprochement in its relations with Russia
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