After the Iran War: A New World Order, but Not a New System
The Iran War has accelerated the emergence of a new world order, but the world system remains the same. This distinction is crucial.
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Iran War: US Pokes Iran in the Eye with Immediate Bad Faith Dealing Over Ceasefire; Strait of Hormuz Again Closed; US Insists Talks in Pakistan On but Iran Demands Halt in Lebanon Attacks
Today’s Iran War news: The ceasefire fell apart, which looks to have been the plan, as in it was merely a ruse from the outset.
Read more...The Fight Over ‘Critical Minerals,’ Explained
How the US is playing dog-in-the-manger with critical minerals by disregarding WTO rules so as to stymie China.
Read more...Iran War: MSM Ceasefire Reporting Obscures Iran Agreeing to US Capitulation, Trump Depicting Different Deal; Israel Not a Party, States It Will Not Comply; Reason to Doubt Much Hormuz Traffic Increase Soon, Which Would Mean More Supply Pressure
Today’s Iran War news: why the much-ballyhooed Iran ceasefire is much less than it seems to be.
Read more...Notes on the American Justification for the Ramadan War in West Asia of 2026
Why is the United States at war with Iran in 2026? Several excuses have been used by the current administration to justify the spiral of conflict and ratchet of escalation over the past five weeks. These include but are probably not limited to: Iran exports terrorism across the globe. Iran is not a democracy and […]
Read more...The Fed, Congress, and the President: The Constitutional Authority to Make Money
The struggle over the Fed is a constitutional conflict: in a representative system, the power over money belongs to the legislature
Read more...Iran War: Trump Threatens to Destroy Iran in 4 Hours This Evening if No Capitulation; US/Israel Again Attack South Pars Gas Field
Today’s Iran war news: Trump has committed to a deadline and demands, which Iran is rejecting, Iran has vowed to match his threat of apocalyptic damage.
Read more...Iran War: Trump Makes Even More Unhinged Threat as Details of F-15 Pilot Rescue Point to Much Bigger Plan, Say to Seize Enriched Uranium; Trump Legitimacy Crisis Grows as Battered Gulf States Pull Back on US Investment, Particularly AI
Today’s Iran war news: Trump goes even more crazy as the F-15 rescue looks more like the tip of the iceberg of a big botched mission.
Read more...Iran War: Trump Doubles Down on “Reign Hell” April 6 Threat, Also Reports F-15 Officer Rescued; US Strike on Bushehr Nuclear Plant Breaches Protection Circuit; Multiple Interconnected Supply Crises Baked in Within Weeks; UPDATE Iran Claims Two More US Planes Downed
Today’s Iran war news: Trump reiterates his dangerous escalation threat as the real economy Titanic is about to hit the iceberg.
Read more...Iran War: Disaster in Iran as Multiple Aircraft Downed, Pilot Missing; Iran Pounds Israel Hard After Trump Asks for 48 Hour Ceasefire; Concerns in Military and Congress Over Purge of Reality-Grounded Officers
Today’s Iran war update: aircraft downed and at least one pilot missing in Iran follows a Saturday Night Massacre-style military purge
Read more...Iran War: US Continues Escalation by Striking Iran Bridge, Opening Way for Iran Destruction of Critical Links; Iran Moving to Attack Economic Targets
Today’s Iran war update: The US continues its escalation with a strike on Iran’s biggest bridge even as Mr. Market starts a belated protest.
Read more...How the Iran War Could Reshape the Global Cultural Order
The Iran War and the Hormuz struggle could end U.S. oil and financial unilateralism, ultimately dismantling Western cultural dominance
Read more...Iran War: Iran Pounds Israel with Huge Missile Barrage Just Before Trump’s Unhinged Speech Doubling Down on Failed Escalation; US Greatly Exposed to Shock as Inventories Depleted During April
Today’s Iran War update: Trump doubles down on failure as investors and pundits wake up to the economic consequences of Iran’s victory.
Read more...Satyajit Das: The Wages of War
War is not only bad for living things, but is also not-so-hot for economies and of course, societies.
Read more...Iran War: Israel Would Thwart Trump TACO Even if Genuine; US Forces Still Arriving in Middle East as Trump to Speak This Evening; Could Strait of Hormuz Traffic Rise Meaningfully With Less Hot Conflict?
Why Trump’s apparent TACO via his hissy to leave the Strait of Hormuz mess to others may be a deception despite rising economic damage.
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