US-Led Sanctions: The End of a Regime
Why the US sanctions regime has become a dead letter.
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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...US Military Strategy Document Misleads. Deliberately?
To what degree is the Trump Administration implementing its much-ballyhooed US National Defense Strategy?
Read more...Palantir in Argentina and the Future of U.S. Dominance
The future of U.S. dominance relies on making governments dependent on technology companies that have effectively become part of the State
Read more...Why Food Additives May Not Be FDA Reviewed
Discussing a decades-old FDA loophole for putting new ingredients into the country’s food supply.
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.
Read more...Iran War: Israel Strikes Lebanon, Trump’s Negotiations Rug Pull, the View from the UAE
Today’s Iran War update includes Netanyahu ordering strikes on Lebanon, Trump rug pulling “negotiations” in Pakistan, the MSM publishing more bad war news for the US, and some takes from the UAE and Israel.
Read more...Iran War: Waiting Is the Hardest Part, Back to Pakistan, USraeli Attack Incoming?
All of the ominous signs that have preceded previous “suprise attacks” on Iran are here: the markets are closed for the weekend, Kushner and Witkoff are headed to Pakistan for negotiations, and US forces are assembling across West Asia.
Read more...To Solve Homelessness, Fix the Economy
A dangerous right-wing solution to homelessness is to hide the unhoused in out-of-sight detention camps
Read more...Coffee Break: Alzheimer’s Disease Still a Mystery and Books Worth Reading
Part the First: Anti-amyloid Antibodies and Alzheimer’s Disease (AD). A Cochrane review of monoclonal antibodies targeting amyloid plaques in AD has found that these drugs have little to no effect on cognitive function of AD patients. Cochrane reviews are, to use one of the favorite tropes of the current administration, considered the “gold standard” of […]
Read more...Food Stamp Work Rules Don’t Increase Employment, Researchers Say
Quelle surprise! Punitive food stamp restrictions do not produce an increase in work levels.
Read more...Iran War: Trump Says Time Is on His Side, Iranian Leadership Is Divided, Iran Begs to Differ
As the ceasefire continues, discussion of the Iran War centered on whether the US or Iran is better positioned to outlast their opponent.
Read more...Iran War: Team Trump as Narrative War Captives?
Today’s Iran War update: Is Team Trump driven by narrative wars because they are the only ones they can kinda sorta win?
Read more...Maritime Law and US Naval Power Under Stress Even Before Strait of Hormuz Standoff
The old maritime order was at best a gentleman’s agreement. What comes next?
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