Geopolitics
Month: April 2026
Geopolitics
France24 – Trump orders US naval blockade of Strait of Hormuz
Donald Trump appears to be less interested in stopping global economic meltdown than we may have thought. Read the article HERE.
Geopolitics
Peter Oborne – Had Bush and Blair been punished for Iraq war crimes, Iran might have been spared
Trump is a mixture of rupture and continuity with the past. He can only get away with such flagrant breaches of international law because he stands on the shoulders of the US Presidents before him. […]
Geopolitics
Olivia DiNucci – When Flotillas Fight for Life, Not Empire
Those that have taken flotillas to Gaza and Cuba are among the best of us. Olivia DiNucci is an anti-militarism and climate justice organizer based in Washington D.C. and an international experiential learning facilitator Cross-posted […]
National Politics
Serge Halimi – Left impasse
Analysis of the political situation for the left in France. In New Left Review’s ‘Sidecar’. Read the article HERE.
Corruption
Michael Roberts – Hungary: the end of the Orban era?
Concerning 16 years of Orban as Prime Minister and today’s election Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of London and a prolific blogger. Cross-posted from Michael Roberts’ blog Photo: Fair Use Hungary has a […]
Economics
Alastair Crooke, Chris Hedges – America’s Suez Crisis
Amidst the US-Iran negotitions, Alastair Crooke says, Iran is not incentivized to end the war. Instead, it seeks to upend America’s hegemonic dominance of the region — and “break the paradigm.” The whole world is […]
Economics
Branko Milanović – Asia’s Rise and the Self-Undermining Logic of Neoliberalism
What will be the role of Asia in a new world order? Branko Milanović is an economist specialised in development and inequality. His new book, The Visions of inequality, was published October 10, 2023. Cross-posed from Branko […]
Corruption
Ian Proud – British Self-Importance and Hatred of Foreigner is Killing Us
We should ditch global leadership delusions and reinvest in real diplomacy Ian Proud was a member of His Britannic Majesty’s Diplomatic Service from 1999 to 2023. He served as the Economic Counsellor at the British […]
Economics