Geopolitics
Jeremy Scahill, Murtaza Hussain – Trump Might Want to End the War. Iran Won’t Do It on His Terms.
The US have got into a quagmire with no easy way out. In ‘Dropsite News’. Read the article HERE.
Articles by Ben Wray
EU politics
Yanis Varoufakis – The Toxic Finance Behind Europe’s Plans for Ukraine
‘EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas has revived plans to draw on frozen Russian assets to make loans to Ukraine. Yanis Varoufakis writes for Jacobin that the idea is unworkable and incompatible with efforts to move toward […]
Geopolitics
David Hearst – Far from destroying Iran, this war may have revived it’s revolutionary spirit
Killing Iran’s supreme leader has not cowed Iran, if anything the opposite is true: it has united and re-energised the country to defeat the imperialists. David Hearst is co-founder and editor-in-chief of Middle East Eye. […]
Geopolitics
Janet-Abou Elias, William D. Hartung – The Brave New AI War Machine
We should all be worried by how powerful and militarised America’s ‘tech-industrial complex’ is. Janet Abou-Elias is a researcher at the Democratizing Foreign Policy Project at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft and a founder […]
Geopolitics
Eldar Mamedov – Azerbaijan is not coming to Trump and Netanyahu’s rescue
For a brief moment, it appeared that the US and Israel could draw Azerbaijan into their war with Iran, but that possibility has closed. Eldar Mamedov is a Brussels-based foreign policy expert and Non-resident Fellow […]
Geopolitics
Michael Hudson – Thinking About the Unthinkable: Iran’s Grand Plan to End U.S. Presence in the Middle East
This is a war which will have big consequences not just for regional hegemony, but for the future of American power full stop. Michael Hudson’s Killing the Host, The Collapse of Antiquity and The Destiny of Civilization are published by […]
Geopolitics
David Hearst – Israel’s war of regional supremacy will not end with Iran
These are decisive days in the battle for the future of the Middle East. David Hearst is co-founder and editor-in-chief of Middle East Eye. He is a commentator and speaker on the region and analyst […]
Geopolitics
Jennifer Kavanagh – Is Ukraine peace toast, now that the Middle East is on fire?
Now that the US and Israel have attacked Iran, Russia has even less reasons to engage seriously in efforts to end the Ukraine war. Dr. Jennifer Kavanagh is a senior fellow and director of military […]
Geopolitics
DropSite – Oil prices yoyo as refineries hit and shipments halt; White House won’t rule out a draft in Iran war
Useful round-up of the latest in the Iran war. Read the article HERE.
EU politics
Euronews – European markets dip as oil prices soar and European gas prices jump
The war on Iran is going to hurt Europe a lot more than the US, which make it doubly stupid that most European leaders have condoned it. Read the article HERE.