Deregulation
Associated Press – EU lawmakers approve trade deal with US but add safeguards
The deal which seals Europe’s century of humiliation, signed-off by a hapless bunch of MEPs. Read the article HERE.
Articles by Ben Wray
Geopolitics
Al Jazeera – Tehran’s’tollbooth’: How Iran picks who to let through Strait of Hormuz
An entirely rational approach to the Strait of Hormuz in the context of war. Read the article HERE.
Finance
Michael Hudson, Richard D. Wolff, Nima Alkhorshid – Multipolar Oil Markets Are Now a Reality
Is the Iran war the starting gun on a multipolar world? Cross-posted from Michael Hudson’s blog NIMA ALKHORSHID: Hi, everybody. Today is Thursday, March 19, 2026, and our dear friends, Richard Wolf and Michael Hudson, are […]
Geopolitics
Bamo Nouri, Inderjeet Parmar – Trump’s 15-point plan is the biggest sign yet that Washington fears it is losing this war
Iran doesn’t have to strike a knockout blow, it just has to endure and continue to place high costs on its enemy, something it is achieving with aplomb so far. Bamo Nouri, honorary Research Fellow, […]
Energy
John K. White – Oil Wars: Speeding The Transition to Renewable Energy
The Iran war has proved that oil & gas markets are too volatile for the global economy to rely on, with a shift to renewables likely to be the long term outcome of the war, […]
Geopolitics
DropSite News – Suspicious market bets on the Iran war; Knesset advances bill to execute Palestinians accused of “terrorism”; Trump sends 15-point proposal to Iran
A useful round-up of the latest foreign policy developments, especially in the Middle East. Read the article HERE.
Geopolitics
Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies – The US has normalised targeted assassinations
What was once covert, controversial, and constrained is now overt, normalised, and defended. Medea Benjamin is co-founder of Global Exchange and CODEPINK: Women for Peace. Nicolas J. S. Davies is an independent journalist and a […]
Finance
How Global Finance Drove Deindustrialization: Interview w/ Ann Pettifor
‘Economist Ann Pettifor explains how America’s industrial decline has its roots in the dismantling of the international monetary system established at Bretton Woods and in the rise of a global financial system that prioritizes capital […]
Geopolitics
‘Oops, there was nothing’: Interview with Mohammad ElBaradei
The former head of the International Atomic Energy Agency finds parallels in the lies over Iraq about nuclear weapons and the lies over Iran today. Interview by David Hearst, co-founder and editor-in-chief of Middle East […]
EU politics
Analysing France’s local elections: Interview w/ Frédéric Sawicki
The far-right had a successful local election, as did France Insoumise, but neither have shown that they can win the presidential election in 2027. Frédéric Sawicki is professor of political science at Paris 1 University […]