For a quarter century the United States has told the world, and itself, a simple story about its role in the Middle East. On September 11, 2001, it was attacked by Sunni jihadists, and it […]
An explainer of why the price of oil is nearing crisis level after all these months Larry C. Johnson is a former CIA officer and intelligence analyst, and former planner and advisor at the US […]
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent had a schizophrenic Thursday. Asked on CNBC why oil had jumped on the administration’s latest Iran threats, he professed bewilderment: “I’m not sure why oil has popped up on this.” In […]
In my previous piece — The Walls Have Doors Now — I argued that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s promised “measures like have never been seen in the history of the economic isolation of a country” […]
Having lost the military war against Iran, the US is about to lose the economic war with its “Operation Economic Fury” offensive Larry C. Johnson is a former CIA officer and intelligence analyst, and former […]
There is a single sentence in a 2025 defense-industry study that ought to end a certain kind of complacency in Washington. Researchers at Govini, a firm that maps the Pentagon’s supply chains, found that more […]
Although Donald Trump insists that the Strait of Hormuz is open, it ain’t. There are no direct talks between Iran and US representatives. In fact, it looks like Pakistan’s attempt at mediation is going nowhere. […]
However, let’s assume that an agreement is reached on Friday and that oil and LNG tankers are allowed to exit the Gulf via the Strait of Hormuz. Even if a deal is struck, it will […]
This example illustrates the danger we are facing with Artificial Inteeligence, as with its algorithms it selects false information that are given to us as facts Larry C. Johnson is a former CIA officer and […]
In a major disruption, the challenge facing Gulf Coast refiners would not be an inability to process heavy sour crude. It would be the escalating cost of acquiring the heavy sour crude upon which that […]
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