Geopolitics
Al Jazeera – Ukraine says it is poised to sign minerals deal with the US
This is basically a weapons for minerals deal. Very ugly. Read the article HERE.
United States
Geopolitics
Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies – If the US can’t adapt to multipolarity, it will decline faster
The future demands a peaceful transition to international cooperation in a multipolar world. Medea Benjamin is co-founder of Global Exchange and CODEPINK: Women for Peace. Nicolas J. S. Davies is an independent journalist and a researcher […]
Geopolitics
Jeffrey D. Sachs – Close the US military bases in Asia
Trump wants Japan and South Korea to pay to have US military bases on their territory – why not just scrap them? Prof. Jeffrey D. Sachs is a University Professor and Director of the Center […]
Finance
Thomas Fazi – War by other means: Trump’s tariffs and the empire’s final gamble
‘Trump’s tariff policy represents a desperate bid to preserve US economic, military and geopolitical dominance at any cost — using economic coercion against nearly every country on the planet.’ On Thomas Fazi’s Substack. Read the […]
EU politics
Politico – EU will use Trump tariff freeze to push new fossil fuel deal
Re-packaging the same deferential energy trade policy with the US is a sign that Brussels has learned nothing from the events of the last two weeks. Read the article HERE.
Geopolitics
Marco Carnelos – Iran-US tensions: There’s no room for further miscalculations
As negotiations between the US and Iran get underway in Oman, what happens to Iran’s nuclear facilities is likely to be a difficult question to find agreement on. Marco Carnelos is a former Italian diplomat. […]
EU politics
Politico – EU takes revenge on Trump’s tariffs as countries approve €20B+ retaliation
These are only retaliatory tariffs on those previously imposed by Trump on European steel and aluminium. The big test will be how the EU responds to the blanket 20% tariff announced on ‘Liberation Day’. Read […]
Finance
Politico – EU offers Trump removal of all industrial tariffs
There is a whiff of desperation about Von Der Leyen’s attempt to stop a tariff war with the US. Read the article HERE.
EU politics
Politico – EU readies counterstrike on Big Tech and US banks over Trump’s mega tariffs
Let’s see whether when it comes down to it, Von Der Leyen is really prepared to take on Silicon Valley and Wall Street. Read the article HERE.
Corruption
Aziz Rana – Constitutional Collapse
An insightful analysis about what is continuity and what is change in how Trump is exerting presidential power. In New Left Review’s ‘Sidecar’. Read the article HERE.