How the West Delivered Stagflation to Itself
How the West Delivered Stagflation to Itself
“You cannot bomb a civilization into submission.” , Colonel Douglas Macgregor, decorated combat veteran, former senior adviser to the U.S. Secretary of Defense
Japan, India, Germany and Turkey can revise energy relationships with Russia and China after Washington exposed their dependence on Hormuz.
There is a particular kind of stupidity that is only visible in retrospect to those who committed it. Everyone else saw it coming.
They won’t just get mad, they’ll get very even.
Donald Trump is pretending to be shocked by a crisis he ordered into existence.
Why the Petrodollar Is Not Just a Currency Arrangement but the Operating System of US Global Power
Narrow caucus majorities allow capital to buy decisive votes, turning party conflict into cover for control of Congress and the presidency.
A Saudi oil deal made dollars the required currency for energy, recycling Gulf revenue into Treasuries and underwriting American power and debt.
The record of Iraq and Afghanistan shows how wars sold as risk reduction create power vacuums, debt and the next conflict.