America Fears China’s Geo-Political Power More Than China’s Economic Might

September 16, 2017

The Bannonite wing of the new American right is angry about China. The anger stems primarily from the fact that China’s manufacturing has outpaced that of the US and economies similar to that of the U…

Venezuela Stops Accepting Dollars For Oil Payments

September 15, 2017

Opinion

Did the doomsday clock on the petrodollar (and implicitly US hegemony) just tick one more minute closer to midnight? Source: The Burning Platform Apparently confirming what President Maduro had warned…

China’s Consistent Stand on Pakistan Made India’s ‘Diplomatic Victory’ at BRICS Momentary

September 12, 2017

Opinion

Even before the Indian establishment and the media stopped their celebrations over the BRICS declaration in Xiamen in China earlier this month condemning terrorist groups, including those based in Pak…

Recipe for Total War on the Grand Chessboard

September 12, 2017

Opinion

The late Zbigniew Brzezinski was the mastermind of the Afghan “jihad”. It was under his auspices that the United States created “mad mullahs” to unleash “terror” against the Soviet regime in Kabul. Wh…

America’s Long War: US Tightens the Noose on China

September 11, 2017

Opinion

Donald Trump’s 2016 election victory signalled an about-face for American foreign policy. With control of the US military apparatus temporarily wrested from its spy agencies for the first time since T…

Shadows of Doklam Crisis on BRICS Summit

September 10, 2017

Opinion

The BRICS Summit 2017 of Xiamen clearly had a historical significance. It pointed out for the first time in nearly three centuries that the West can no longer monopolize global economic and political …

Indian Posturing, Post-Doklam, Has a Tragi-Comic Feel

September 7, 2017

Opinion

Why the standoff between India and China, near the Sikkim border, began at all, and how it ended, after 71 long and anxious days, on August 28, will likely never be fully known. The Indian foreign min…

The Real BRICS Bombshell

September 6, 2017

Opinion

The annual BRICS summit in Xiamen – where President Xi Jinping was once mayor – could not intervene in a more incandescent geopolitical context. Once again, it’s essential to keep in mind that the cur…