Hyperinflation, Fascism and War: How the New World Order May Be Defeated Once More

September 23, 2020

While the world’s attention is absorbed by tectonic shifts unfolding across America as “a perfect storm of civil war, and military coup threatens to undo both the elections and the very foundations of…

Navalny Sacrificed as Part of a Wider Geopolitical Battle

September 18, 2020

Opinion

Few stories in recent years more clearly illustrate the sorry decline in western media standards than the coverage currently being given to the illness of Russian dissident politician Alexei Navalny. …

Germany, France and the EU Succumb to US Digital Hegemony

September 17, 2020

Opinion

It is official. President of France, Emmanuel Macron, on Monday 14, 2020, conceded that Europe has lost the battle for data security and cloud computing. The continent cannot compete against America.&…

Trump and the Gordian Knot, Year Three

September 14, 2020

Opinion

In January 2018 I advanced the hypothesis that U.S. President Trump understood that the only way to “Make American Great Again” was to disentangle it from the imperial mission that had it stuck in per…

Poisoning Nord Stream 2

September 8, 2020

Opinion

As in most criminal cases, the objective soon emerges to betray motive and perpetrator. And as always the question of who gains is a reliable guide to an investigation. This week, German authorities a…

Germany Wades Into the Indo-Pacific Fray

September 7, 2020

Opinion

In a move that promises to rile China, Germany has officially joined the “Indo-Pacific” geopolitical club as outlined in a new 40-page policy guideline. The document makes Germany the second European …

The Pipeline and the Poison

September 7, 2020

Opinion

Pipeline politics, like electoral politics, knows no limits. With Nordstream 2’s completion on schedule to happen around the same time Donald Trump will ‘appear to be re-elected,‘ the amping up of ant…

Power Rivalry in the East Mediterranean Continues Despite COVID-19 Pandemic

September 6, 2020

Opinion

The summer of 2020 will certainly be remembered for many events, and most of them unrelated to the 21st century’s first pandemic. In the East Mediterranean, four key events stand out among others…