The way forward for Japan, as well as Taiwan and Korea, is to emulate Saudi Arabia and to tiptoe away as gingerly as they can from their American lords and masters. Fresh from defiling Western Europe, Clown Prince Zelensky’s slug show next hit Saudi Arabia and Japan, two countries where protocol and presentation are paramount….
US President Joe Biden’s administration is in a persuasive mood, and won’t take no for an answer. National security adviser Jake Sullivan disclosed at a think tank conference in Washington on May 4 that he proposed to travel to Saudi Arabia that Saturday for talks with Saudi leaders, which reports indicate he did. The Saudi…
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has put restoration of control of all of Syria at the core of efforts to manage multiple Middle Eastern rivalries that often play out in his war-ravaged country. Mr. Al-Assad’s demand means different things to different parties. For a group of Arab countries led by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab…
The US remains the most influential foreign actor in this conflict, which it was responsible for sparking but is now trying to stop since the military-strategic dynamics shifted against its interests. The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) both dispatched representatives to Jeddah for talks on Saturday that Al Jazeera reported…
The Biden Administration is in a persuasive mood, won’t take no for an answer. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan disclosed at a think tank conference in Washington on Thursday that he proposed to travel to Saudi Arabia on Saturday for talks with Saudi leaders. The Saudi establishment daily Asharq al-Awsat, quoting from Bloomberg, reported that…
It is now established that the US dollar’s status as a global reserve currency is eroding. When corporate western media begins to attack the multipolar world’s de-dollarization narrative in earnest, you know the panic in Washington has fully set in. The numbers: the dollar share of global reserves was 73 percent in 2001, 55 percent…
