East Asia moves closer together
The massive growth in trade between the major East Asian economies is not only a result of the need to reduce dependence on outside markets. It is also the logical and pragmatic consequence of...
View ArticleObama uses EU to confront Israel with tough interlinked choices: borders or...
It doesn’t take a political genius to see how US Secretary of State John Kerry’s arrival in Amman Tuesday, July 16, for his sixth bid to bring Israelis and the Palestinians to the table, ties in with...
View ArticleTurkey, Azerbaijan lead revival of modern Silk Road
Hundreds of high-level political figures, CEOs and international experts from around the world explored the economic, political and strategic potential of the region at the third Caspian Forum in...
View ArticlePutin is acting on his threats
For the past five years, we have warned that Vladimir Putin intended to remove the dollar as the world’s reserve currency. He understands what the Chinese have shared (from a February 2011 article in...
View ArticleMoscow & Cairo to drop USD, use national currencies in bilateral trade – Putin
Now that the Mubarak regime through political allies is back in power after restoring the country through military channels, it likely has a score to settle with Washington and how it’s going to do...
View ArticleWorld order redrawn as new rivalry forms among China, Russia, US
China and Russia have been in a honeymoon of sorts since last year, when the two countries signed deals on natural gas and currency exchange, and when they conducted a joint military exercise in the...
View ArticleThis is what 30 years of China trumping the U.S. on trade looks like
By 2015, the trade imbalance ballooned to $365.7 billion in China’s favor. That not only notched a record level for U.S.-China trade but also an all-time high for any bilateral trade ever, as well....
View ArticleThe Coming China-Germany Trade Juggernaut
In a post-American trade war, this emerging bloc will wield devastating power. Stories of international angst over United States President Donald Trump’s protectionist approach are becoming more...
View ArticleRussia And India Ditch Dollar In Military Deals
With the US increasingly willing to use the dollar, and SWIFT, as a strategic weapon against the country’s sovereign enemies (as Iran learned every 5 or so years), Russia and India are preparing to...
View ArticleRussia And China Prepare To Ditch Dollar In Bilateral Trade
In a time when many nations have gone public with their intention to ditch the dollar in part or in whole, in bilateral trade with non-US counterparts, either to prevent the US from having “veto...
View ArticleRouhani Went To Baghdad To Strengthen His Country’s Strategic Security With Iraq
This was the first visit since the Iranian leader assumed office in 2013 and importantly underscored just how integral relations between the Islamic Republic and Iraq are for both parties. Much can...
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