Articles in ‘Geopolitics’

Economist Warns of “Slow Burn” Crisis Rather Than Sudden Collapse · A leading economist has warned that the United States economy is not heading toward a sudden collapse, but rather a prolonged and grinding deterioration driven by monetary expansion, weak growth, and structural imbalances. · Speaking in a recent interview, economist Ryan McMacken outlined a scenario where the economy continues to weaken gradually, describing the outlook not as…

Stewart Battle- The world is tired of the old, imperial ways of Britain's King Charles III and his admirers · The disintegration of global institutions and norms is proceeding at a record pace. But at the same time, growing factions in the world are pushing back. At the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference on April 27, Iran was elected as one of 34 Vice Presidents, over the shrieks of the U.S. And Thailand, a strong U.S.…

Russia isn’t at risk of becoming a Chinese vassal nor is India at risk of becoming an American one. · Andrew Korybko · Russia’s legal information portal recently published the details of last year’s “Reciprocal Exchange of Logistics Support” (RELOS) military logistics pact with India. RT’s Air Marshal Anil Chopra (Retired) wrote a detailed analysis about it here, drawing attention to how it “allows for the simultaneous deployment of up to…

Susan Kokinda links Saturday's third Trump assassination attempt at the Washington Hilton to King Charles' Washington visit and a new House of Lords report — arguing the British imperial system fears Trump's American System revival the way it feared McKinley. · Susan Kokinda · Susan Kokinda links a third assassination attempt on Donald Trump at the Washington Hilton—where a 31-year-old Californian, Cole Tomas Allen, charged a…

A Challenged Narrative of Economic Strength · In a wide-ranging interview with Lena Petrova, economist Peter Schiff delivered a starkly different assessment of the U.S. economy than the optimistic narrative promoted by Donald Trump. · Schiff rejected claims of a “golden age,” arguing that underlying indicators tell a very different story. · “The boom exists only in the imagination of Donald Trump.” · According to Schiff, GDP growth has slowed,…

DOJ indicts the SPLC for fraud — including paying an informant who helped plan Charlottesville. Trump invokes the Defense Production Act on energy. Bessent extends dollar swap lines to the Gulf and Asia, quietly outflanking London's plan to dethrone the dollar. · Barbara Boyd · Barbara Boyd argues that media narratives about Donald Trump being trapped by impeachment, high prices, and a new Iran war are false, and that the…

Any crisis with the Baltic States, such as if Russia intercepts Ukrainian drones over their airspace, could now lead to a French-Russian crisis with nuclear stakes if Poland rushes to their rescue and Paris extends its nuclear umbrella further eastward to cover its ally. · Andrew Korybko · A Russian pollster recently discovered that “More Russians Perceive Poland To Be An Enemy Than They Do Any Other Country”, yet it turns out that their…

Estonia shares Ukraine’s interests with regard to sabotaging the Russian-US talks and receiving more aid from NATO, so passing up the chance to advance these goals by parroting his latest rhetoric suggests that there’s truly no basis to Zelensky’s claims about a Russian invasion of the Baltic States. · Andrew Korybko · Even casual followers of foreign affairs know that Estonia hates Russia for historical reasons, with the memory of its…

Channel: Lena Petrova – World Affairs in Context Title: “The worst crisis in history!” – Europe faces years of pain · Europe is facing what officials are warning could become one of the most severe and prolonged energy crises in modern history, with impacts expected to last not months, but years. · Crisis “Worse Than 1973 and 2022 Combined” · “The Iran war energy crisis is worse than the crisis of 1973 and 2022 combined,” said EU Energy…

The emerging reality is much more threatening to Russia so hopefully Lavrov will pay more attention to that. · Andrew Korybko · Trump’s former Special Envoy to Ukraine Keith Kellogg told Fox News in early April that the US should “Redraw the defense alignments we have, maybe create one with Japan and Australia and some of those European nations that are willing to go into the fight, like the new, reengaged Germany or Poland, as well.…