The U.S.-Israeli war on Iran has turned the Strait of Hormuz into a choke point for the world economy, with the gravest consequences falling not on the powerful but on the poorer nations of the Global South.
It’s comforting to see Donald Trump as a buffoon, to accept the facade he presents of a blustering and ill-educated ignoramus who does not understand the world of geopolitics. But that is nonsense.
John Mearsheimer details how the American Empire stumbled into one of its largest strategic blunders, and what it might entail for the rest of the world.
Recent statements suggest the U.S. has more control over India’s energy policy than have been previously acknowledged, reports Betwa Sharma.
Medea Benjamin asks: who will win this demonic game Trump and Rubio are playing with the lives of eleven million Cubans?
Understanding hybrid war tactics helps to explain why Trump’s rhetoric oscillates between threats of war and phony offers of peace.
The slogan has shifted from “restoring democracy” to “fighting narco-terrorists,” write Jeffrey D. Sachs and Sybil Fares. But the objective remains the same.
As is often the case in history, the actions of a dying empire create common ground for its victims to look for alternatives, writes Vijay Prashad.
The decline in U.S. diplomatic influence in the Middle East reflects not just Chinese initiatives, writes Juan Cole, but Washington’s incompetence, arrogance and double-dealing over three decades in the region.
Michael T. Klare says a vast restructuring of the global energy enterprise is happening now.