Washington's imperial ambitions and Tel Aviv's fanaticism have pushed the world to the brink of nuclear annihilation. But Iran's integration into the Eurasian axis offers humanity a vital off-ramp.
The billionaire Peter Thiel is unimpressed with our pace of innovation. In this episode, he critiques artificial intelligence, longevity science and space travel — and warns that our lack of progress could lead to catastrophic outcomes, including the emergence of the Antichrist.
As Trump temporarily suspends his on again, off again trade and tariff wars, China is preparing for long-term struggle. Prof. Zhang Weiwei and Prof. Huang Renwei think that time is on China's side.
[NOTE — I published this piece in November 2023. In light of the possible meeting between the Russians and the Ukrainians on Thursday in Istanbul, I think it is worth publishing it again for many of you who may have missed it the first time. I decided to do this after listening to Nima’s podcast with Ray McGovern and John Helmer. They had a major, yet polite, disagreement on what happened during Istanbul 2022. Helmer insisted that the Russian’s cancelled the deal. Simply not true. Sergei Lavrov, during my meeting with him in early March of this year, recounted the same sequence of events that I wrote about in November 2023. Also worth noting that Russia is sending the same negotiating team that was in place for the 2022 talks.]
The US House of Representatives Has Passed the MEGOBARI Act (HR 36) that places Georgia, now an independent country and once a province of the Soviet Union, under American protection. Washington has to protect free and fair elections in Georgia from Russia and protect Georgia’s “sovereignty and territorial integrity from further Russian aggression.”
The decade of 2000 marked the start of Ukraine becoming a de facto member of NATO. It not only participated in all of the main exercises, but it hosted many. In fact, between 2000 and 2010, Ukraine is ranked in the top six of countries that hosted a NATO or USEUCOM exercise. Ukraine and Georgia, who was ranked number seven, were not NATO members. What the hell? Two non-NATO countries hosted more NATO exercises than 22 of the member nations. This is prima facie evidence that the West, despite warnings from Russia, was intent on making Ukraine and Georgia official members of NATO.
Trump clearly is in the midst of an existential conflict. He has a landslide mandate. But is ringed by a resolute domestic enemy front in the form of an ‘industrial concern’ infused with Deep State ideology, centred primarily on preserving U.S. global power (rather than on mending of the economy).
This is the first of a three-part series on the history of NATO and US European Command military exercises with Ukraine. This shows how the West, acting like a camel, slipped its big nose under the Ukrainian tent as part of a long-term strategy to defeat Russia.
Professor Zhang Weiwei argues that American economy is more dependent on China than vice versa, because it has become increasingly hollowed out by neoliberalism and deindustrialization.
We don’t know the impact the Trump administration’s imposition of 10% tariffs on their exports will have on the inhabitants of Heard Island and McDonald Islands. We’ll likely never know, because the population of those territories consists solely of penguins, seals, turtles, and seabirds. It’s been more than ten years since a human last set foot on these 412-square-kilometer rocky islets located halfway between Australia and Africa, whose economic activity, sustained by the production of elephant seal oil and seal hunts, ended in 1877.
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