We do not understand Iran’s position vis-à-vis the United States and its allies at all: the Iranian people are not surprised by the war. They expected it, given their anti-imperialist stance. They are not so much interested in negotiating an end to hostilities as in establishing a new international order. They are willing to suffer in order to advance their ...
Seen from the outside, we do not perceive the metamorphosis of the United States: in four months, it has changed its political ideology (they are no longer “Jacksonians”), its military doctrine (they no longer apply the “Rumsfled-Cebrowski” strategy), and faith (they no longer believe in the plurality of religions). We are publishing a study on this change...
In the contemporary world, rivalry among powerful countries has reached its apex, with the strongest states often competing for alliances, resources, strategic positioning, and global influence to advance their interests. Although the tactics of the powerful states have diversified, their goal remains the...
The comparison is stark but necessary. When the United States invaded Iraq: no sanctions against Washington, no exclusion from SWIFT, no freezing of American assets abroad, and no arms deliveries to the Iraqi resistance by third-party powers. When Russia intervened in Ukraine for its vital security, sweeping sanctions, exclusion from SWIFT, and freezing of t...
This “war” was unleashed upon a nation already burdened by hardship. The reasoning for the conflict is vague justifications and a carefully crafted media narrative. Many nations view the crisis as a profound injustice and a dangerous escalation of geopolitical tensions. This is not a response to aggression. It is a calculated assault on diplomacy and soverei...
The current war has given all United Nations member states the opportunity to observe that, on numerous occasions since its creation, the UN has violated international law. It has also reminded them that international law defines an attack, such as that by Israel and the United States against Iran, as an “aggression.”...
Mentioning rising gas prices for the American consumer would be stating the obvious. Yes, this has caused and continues to cause severe hardship to middle and lower income folks. But the fallout has not stopped there. Latest reports (Reuters) indicate that US crude and fuel inventories continued to draw...
I was thinking about myself recently, about whether efforts to inform that are contrarian can be successful. In economics I am known for my reformulation of our understanding of the Soviet Economy and Soviet economic history and for my statement of supply-side economics that added the second blade of the scissors to macroeconomics and was adopted by Preside...
Donald Trump is riding high - exultant at his string of successes on the road to American world supremacy and his sovereignty as Salvator Mundi. Just a few weeks ago he promulgated an historic Decree - the Declaration Of Intervention - to supplant the stale, hackneyed Declaration of...
During the month of April, the Straits of Hormuz continued to face the ‘double blockade’ of both the US and Iran. The word ceasefire in West Asian wars has lost its meaning as Israel continues to pound Iran’s proxies in Southern Lebanon. The war has triggered an energy crisis in most of Asia, particularly India, China and Japan. This is more so in the case o...
The international transport corridor is a collection of main transport systems that connect the parties and enable the international transport of goods and passengers. A new transit corridor originating in southern Pakistan and connecting to Central Asia via southern and eastern Iran has recently become operational. The first export consignment was dispatche...
There is a common belief that the American people are utterly bad, entirely ignorant, and warmongers. However, quite contrary to the common belief, the majority of the American people are not utterly bad, not entirely ignorant, and are not warmongers. It is critical to understand why such a common belief has gained so much acceptance around the...
In the parched lands of the Middle East, the rains are few and far between. My readers who live in lands of temperate climate, in the US or England or Germany, probably think a break from the rain would be a nice change. That’s because they enjoy rivers and lakes, and lots of them. In our arid lands, water has become a synonym for compassion, and we are peri...
The Trump administration’s policy toward Iran - accompanied by mixed signals and increased pressure - is leading to a diplomatic deadlock, raising the risk of a large-scale conflict, and undermining confidence in American...
In recent days and weeks, many former and current Russian military officers have expressed their skepticism and even frustration with how the Russian government is handling the escalating attacks by the Kiev Regime and its NATO overlords. It’s become an axiom that the political West is coordinating and even directing attacks on Russia. This includes multiple...
An ethnic German, Paul Holbach (1723–1789) was one of the classic political ideologues of the bourgeois class in the 18th century. His ideas were part of the revolutionary views of the bourgeoisie at that time, which were directed mainly against idealism, religious obscurantism, the feudal system of economic exploitation, and political absolutism. Both Holba...
President Donald Trump appears to be moving towards a strategy of escalation regarding Teheran: Since Iran’s conventional bombing was ineffectual - or achieved very little purposes - why is a nuclear bomb not used, whether tactical or strategic? After all, the United States remains the sole possessor of this weapon, not Iran. This radical shift sparked a maj...
On April 11, after two rounds of voting, parliament finally elected a president. The winner was Nizar Amidi, a candidate from the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), who succeeded Abdul Latif Rashid. For a country accustomed to multi-month government crises, this might have been a symbol of stability. But as always, reality is more complicated: Amidi’s elect...
Things are really getting weird, especially in terms of the sovereign illusion of Donald Trump, particularly his social media postings, for example, his AI-generated cartoons depicting him as Jesus or the Pope. This opens a new can of worms that most of us would like to avoid: Is AI in the Oval Office, and who or what is actually driving the actions, calling...
The positioning of Japan on the international stage is largely determined by the evolution of its relations with its key ally, the United States. The unpredictability of American foreign policy, which clearly manifested itself in the ‘impromptu’ in the Persian Gulf, has become a source of serious problems for...