16th October, 2017
China is expected to step up cooperation with European countries to preserve the Iran nuclear deal reached two years ago after US President Donald Trump indicated that he might decertify the agreement, analysts said.
China expected to work with Europe to preserve Iran nuclear deal
Posted by seumasach on October 17, 2017
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China may be Trump’s best hope to ‘make America great again’
Posted by seumasach on October 13, 2017
This is the key issue of the Trump presidency behind all the rhetoric, the posturing and the threats. If Trump can consolidate a partnership with China we will know that there is method in his madness. Otherwise it is simply madness with Trump breaking America’s old partnerships whilst failing to create new ones.
13th October, 2017
China is not America’s enemy or competitor or whatever name the US anti-China crowd labels it with. It is not challenging US global supremacy or stealing its jobs, as many in America claim. On the contrary, the Chinese and US economies are increasingly intertwined, becoming each other’s largest trade partners and major investors.
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged: strategic partnership between US and China, trump agenda, Trump's pivot to Asia | Leave a Comment »
One day after historic Saudi-Russian summit, US suspends military exercises with “Arab allies”
Posted by seumasach on October 7, 2017
6th October, 2017
Russia no longer even has to lift a finger (or buy a few thousands dollars worth of Facebook ads) to steal influence from the US in key geopolitical hotspots: the US can do so on its own.
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Posted in Multipolar world | Tagged: End of empire, Middle East looks east, Russian diplomacy, saudi russia rapprochement, US-Saudi rift | Leave a Comment »
Challenging the dollar: China and Russia’s plan from petroyuan to gold
Posted by seumasach on October 5, 2017
“The reason the dollar plays such an important role in the world economy is due to the following three major factors: the petrodollar; the dollar as world reserve currency; and Nixon’s decision in 1971 to no longer make the dollar convertible into gold. As is easy to guess, the petrodollar strongly influenced the composition of the SDR basket, making the dollar the world reserve currency, spelling grave implications for the global economy due to Nixon’s decision to eliminate the dollar’s convertibility into gold. Most of the problems for the rest of the world began from a combination of these three factors.”
Federico Pieraccini
If we were to identify what uniquely fuels American imperialism and its aspirations for global hegemony, the role of the US dollar would figure prominently.
Posted in Currency Wars | Tagged: decline of dollar, end of petrodollar, gold-backed yuan, petro-yuan, reserve currency status of dollar | Leave a Comment »
Russia & Saudi Arabia to set up $1bn energy fund
Posted by seumasach on October 3, 2017
2nd October, 2017
A joint Russian-Saudi fund to invest in the energy sector will be announced during the forthcoming visit of the kingdom’s monarch Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud to Moscow, Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak told the Al Arabiya TV Channel.
Posted in Multipolar world | Tagged: Middle East looks east, new middle east, US-Saudi rift | Leave a Comment »
Who’s really trying to overthrow Mohammed Bin Salman?
Posted by seumasach on October 2, 2017
Andrew Korybko
September, 30th, 2017
Saudi Arabia arrested between 16-30 people in a broad crackdown across the Kingdom.
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How Syria’s victory reshapes Mideast
Posted by seumasach on October 2, 2017
Alastair Crooke
30th September, 2017
Plainly, Syria’s success – notwithstanding the caution of President Bashar al-Assad in saying that signs of success are not success itself – in resisting, against the odds, all attempts to fell the state suggest that a tipping point in the geopolitics of the region has occurred.
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Germany and France pledge to lead EU forward post-Brexit
Posted by seumasach on October 1, 2017
29th September, 2017
French President Emmanuel Macron won backing from Angela Merkel for plans to reform the European Union after Brexit, founded on what the German chancellor called “intense” cooperation between Paris and Berlin.
Posted in Battle for Europe | Tagged: european integration, eurozone governance | Leave a Comment »
Tillerson: US in contact with North Korea and ready to talk
Posted by seumasach on October 1, 2017
1st October, 2017
Washington has ‘lines of communication to Pyongyang’, secretary of state says after meeting President Xi Jinping in Beijing
Posted in Global peace process | Tagged: Russia-China peace plan for North Korea, strategic partnership between US and China, US-North Korea talks | Leave a Comment »
US envoy to Japan: Trump surrounded by cool heads
Posted by seumasach on October 1, 2017
30th September, 2017
People anxious about Donald Trump’s rhetoric on North Korea should be reassured that the US president has surrounded himself with “disciplined and thoughtful” advisers who won’t rush towards war, according to his new ambassador to Japan.
Posted in Global peace process, Uncategorized | Tagged: Korea crisis, strategic partnership between US and China, trump agenda, Trump's military entourage | Leave a Comment »
Syria prepared to discuss post-war autonomy with Kurds in geo-strategic blow to the US and Israel
Posted by seumasach on September 27, 2017
27th September, 2017
Syria’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Walid Muallem has stated that once the conflict against terrorist groups is finished in Syria, Damascus will be willing to politically negotiate internal autonomy for Syrian Kurds.
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