Posts Tagged ‘End of empire’
Posted by seumasach on November 1, 2017
A soft landing for the dollar is by far the best option. That implies negotiations. As the incumbent the US has certain advantages- it wouldn’t be negotiating entirely from a position of weakness. But Russia/China must be able to find reliable interlocutors in the US and, given the internal turmoil and division within the US ruling class, it is by no means certain they can be found. In order to take advantage of the win/win scenarios which multipolarity undoubtedy offers them the Americans have to sort themselves out.
Adam Garrie
The Duran
31st October, 2017
Russia is not actually interested in undermining American “democracy”. In fact, the United States isn’t particularly concerned either. But Russiagate continues to give mainstream media a narrative that it can sell to its dwindling core audience. However, when it comes to the real linchpin of American power, the almighty Dollar, things are very different.
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Posted in Multipolar world | Tagged: BRICS cryptocurrency, decline of dollar, End of empire, gold-backed cryptocurrency, gold-backed yuan, Rouble crytocurrency | Leave a Comment »
Posted by seumasach on October 25, 2017
“All in all, the US attempts to create friction in the South China Sea area by instigating the ASEAN countries are floundering. Equally, it signifies the continuing decline in the US influence on the ASEAN as a regional group.”
M.K.Bhadrakumar
Indian Punchline
24th October, 2017
The 11th ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting at the Clark free port in Pampanga, Philippines, turns out to be Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s first exposure to ‘rising China’. In certain ways, it becomes a reality check, too.
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Posted in Multipolar world | Tagged: Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Chinese soft power, End of empire | Leave a Comment »
Posted by seumasach on October 7, 2017
Zero Hedge
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 »
Posted by seumasach on October 2, 2017
Alastair Crooke
Consortium News
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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Posted by seumasach on September 26, 2017
Federico Pieraccini
Strategic Culture
25th September, 2017
One of the most tangible consequences of the decline of US military power can be observed in the Syrian conflict. Over the past few weeks, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and its allies have completed the historic and strategic liberation of Deir ez-Zor, a city besieged for more than five years by Islamists belonging to Al Qaeda and Daesh. The focus has now shifted to the oilfields south of the liberated city, with a frantic rush by both the US-supported Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and the SAA to free territories still held by Daesh. The final goal is to claim Syria’s resources and strengthen a weak US position (the US is not even part of the Astana peace talks) in future negotiations concerning the country’s future. To understand how much the US dream of partitioning Syria is failing, one only need note repeated US failures as seen in the liberation of Aleppo and then Deir Ez-Zor, and now the crossing of the Euphrates river. In spite of American intimidation, threats, and sometimes even direct aggression, the Syrian army continued to work against Daesh in the province of Deir Ez-Zor, advancing on oil rich sites. Thanks to the protection given by the Russian Federation Air Force during the conflict, Damascus has obtained a protective umbrella necessary to withstand attempts by the US of balkanize the country.
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Posted by seumasach on September 19, 2017
GEAB
17th September, 2017
Qatar, North Korea, the Baltic Sea, risk of a World War III… and all the military ranting mentioned in the media lately, are issues going hand in hand with the programmed and imminent advent of the catastrophic scenario for the dollar as a unique world reference currency: the Petro-Yuan will be in place at the end of the year. More than a petro-currency, it will be a petro-gas-gold-currency! The West is thus preparing to switch to total anachronism with this founding act of the 21st century multipolar world. 2014-2017: here we are, at the end of a three-year exacerbation period of tensions on all front lines (West against the rest of the world) and we are witnessing the up-coming end of the dollar’s reign over the world and over all financial systems and their related economic activities. Sanctions, blockades, proxy-wars, direct military threats… the question is whether the current clash of arms is really a warning sign of an Nth suicide of the West whilst hoping in vain to stop time, or whether the solution conveying power is on the verge of carrying away all possible resistance.
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Posted in Currency Wars | Tagged: decline of dollar, dollar collapse, End of empire, gold-backed yuan, petro-yuan | Leave a Comment »
Posted by seumasach on September 3, 2017
Trump has undertaken a remarkable policy which consists of undermining key US alliances. He is effectively dismantling the US empire.
Guardian
3rd September, 2017
Donald Trump has asked aides to prepare for US withdrawal from a free trade agreement with South Korea, it was reported on Saturday – a potentially stunning development at a time of tense confrontation with North Korea.
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Posted by seumasach on August 30, 2017
Alaraby
25th August, 2017
Qatar is interested in purchasing the same Russian missile defence system recently sold to Iran and Turkey, Qatar’s defence minister revealed on Wednesday.
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Posted by seumasach on July 30, 2017
“Mr Johnson said he expected a “great” free trade deal with Australia which would cover the issue of visas.” Wow! “Great deals” all round! It’s looking very much like TTIP-Trans-Oceanic Trade and Investment Deal, a new British Empire based on the old values of “free trade”. But there may be a fly in the ointment:
Ms Bishop said: “We discussed Brexit and the potential for Australia to enter into a free trade agreement with the European Union, and subsequently a free trade agreement between Australia and the UK.”
Britain’s TTIP -type deals are not compatible with free trade deals with the EU since the EU will not allow the UK to become a conduit for GM crops and other dangerous or substandard products. Johnson looks full of confidence but as Britain crashes out of the EU we will see if they have any realistic basis.
Express and Star
27th July, 2017
Australia’s foreign minister has said the country is hoping to strike a “high-quality, comprehensive free trade agreement” with the UK following Brexit.
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Posted in brexit crisis, Oceania | Tagged: End of empire, New British Empire | Leave a Comment »
Posted by seumasach on July 29, 2017
Wayne Madsen
Strategic Culture
23rd July, 2017
The US Department of Defense is fond of issuing reports, many of which contain a massive amount of Pentagon jargon and gobbledygook terms. But, one recent report, while not lacking in typical gibberish, contains one clear and unambiguous message. The neo-conservative «New American Century» pet project, which saw the United States engage in quagmires in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as an unending «global war on terror», is dead and buried.
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Posted by seumasach on July 19, 2017
Trump, like his predecessor, Obama, seems destined to preside over the demise of all neoconservative plans. At the same time, like Obama, he appears unable to break free of the “swamp”, the deep state quagmire, and actually define US interests in positive terms through an embrace of the emerging multipolar reality. Thus, the neocons have made sure that if they can’t lead no one can. If it continues, this paralysis means that there is no soft landing for bankrupt America, no reset of the global financial system: the next phase of the financial crisis is imminent and the US economy and the dollar will be right in the eye of the storm.
M.K.Bhadrakumar
Indian Punchline
18th July, 2017
The United States’ regional strategies in the Middle East face multiple challenges and it needs strong nerves and robust realism not to overreact. Importantly, the temptation to display ‘muscular’ diplomacy must be curbed. Thus, the decision by the Trump administration on Monday to certify for the second time Iran’s compliance with the July 2015 nuclear deal signifies strategic maturity.
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In These New Times 