Iran – Seizure of a British Tanker – more than Tit for Tat
By Peter Koenig
The British-flagged tanker “Steno Impero”, heading for Saudi Arabia, was seized on Friday, 19 July 2019, by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps...
The World is Dedollarizing
By Peter KoenigWhat if tomorrow nobody but the Unites States would use the US-dollar? Every country, or society would use their own currency for...
China-US Trade War: Japan G20 Déjà vu?
By Jack Rasmus
This past June 29, 2019 Trump and China president, Xi, met again at the G20 in Japan in the midst of a...
Trump and the Taiwan Gambit
By Peter Koenig
Taiwan has become a new “eastern pivot” for Donald Trump. Against all international laws and UN charters, he is approaching Taiwan, as...
Trump – From China to Iran to Venezuela – Threats and Sanctions Everywhere –...
By Peter Koenig
All of these three countries, China, Iran and Venezuela are threatening the US dollar’s world hegemony – and without that, the US...
Rappler Guilty of Treason
By Tiberius, Ideology Editor
It's time to call traitors traitors.
Accusing traitors of treason and treasonable behaviour rather than anything else is crucial in an environment...
From Cool Britannia to Fool Britannia
By Graham Vanbergen
It took just twenty years to go from the euphoria of Cool Britannia to Fool Britannia in the guise of the economy...
Development Should Guide US-Philippine Mutual Defense Treaty Review
By Dan Steinbock
In times of great uncertainty, strategic ambiguity offers little clarity. The review of the U.S.-Philippines Mutual Defense Treaty should be...
The Shift of the Philippine Peso Regime
By Dan Steinbock
In the Aquino era, the focus was on financial flows, which rested on a strong peso. In the Duterte era, it is...
Venezuela – US Attack Imminent?
By Peter Koenig
Imagine, the President of the self-declared, exceptional and unique Superpower, Donald Trump of the United States of America, has the audacity to...
EDITOR'S PICK OF THE WEEK
China’s Challenging Search for a New Model of Economic Growth
By Danny Leipziger
China cannot continue to rely on exports to drive its growth, but what are the alternatives?
China ran a $1.2 trillion trade surplus last year, and despite admonitions from the IMF to rely...
