Subjects Archives: Strategy

Communist Party of Israel & Hadash: The agreement and ceasefire are important and welcomed, but it cannot be sufficient.

We should talk about a malignant influence on Australia’s security which has long been harboured unquestioned–so-called independent think tanks.

Meet the Lone Star megadonors, think tankers, and politicians poised to play big roles in Trump’s comeback tour.

With President Maduro’s third term about to begin, we discuss an organizational network that promotes continental integration from below.

Chris Bambery looks at the reasons for the new president’s threat to buy Greenland and finds there is military logic in the madness, and behind it the growing rivalry with China.

The U.S. once again brought out its “democracy and human rights” talking points in an attempt to install opposition leader Edmundo González as president. While this effort failed, they will not stop in attempts to loot the country’s resources.

BRICS keeps expanding. As a new full member, it added Indonesia, the 4th most populous country with the 7th largest economy on Earth. BRICS now has 10 members and 8 partners. They make up 41.4% of global GDP (PPP) and half the world population.

There are at least three basic differences between European nationalism as it developed in the seventeenth century and the anti-colonial third world nationalism of the twentieth century.

Richard Seymour on how crisis and catastrophe are feeding the far-right surge.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum reaffirms support for migrants amid Trump’s deportation plans, and proposes a regional summit to address the causes of immigration.

Donald Trump’s tariffs will not reduce U.S. public debt. The federal deficit will keep growing, but they will be an excuse to further cut taxes on the rich and to ratchet up the new cold war on China.

Wikileaks has just put all its files online.

Democrats speak of the fight against “Russian disinformation,” while the Republicans pledge to combat “fake news” about Israel.

Trump, who promises to be the “most pro-Israel president ever,” has picked a cabinet replete with neoconservative, pro-war voices.

China alleges that the U.S. approach to Taiwan is guided by “cold war zero sum mentality” which violates its own declared commitments to the “one-China policy” and agreements of non-interference in internal matters.

Over all, Washington has provided the regime with $310 billion in military and economic aid, which has been regularly adjusted for inflation, according to the Council on Foreign Relations, an American think tank.

BRICS keeps expanding, adding 9 partner countries in January 2025, after admitting 4 new members in 2024. It now makes up roughly half of the global population and more than 41% of world GDP (PPP). It’s an economic powerhouse, with top producers of key commodities like oil, gas, grains, meat, and minerals.

Equipment such as radiators and engines were sent to the Caribbean island to promote energy transition.

Both the U.S. and Philippines have refused to withdraw the U.S. Typhon missile system deployed in April near Chinese borders despite earlier claiming it to be a temporary move.

All this however is still in the realm of mere possibilities; what is more certain is the 10 per cent tax on global imports and the 60 per cent tax on imports from China.