Geopolitical interests between the Anglo-American establishment and the Sino-Russian-led axis will clash over the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route. First published in The Cradle January 2, 2023 On 12 December 2022, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) hosted a conference on the future of Eurasia’s Middle Corridor, a transport and energy infrastructure development project that stretches from Continue reading »
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You need to fix your eye on the ball if you want keep up with the frocking and de-frocking of America’s offshore political proteges – especially in Venezuela. After Nicolas Maduro claimed he had won victory in Venezuela’s presidential election in 2018, Washington said, no you haven’t. The US approved Venezuelan opposition leader, Juan Guaido, Continue reading »
In Asian media this week – Indonesia to be an active ASEAN chair. Plus – South Korea’s global aspirations; Western and Asian views of the West; Anwar pledges to crack down on corruption; Softer tones in Taiwan rhetoric; Kishida’s diminishing political capital. Indonesia this year is the chair of ASEAN and The Jakarta Post lists Continue reading »
There is an interesting recent article on buses from the ‘I’ Newspaper pointing out the disastrous consequences of Thatcher’s deregulatory regime, which has led to a decline in bus passengers everywhere except where the deregulation didn’t happen – which is London, such that London now accounts for almost half of all bus passengers in the... Read more
This, from former BBC journalist, John Danzig is just over three minutes and is well worth a watch – demonstrating, yet again that Sunak is not a logical thinker:... Read more
Western analysts spent years warning that western actions would provoke a war in Ukraine, westerners spent four years being propagandised into hating Russia, then Russia invades and now western imperialists say the war is advancing US interests. But remember: it was an “unprovoked invasion”. The official narrative is that western aggressions played no role in Continue reading »
In legal circles, outsiders who hold forth on legal issues without understanding the law or knowing the facts are held in particular contempt. They are known as “barrack-room lawyers”, a term that originally derived from military slang. According to the Collins Dictionary, a barrack-room lawyer is “a person who freely offers opinions, especially in legal Continue reading »
The Global Times released the second part of the annual survey that covered participants from 33 countries on 28 December, which showed that most participants from Western countries are unsatisfied with the current development of their countries while those from China and many non-Western countries or emerging economies are more satisfied and optimistic about their future, Continue reading »
With a remit of keeping inflation at 2%…. Halving inflation is the top item on Sunak’s wish list below. Of course his personal target of halving inflation should be a sure fire winner as the prices of same period in the previous year end up gradually nearer to those of ‘today’ – the inflation has... Read more
I enjoyed this mere two minute critique of Sunak’s recent speech – and every bit is true:... Read more