World Affairs

The petro-yuan bombshell

December 26, 2017 0

by Pepe Escobar (cross-posted with the Asia Times by special agreement with the author) The new 55-page “America First” National Security Strategy  (NSS), drafted over the course of 2017, defines Russia and China as “revisionist” powers, “rivals”, and for all […]

World Affairs

The Petroyuan is the Big Bet of Russia and China

May 20, 2016 0

by Ariel Noyola Rodríguez After the economic sanctions that the United States and the European Union imposed against Russia, Moscow and Beijing put together an imposing energetic team that has radically transformed the world oil […]