World Affairs
Trump Makes Xi Happy
Raúl Ilargi Meijer Dr. D is on a roll. Dr. D: Since tariffs are in the news again, let’s run down the topic , first in micro, then in macro. “Trump said this week he’ll […]
China
World Affairs
The Next Empire
by Jeff Thomas Throughout history, political, financial, and military leaders have sought to create empires. Westerners often think of ancient Rome as the first empire. Later, other empires formed for a time. Spain became an empire, […]
World Affairs
US Spy Satellites Catch Chinese Ships Illegally Selling Oil To North Korea
by Tyler Durden According to South Korea’s Chosun Ilbo, U.S. recon satellites have photographed around 30 illegal transactions involving Chinese vessels selling oil to North Korea on the West Sea in October. The images allegedly showed large Chinese and […]
Financial
Albert Edwards: “Why The Current Situation Is Even Worse Than The 2008 Crisis”
by Tyler Durden Back in May, we first reported that Goldman became the first bank to dare to ask if the Fed has lost control of the market, if in slightly more polite terms of course. This is […]
World Affairs
The New Great Game moves from Asia-Pacific to Indo-Pacific
by Pepe Escobar (cross-posted with the Asia Times by special agreement with the author) Is the world’s center of gravity shifting to the heart of the Indo-Pacific – a new pivot to Asia? In the context of the […]
World Affairs
The End of the Syrian War Is the Beginning of a New Middle Eastern Order
The Role of the Strategic triangle between Iran, Russia and China By Federico Pieraccini In the Middle East and beyond, we are witnessing a series of high-level political meetings between dozens of nations involved directly or […]
World Affairs
If The Saudi Arabia Situation Doesn’t Worry You, You’re Not Paying Attention
A key geopolitical axis is swiftly shifting by Chris Martenson While turbulent during the best of times, gigantic waves of change are now sweeping across the Middle East. The magnitude is such that the impact […]
Wealth Abuse
This Could Send Gold Much Higher Than $10,000
BY BRIAN MAHER Jim Rickards is on record forecasting $10,000 gold. But is China about to provide the catalyst to send gold even higher? And by how much? Today, we fare forth in the spirit of […]
Media
Kim Jong Un Vows To Tame “Mentally Deranged Dotard” Trump “With Fire”
by Tyler Durden The verbal soap opera continues. Just hours after North Korea’s foreign minister Ri Yong-ho called Donald Trump a “barking dog”, the rogue state’s president, Kim Jong-Un called President Donald Trump “a frightened dog” and a […]
Wealth Abuse
A “Financial H-Bomb” Has Exploded
BY JAMES RICKARDS Somebody exploded an H-bomb last week, and it wasn’t North Korea. It was the U.S. This was not a kinetic H-bomb, the kind that leaves a mushroom cloud. It was a financial H-bomb. […]