Tag: China

Because for every bomb the U.S. and Israel drop, a bunch of men in cushy offices profit off all the death. 

U.S. military action is disrupting key energy suppliers, putting China’s reliance on foreign sources to the test. Even as Beijing strengthens domestic capacity and diversifies imports, the crisis exposes the limits of its energy strategy.

China is taking advantage of the fact that even the most even-tempered of allies have had it with Trump and his tantrums.

This substantial gain for the Islamic Republic, however, will only help it weather the current political crisis if it manages to survive until April or May.

We must remember that these are not separate crises, but different fronts of the same struggle. And to resist one is to resist them all.

American and Chinese influence increasingly relies on technology services, and both powers are attempting to solidify their dominance even as other countries catch up.

The kingdom is aware that fossil fuels, the source of its fabulous wealth, are on their way out. Its leaders want to have a modern electro-state in place when the pumps fall idle.

As a bloc of mostly authoritarian, eco-unfriendly, and socio-economically conservative countries masquerading as a geopolitical counterbalance, the BRICS represent the multipolarism of fools.

The president’s directive to restart nuclear weapons testing, announced just before his meeting with China’s Xi Jinping, has sparked alarm among arms control experts and lawmakers who warn it could trigger global escalation and radioactive fallout.

Trump's plan: negotiate with China today, fight a war with it tomorrow.