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The Calm Before the Storm: Is Washington Preparing for War With Iran Again?
Washington says it wants diplomacy, but the demands being placed on Tehran look more like surrender terms than the foundation for lasting peace. The United States says it still wants diplomacy with Iran. Officials continue talking about negotiations, peace, and “de-escalation.” But behind the language of diplomacy, the reality looks very different. The conditions Washington… Continue reading
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1953 Coup: The Original Sin of US-Iran Relations
The 1953 Anglo-American overthrow of Mohammad Mosaddegh destroyed a democratic nationalist government, and laid the foundations for the anti-Western resistance doctrine drives Tehran’s politics today The modern confrontation between Iran and the United States did not begin with the 1979 Islamic Revolution, the embassy hostage crisis, or the rise of the Islamic Republic under Ayatollah… Continue reading
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America’s Deep State Paranoia About China Espionage on Full Display
Security Fears, Spy Allegations, and Diplomatic Tension Define America’s High-Stakes Beijing Visit During the Beijing visit, the entire United States delegation discarded every item provided by Chinese officials before boarding Air Force One. Gifts, badges, commemorative pins, press materials, and other objects were thrown directly into trash bins at the aircraft stairs. The rule was… Continue reading
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China Rising, America in Decline?
A comparison of how the United States and China structure the relationship between capital and the state I found the video to be quite interesting and a great addition to the theme of today’s article. This is widely circulated Chinese economist policy commentator Eric X. Li (Li Shijun) interview commentary on China-US political economy, one… Continue reading
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Trump’s Beijing Delegation Exposed the Real Structure of American Power [Extended Version]
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The Beijing visit exposed how transnational corporations, financial institutions, and technology monopolies now operate openly as the permanent power structure beneath American electoral politics. Donald Trump arrived in Beijing flanked by the commanding layer of American corporate and financial power because the visit exposed something Washington normally prefers hidden behind electoral theatre: transnational capital, technology… Continue reading
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The China Perspective: War Without Declaration
A Consideration of War in Iran and the Greater Reordering of the World In Which China Endures the Tumult of War Whilst the Old Order Strains to Maintain Its Hold China views the Iran war not as a distant regional conflict but as part of a broader strategic environment in which it is the primary… Continue reading
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The Strategic Mis-use of Memory in U.S.-Iran Relations
Why the persistent invocation of 1979 continues to justify sanctions, strikes, and systemic escalation The enduring American narrative surrounding the 1979 embassy seizure functions not as historical record but as strategic instrument, and its continued deployment marks a structural refusal to acknowledge the limits of American power in the post-imperial Middle East. That refusal has… Continue reading
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On the Preservation of Power in Troubled Times
Revealing the Means by Which Energy, Finance, and Force Uphold the Global Dominance of Nations What many take to be a scattering of troubles across the globe, wars here, trade unsettled there, and a lingering unease in distant regions, cannot be rightly understood as separate misfortunes. They are threads, though tangled to the casual eye,… Continue reading
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How Russia Is Shaping the War’s Endgame in Ukraine
The conflict now tests whether Western power can still limit Russian outcomes as Moscow shifts from containment to full restructuring of Ukraine The conflict is no longer defined by whether Russia can impose its terms, but by which version of those terms ultimately emerges. The war in Ukraine is increasingly defined by a contradiction within… Continue reading
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Diplomacy on Paper, War in Practice
London hosts talks on Hormuz while enabling the very conflict it claims to stand apart from The decision by the United Kingdom to convene a gathering of 35 countries to “explore” reopening the Strait of Hormuz carries the appearance of urgency and coordination, yet it is difficult to avoid the conclusion that it is largely… Continue reading
