Is the populace of the world now already under gaslighting? Gaslighting is about continuous psychological manipulation games. Is this something like when the ghosts of technology, pretending their loyal obedience to artificial intelligence, systematically create social media and fake media to create self-doubts and guilt amongst populations, submerge masses …
Read More »An Ideology of Power, National Interest, and the State: Realism and Power in International Relations
Alan Cunningham Realism is nothing more than the ideology of powerful states. In Dunne and Schmidt’s chapter on realism for the International Relations (IR) textbook The Globalization of World Politics, all the rhetoric used seems to point to being about retaining and collecting power in whichever ways possible, …
Read More »Could OPEC Plus oil production cuts end the historical relations between Washington and Riyadh?
Not quite four months have passed since President Biden’s controversial meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and his historic visit to Saudi Arabia under the banner of energy security. On Wednesday, US President Joe Biden voiced his disappointment with the decision of the OPEC+ alliance to …
Read More »US vs OPEC+: A tectonic shift in Geopolitics
A perfect storm is brewing on the foreign policy front in America triggered by the OPEC+ decision to cut oil production by 2 million barrels a day, which will on the one hand drive up the gas price for the domestic consumer and on the other hand expose …
Read More »The Frightful NATO and the U.S.’ Response to Putin’s Nuclear Threat
The Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau said in an interview with Polish radio station RMF FM that NATO would have a “conventional response” to a possible Russian nuclear attack on Ukraine. When asked whether NATO troops would enter Ukraine, Rau said this could not be ruled out. However, …
Read More »Samarkand Spirit to be driven by responsible powers’ Russia and China
Amidst serious tremors in the world of geopolitics, it is so fitting that this year’s Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) heads of state summit should have taken place in Samarkand – the ultimate Silk Road crossroads for 2,500 years. When in 329 BC Alexander the Great reached the then …
Read More »US Inflation Report Shows 8.2% Price Increase Over September 2021, Despite Fed Rate Hikes
Prices on US consumer products increased by an average of 8.2% in September 2022 as compared to a year earlier, a Thursday report by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) revealed. The report also showed that prices had increased in September 2022 over the prior month by …
Read More »The Difference Between a Liberal and a Progressive
Eric Zuesse The difference between a liberal and a progressive is that whereas a liberal is fooled by liberal or ‘leftist’ billionaires’ ‘news’-media and candidates (emphasizing gay versus straight, man versus woman, black versus white, and everything BUT rich versus poor — since the Party is funded by …
Read More »Analyzing the Implications of Sabotage Against Nord Stream
A consensus is emerging that the Nord Stream pipelines between Russia and Germany were recently damaged by an attack, not an accident. Three gas leaks were reported on these two projects from Monday night to Tuesday morning, which coincided with seismic activity recorded by Denmark and Sweden that …
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