As many of you already know, a “Dear John” letter is a kiss-off, a way to tell someone, “I don’t love you anymore. I never want to see you again. Good-bye”. Or, “Get lost”. You…
Category: China-India-Russia Specials
In a recent speech, Chomsky examined topics largely ignored or glossed over during the presidential campaign: China, the Arab Spring, global warming, nuclear proliferation, and the military threat posed by Israel and the U.S. versus Iran. He reflects on the Cuban missile crisis, which took place 50 years ago this week and is still referred to as “the most dangerous moment in human history.” He delivered this talk last month at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst at an event sponsored by the Center for Popular Economics. Chomsky’s talk was entitled “Who Owns the World?”
Readers will no doubt recall the almost incessant Western media attention paid to the Chinese RMB during the past several years, the constant claims of China ‘cheating’ by keeping its currency undervalued, the…
[Editor’s note: This is a comment made by Prof. Craven on the following article pasted below, titled “Why Calling China an “Adversary” Doesn’t Matter” written by Zachary Keck for the Diplomat. The 4th Media believes this…
Opinion: US fueling Diaoyutai dispute to protect the dollar After the dispute between China and Japan over the Diaoyutai (Diaoyu or Senkaku) islands in the East China Sea became more acrimonious, not only has the Japanese government’s position fail to gain the support of its diplomatic allies, but Japanese media outlets have also criticized the government as the disastrous effects on the country’s relations with China have caused enormous financial losses for the country’s economy. Meanwhile, some international media reports claims the dispute will allow the United States to profit because of the considerable liquidity flowing into the US from China and Japan, which could help the obstruct the rise of China’s financial sector at the international level. An opinion piece published in a foreign media outlet said that the reign of the US dollar as the world’s reserve currency was the main driver behind US economic growth.
Go to any university, any center of equities trade, any meeting place for financial academia, any fiscal think tank, and they will tell you without the slightest hint of doubt in their eyes…
A Syrian insurgent fires towards an army position in Karm al-Jabal district of the northern city of Aleppo on October 22, 2012. (File photo) Russia says the United States assists and coordinates arms deliveries…
Berlin – The European Union agreed to new sanctions against Iran on Monday, October 15 to force Tehran to comply with international demands that it scale back its nuclear program. At the same time, violence…
Step 1: Demonizing the Enemy War is always sold by artificially demonizing the enemy. Countries need to lie about their enemies in order to demonize them sufficiently so that the people will support the…
The official position is that the US has refused to allow heavy weapons into Syria. But there’s growing evidence that U.S. agents—particularly murdered ambassador Chris Stevens—were at least aware of heavy weapons moving from Libya to…