Who Authorized Preparations for War with China? Part II

Who Authorized Preparations for War with China? Part I http://www.4thmedia.org/2014/08/who-authorized-preparations-for-war-with-china-part-i/?preview=true       Part II The White House and Congress To judge by several published reports which will be discussed in greater detail below, including…

Obama’s Africa Summit: A Sign of Weakness Rather Than Strength

<h3 style=”color: #000099;”></h3> <h3 style=”color: #000099;”>Bridges Versus Bombs</h3> &nbsp; <img src=”http://www.bdlive.co.za/incoming/2014/08/07/barack-obama-us-africa-summit-august-7-2014.jpg/ALTERNATES/crop_638x402/Barack+Obama+US+Africa+summit+August+7+2014.jpg” alt=”” /> &nbsp; Obama is meeting with a number of African leaders this week. But rather than a sign of strength, it’s a sign…

China Announces Heavy Investments in Argentina

ew gallery   Visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping announced huge investments in hydroelectric power, shipbuilding, railways and a deal to help Argentina build its fourth nuclear plant. No total dollar figure was given. Xi has…

Faced with the US-led Western Freeze-Out, BRICS Bank Is a Coup for Russia

Top of the agenda at the sixth summit of the BRICS developing nations beginning Tuesday is the founding of two multilateral financial institutions designed to erode the dominance of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund as arbiters of the global economic system. For Russia, the creation of a $100 billion BRICS development bank and a reserve currency fund worth another $100 billion is a political coup. Just as the West freezes Russia out of its own economic system as punishment for its politics in Ukraine, Russia is tying itself into the financial superstructure of the next generation of economic heavyweights: India, Brazil, China and South Africa. The World Bank and the IMF have come under criticism from the rapidly developing BRICS, who together account for 20 percent of global GDP and 40 percent of the world’s population. In their view, the two financial institutions are dominated by the rich nations of the G7 and attach stringent conditions to their lending that impinge on the economic sovereignty of its members

US: The Middle East and the Pivot to Asia

Imperialism supporters President Obama chose to ignore the most important strategic aspect of U.S. foreign policy in his major address May 28 at West Point graduation ceremonies. It was perhaps thought politically wise to emphasize current events rather than military preparations for a possible major future confrontation with China. Instead Obama mainly focused on defending his policies against mounting criticism from warhawks in both parties variously demanding that the U.S. attack Syria, or Iran or Venezuela, and adopt more provocative measures toward Russia. He was even criticized for not being tougher toward China, which is preposterous, as we shall discuss in this article when deeds, not words, are examined. Obama swings back and forth on toughness (he’ll bomb, not bomb, Syria) but he was correct to spend time explaining why he opposed the hawks this time around. Why get bogged down in Syria and Iran or into immediate clashes with Beijing and Moscow when there is a far more important long-range objective for the White House and those who rule America. At the same time, on his trip to Poland in early June, Obama rattled sabers to the delight of European allies, sending jets and military equipment and encouraging them to increase defense spending against the nonexistent “threat” from Russia.

Anglo-American Dominance Coming to an End? Russia Abandons the DOLLAR

Grand Geopolitical Project: Russia’s Gazprom Signs Agreement to Abandon the Dollar “It’s only the tip of the iceberg. A grand geopolitical project is beginning to materialize…” On June 6 2014, the official Russian news agency Itar Tass announced what many were expecting since at least the beginning of the Ukrainian crisis: Russian main energy company, Gazprom Neft has finally “signed agreements with its consumers” to switch from Dollars to Euros (as transition to the ruble) “for payments under contracts”. The announcement that the agreement has been actually signed and not just discussed was made by Gazprom’s Chief Executive Officer, Alexander Dyukov.