geopolitics of decline

The Worst is Yet to Come: When the Center Cannot Hold

Richard Falk - 2022-07-15 - Original post - Cached copy

[Prefatory Note: The following post was published in slightly modified form in COUNTERPUNCH on July 15, 2022. It attempts to connect my despair about developments In America with wider global systemic tendencies. It is not hopeful about the future, yet  Its central message is that we should continue to struggle for a future we can believe […]

A New Different Cold War, An Old Geopolitics

Richard Falk - 2021-05-30 - Original post - Cached copy

[ Prefatory Note: The text below is based on responses to questions posed by C.J. Polychroniou, a skilled interpreter of the global scene andnoted author and interviewer. His book of interviews with Noam  Chomsky was published in 2017 under the title Optimism over Despair. “Great Power Competition Is Escalating to Dangerous Levels: An Interview with […]

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