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Now that Russia’s moves in Eastern Europe have re-ignited the ‘Great Game’ of a previous era, Venezuela, Cuba and others, though thousands of miles away, are finding themselves at the heart of the budding new Great Game
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Suffering in numbers The abstract science of mathematics is a language like music. But while music is in the realm of pure emotion, the language of mathematics only speaks to the mind not the heart. Numbers and equations do not lie. They are not, by essence, subjective. This being said, when the numbers are those […]
Authored by Tom Luongo via The Strategic Culture Foundation:
From the very beginning I’ve been a staunch critic of President Trump’s “Energy Dominance” policy. And I was so for a myriad of reasons, but mostly because it was stupid.
Not just stupid, monumentally stupid. Breathtakingly stupid.
The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris discuss the make or break meeting for Saudi Arabia, where Russia and the United States will push for an end to the oil production war launched by Saudi Crown Prince MbS.
Authored by Sylvain LaForest via OrientalReview.org:
We live in exciting times.
The unknown that lays ahead for all of us is both exhilarating and scary. Exhilarating in the long term, but rather scary in the short term. All empires eventually die and we’re in the terminal phase of the New World Order that will not recover from the Russian roulette game it has been playing, for Vladimir Putin handed it a loaded gun and it pulled the trigger.
The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris discuss the Monday phone call between US President Donald Trump and his Russian President Vladimir Putin. The leaders discussed plunging oil prices and the coronavirus pandemic.
The two leaders “expressed serious concern regarding the scope of the spread of the coronavirus” and “discussed closer cooperation,” according to a Kremlin statement on what it described as the a”lengthy” phone call.
The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris discuss the virtual, video G20 summit of world leaders.
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Faced with an escalating crisis brought on by the global outbreak of COVID-19, Saudi Arabia made a conscious decision to increase oil production in order to avert a potential oil-price collapse. The move sent an already faltering global economy into a tailspin.
The trouble began at the beginning of March, after Russia rejected an ultimatum from Saudi Arabia to cut oil production in light of falling prices. The Saudi response was to effectively flood the oil market with an additional 2.6 million barrels a day at a dramatically discounted price.
Authored by Tom Luongo via The Strategic Culture Foundation:
I am an avid board game player. I’m not much for the classics like chess or go, preferring the more modern ones. But, regardless, as a person who appreciates the delicate balance between strategy and tactics, I have to say I am impressed with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s sense of timing.
