Background Zbigniew Brzezinski, a grand master of US imperial strategy in the Cold War, put forward some of the most insightful analysis for us to understand America’s war on Iran. In his 1997 book The Grand Chessboard, Brzezinski identified Iran as one of the “critically important geopolitical pivots” in what he called the “Eurasian Balkans”—a region […]
The Wildberries Attacks After weaving another impressive made-for-TV spectacle by hitting Russian retail chain Wildberries with his patented kerosene drones, Zelensky was stupefied to discover that Russia was able to strike back thrice as hard. Thus, an escalation spiral ensues. And as we’ve seen in Iran, when a nation is not able to inflict a […]
1 Europe’s Position 2 Energy Infrastructure Wars 3 NATO Takes the Lead 4 Putin’s “Strategic Patience” is nearly over 5 Why doesn’t Russia “attack Europe” in response? 6 Geopolitical Pivots 7 Russia & Israel – Warfare Comparisons Our last article on Russia was “A US Defeat leads to a global Reset”, dated 5th October. We […]
11 Today Revolution in military affairs -RMA Although Iran is the most technically sophisticated adversary the US has fought directly since the Cold War, the country is a middling power suffocated by decades of sanctions. Americas military cannot keep up with Iran’s counter attacks or China’s technological leapfrog and cost advantages. For illustration, Iran’s 2025 […]
The story continues from Part 1 4 The Korean War (1950-1953) At the end of World War 2 in June/August 1945, America had become the dominant power on the globe. At the apex of American power stood the Rockefeller family-the uncrowned kings of America. This was the start of the “American Century “. Heading the […]
1 A Brief Back-History 2 The West turns East 3 A Century of Humiliation 4 China gains Independence 5 The Korean War 6 David Rockefeller & The Gold Deal with Mao 7 Kissinger goes to China 8 Let’s “Do Business” 9 The 2000 WTO deal 10 The “Overseas” Chinese 11 Today 12 How China & […]
The story continues from Part 1. Back to China…… 3 Comparison between the World’s Two Largest Economies A thermodynamic audit of China vs. the US and measuring civilizational rank in the 21st Century There are many ways to compare size of economies. The most common method is the nominal GDP, based on exchange rates of […]
1 The American Century 2 The Physical Economy 3 Comparison between the World’s Two Largest Economies 4 The AI Bubble 5 The Financial Equation 6 Conclusion How did the current global situation come to this point? To answer this question, we have to go a bit back to the end old World War 2, in […]
Quantitative Madness Here is where it began to go really bad. The largest Wall Street banks such as JP Morgan Chase, Wells Fargo, Citigroup or in London HSBC or Barclays, lent billions to their major corporate clients. The borrowers in turn used the liquidity, not to invest in new manufacturing or mining technology, but rather […]
1 The US bond market 2 Europe 3 Russia 4 Iran Introduction With the fall of the Soviet Union, the world was going to become a better place- according to the Rockefeller family. Just over 3 decades later, the celebratory mood looks positively deluded. The end of the Cold War brought not a peace dividend. […]
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