Author: Sam Parker

Iran – From MOU to War Part 2 (of a 3 Part Series)

IRGC breaks down US military losses over 15 days of Iranian strikes as of 25th July. Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) spokesperson Hussein Mohebbi outlined US military of retaliatory Iranian strikes on US bases across the region, in response to US aggression on the country launched from these bases. In remarks to Tasnim, Mohebbi detailed those Iranian […]

Iran – From MOU to War Part 1 (of a 3 Part Series)

1 From War to MOU 2 From MOU to War 3 Data Center attacks 4 Iran imposes a new equation 5 Stealing Iran’s money 6 Iran-Oman Hormuz deal 7 The US blockade 8 False flags & the Abu Dhabi bribe 9 Re-building the Gulf states energy infrastructure 10 The last US move against Iran foiled […]

Iran & the Grand Chessboard

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 […]

Russia’s Strategic Patience Ends Part 2 (of a 2 Part Series)

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 […]

Russia’s Strategic Patience Ends Part 1 (of a 2 Part series)

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 […]

China is Ready – The US is Not Part 3 (of a 3 Part Series)

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 […]

China is Ready – The US is Not Part 1 (of a 3 Part Series)

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 & […]

China is Ready – The US is Not Part 2 (of a 3 Part Series)

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 […]

AI or the Physical Economy – Which is Better for Humanity Part 2 (of a 2 Part Economy)

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 […]

AI or the Physical Economy – Which is Better for Humanity Part 1 (of a 2 Part Economy)

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 […]

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