Tag: Geopolitics

Yemen’s Liberation Begins (Part 4 of a 4-part Series)

The story continues from Part 3… 4. The End of MBS How the ruling establishment may jettison MBS to save the House of Saud For nearly 100 years, the modern Kingdom of Saudi Arabia was grounded in a sacred 1932 Covenant that tied the monarchy, the tribes, and the religious establishment into a single, unified […]

Yemen’s Liberation Begins (Part 3 of a 4-part Series)

The story continues from Part 2. Yemen Strikes at Saudi Arabia On Thursday, 24th September, the Yemeni Armed Forces carried out two top-tier strikes: one on a sensitive site in the capital, Riyadh, and another targeting Saudi Aramco in Yanbu. The Yemeni Armed Forces spokesperson, Brigadier General Yahya Saree, said the two operations were conducted […]

Yemen’s Liberation Begins (Part 2 of a 4-part Series)

The story continues from Part 1. Yemen Strikes West to the Red Sea Islands From Mokha to Bab al-Mandab: YAF’s Strategic Advance Takes Shape What changed hands this month was a stretch of coastline that sits astride one of the world’s most important maritime choke points — a position that took a Saudi-Emirati coalition close […]

Yemen’s Liberation Begins (Part 1 of a 4-part Series)

The long-running Saudi-Yemeni conflict has entered a new and potentially decisive phase. What began as a dispute over territory and borders nearly a century ago has evolved through civil war, regional proxy conflict, Saudi intervention and the wider confrontation involving Iran, Israel and the United States. Now, in 2026, the balance of power appears to […]

RIP the Petrodollar & Its Implications (Part 4 of a 4-part article)

Events From 17 July to 10 September The US/Israeli war against Iran began in earnest in 2024 and reached a peak in March 2026. Iran defeated both of them. It was the first major defeat suffered by the US/Israeli combination. After the MOU was signed in Versailles on 17 June by Trump — a surrender […]

RIP the Petrodollar & Its Implications (Part 3 of a 4-part article)

Abu Dhabi — The First Domino Has Fallen The cascade we predicted is starting. So why did the UAE just ask Washington for an emergency loan? Because this is not really about whether the UAE has money. It is about what the UAE would have to sell to get that money. And that brings us […]

RIP the Petrodollar & Its Implications (Part 2 of a 4-part article)

3. WHO Did 9/11 & WHY? In order to understand why the attacks of September 11, 2001, in New York took place, we will have to look at some background. It all has to do with the quest for American dominance of Eurasia. Russia, China and the Central Asian nations were rattled by these American […]

RIP the Petrodollar & Its Implications (Part 1 of a 4-part article)

Contents 1. Birth of the Petrodollar Formation of OPEC American oil companies entered the Middle East from the late 1920s through the 1930s, first in Bahrain and Kuwait and then in Saudi Arabia by the early 1930s. British oil companies were active in Iran and Iraq. By the end of World War II, in 1945, […]

Wall Street vs BRICS Part 1 (of a 4 Part Series)

1 BRICS – from an Economic Project to a Geopolitical Force 2 The SCO 3 Tariff Wars 4 Oil Wars 5 Russia 6 Iran 7 China 8 India 9 Pakistan 10 Brazil 11 Venezuela 12 South Africa 13 Commodities vs. Paper Money (aka the real economy vs. a parallel financial economy) 14 The Future of […]

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