New Global Payments Systems to Challenge the Dollar’s Future Dominance
PICTURED: Chinese President Xi Jinping, President Vladimir Putin, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and South African…
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Russian Oil Sector Stronger than Pre-War Levels as U.S., EU Continue Buying
With half of 2022 in the history books, it came as a shock to many when a recent report…
Biden Botches Summit of the Americas Amid Boycott by Heads of State
PICTURED: Gov. Gavin Newsom greets President Biden at Los Angeles International Airport on Wednesday before the start of the…
Latin American Countries Boycott Summit of the Americas After Biden Excludes Rivals
PICTURED: The presidents of Mexico and Argentina, two men who are considering a boycott of Biden’s Summit of the…
U.S. Considering Sanctioning Anyone Buying Russian Oil
PICTURED: Oil rigs in southern Russia. WASHINGTON D.C. May 19th, 2022. Biden officials have said they are looking at…
‘America is Back’ Is Equal To or Greater than ‘Make America Great Again’
WASHINGTON D.C., March 30th, 2021. In the span of two days, any credibility that the United States will commit…
New Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Rages Against Cuba-Houthi Terror Designations
PITCTURED: Gregory Meeks, Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Photo credit: State Chancellery of Latvia. CC 2.0. Rep.…
Biden May Begin to Normalize Relations With Cuba Worsened Under Trump
December 15th, 2020. Sources close to the Biden transition team have told Bloomberg that the newly-announced President-elect will look…
As the World Pushes to End the Nuclear Age, Major Nuclear Powers Say No
UNITED NATIONS, New York City, U.S.A. October 22nd, 2020. The United States is issuing letters to nations telling them…
Switzerland Assures First Shipment of Humanitarian Aid Arrives in Iran 3 Years After Sanctions
PICTURED: Tehran Waterfall Park and a new Tehran district. Photo credit: Ninara. CC 2.0. July 27th, 2020. An unnamed…
Tehran Still Willing to Make a New Deal – Asks Washington to “Apologize” First
TEHRAN, Iran. March 16th, 2020. PICTURED: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in a press conference addressing the upcoming holidays and…
33 Years After Iran Contra, U.S. Tries a Second Sanctions Campaign in Nicaragua
PICTURED: President of Nicaragua Daniel Ortega. Photo Credit: Cancelleria de Ecuador. CC. 2.0 WASHINGTON. May 22nd, 2020. Chairman Jim…
The Bipartisan Foreign Policy Consensus in the U.S. Continually Calls for Intervention
Over the last 12 months, there have been several large calls for renewed or continued interventionist foreign policy across…
Iran Sanctions Have Likely Failed as Tehran Celebrates Satellite Deployment
Dasht-e Kavir, Iran. April 22, 2020. Iranian military satellite Nour-1 is seen before launch from the Qassed launcher Photo…
Life Under Quarantine
Life under quarantine is an interesting new challenge for a world-traveler/digital nomad. It takes a moment to set in,…
Juan Guaido Manages to Retain National Assembly Presidency After Rival was Elected
CARACAS February 2nd, 2019. PICTURED: Juan Guaido at an anti-Maduro protest in the Venezuelan Capital. Photo credit Alex Cocopro…
Juan Guaido Unable to Secure Re-Election as National Assembly President – Can No Longer Hold Interim-Presidency.
In a vote to determine the country’s next president of the National Assembly, equivalent to U.S. Speaker of the…
2020 U.S. Goals for the Middle-East are About Confronting Russia, not Making Peace
WASHINGTON, December 30th, 2019. Ending a war, troop withdrawals, de-escalating tensions, none of these were among the goals stated…
Even While Guaido Faces Yet Another Scandal, Foreign Relations Committee Move to Reauthorize Sanctions
WASHINGTON, December 5th, 2019. Senators Marco Rubio (R – FL) and Bob Menendez (D – NJ) have introduced a…
Maximum Pressure On Iran Pushes Her Away From Negotiations, Not Towards Them
Washington’s maximum pressure campaign on Iran has forced her to seek allies and aid from countries the United States…