Juan Cole: The Meaning of Historic China-Brokered Deal Between Saudi Arabia and Iran
The Iran-Saudi deal spells trouble for U.S. hegemony but potentially a new chapter of peace and prosperity in a deeply troubled world.
Patrick Lawrence: China’s Great Leap in the Middle East
What Beijing just sponsored and got done, putting two millennia of diplomatic craft to work, is an exquisite example of what can be accomplished once this imperative is fully realized.
Saudi-Iran Deal a Possible US ‘Suez Moment’
The U.S. does not want to experience what Britain experienced in Suez in 1956: a watershed moment signaling its global decline.
Top 8 Political and Geopolitical Shifts in the Middle East in 2022
By Juan Cole | Informed Comment We saw a lot of pivotal developments in the Middle East this year, including the impact of climate change in the form of increasing…
The Road to De-Dollarisation Will Run Through Saudi Arabia
By Vijay Prashad / Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research On 9 December, China’s President Xi Jinping met with the leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia…
Sanders Withdraws Yemen War Powers Resolution Vote Over Biden Opposition
The White House was asking senators to vote against the resolution and threatened Biden would veto the bill.
Patrick Lawrence: Zhou Enlai’s Posthumous Triumph
Nations now fashioning a post–Western world order appear to be abiding by the Five Principles espoused by China’s first and long-serving premier.
Corporate Weapons Heaven is Hell on Earth
Joe Biden, the National Security State, and Arms Sales.
Patrick Lawrence: The Non-West Coalesces
Nations representing more than 80 percent of the global population and a like percentage of global gross domestic product are perfectly capable of seeing the Biden administration’s pointed provocations and…
Matt Taibbi and Walter Kirn Talk About Kanye and the Banks, the Saudi-US Dispute and the Midterms
Taibbi shares a few excerpts from the America This Week podcast.
Mark Fiore: Diplomacy Dismembered
By Mark Fiore / Original to ScheerPost President Joe Biden was caught off guard when Saudi Arabia and Russia joined together to lead OPEC to cut oil production by 2…
Hopes of Peace in Yemen Are Fading
Congress has the power to end the war in Yemen, but how likely is that?
Weapons Firms Install 50 Staff Inside UK Ministry of Defense
BAE among arms firms paying Ministry of Defence staff’s salaries while winning lucrative contracts.
Declassify the Documents From Trump’s Basement
By Leonard Goodman / Original to ScheerPost Whatever your feelings about former President Trump, there are reasons to be skeptical when government officials say it was necessary to raid his…
With Western Imperialism Decline, Capitalism Is in Crisis—a New Phase Is Emerging
The energy crisis in Europe, proxy war in Ukraine, rebellion in the Global South, and expansion of the BRICS reflect the decline of Western imperialism and growing cracks in the…