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American-Chinese rivalry in the metaverse

4 October 2022

Several US senators are looking into the financing of the London-based start-up Hadean, specialized in the metaverse. The company received funds from the British government and the US CIA – through the Q-Tel investment fund – to develop products for military simulation. ‎
The problem is that (...)

Russia arranges final payments to "hostile states"

9 March 2022

The Russian government issued a decree stipulating the means of payment that Russian companies are to adopt with regard to their foreign debtors.
First, it established a list of “hostile states”: Albania, Andorra, Anguilla, Australia, Canada, South Korea, United States, Gibraltar, British (...)

The Western economic system is coming to an end

by Thierry Meyssan

19 October 2021

Producing is no longer enough to live on in the West, while China has become the "workshop of the world". Only those with capital make money, and lots of it. The system is about to collapse. Can the big capitalists still save their fortune together?

China-US high-level talks in Switzerland

8 October 2021

The South China Morning Post revealed that high-level contacts between Washington and Beijing have taken place in Switzerland [1].
US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan met with Yang Jiechi, former Chinese Ambassador to the US and currenty the Communist Party’s chief diplomat.
The two (...)

Restructuring of global supply chains

21 May 2020

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced that he approached India and the countries of Southeast Asia with a view to restructuring global supply chains.
The aim is not to restore the US trade balance, nor to tackle the consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic, but to thwart China’s (...)

«Current Concerns», n°18, August 12, 2018

Sovereignty and economic globalization

Zurich (Switzerland) | 16 August 2018

The sovereign state is indispensable – especially in a globalised economy, by Marianne Wüthrich / Safeguarding and expanding rights – securing prosperity / US domestic policy sabotages détente with Russiam by Hannes Hofbauer / Words from Helsinki that the world has been waiting for, by Willy (...)

US applies sanctions against Iran

14 May 2018

US President, Donald Trump, has issued the following edict to all countries and private businesses: you have between 90 to 180 days, depending on the sector you’re in, to wrap up all your business with Iran.
– Sanctions on metal, currency, debt and every type of automotive vehicle, will apply (...)

«Current Concerns», n°3, February 8, 2018

Catholic social teaching

Zurich (Switzerland) | 21 February 2018

“The control mechanisms in the current financial system have become so overwhelming”. Quadragesimo Anno more topical than ever, by Heinrich Wohlmeyer / It’s true: NATO with its eastward expansion has violated all pledges made. Russia’s deepest fears have been realized, by Eric S. Margolis / (...)

Report of the Financial Stability Board to G20 Leaders

Saint Petersburg (Russia) | 30 August 2013

A Narrative Progress Report on Financial Reform
The G20 committed in 2008 to a fundamental reform of the financial system, to correct the fault lines that led to the global financial crisis and to rebuild the financial system as a safer, more resilient source of finance that better serves (...)

France chooses the path of austerity

by Salim Lamrani

Paris (France) | 5 January 2013

Despite the election of socialist François Hollande to the presidency of the Republic, France, far from breaking with the neoliberal model that has led much of Europe toward disaster, has chosen the path of austerity.

Wall Street "secret government" outed

by Les Leopold

6 December 2011

American democracy has been hijacked by a secret government that many researchers have identified as being a powerful oligarchy that manipulates from behind the scenes the very essence of the state, controlling the financial wealth of the country beyond the reach of any State institution. (...)

The future of public debt: prospects and implications

by The Bank for International Settlements ( BIS) , Fabrizio Zampolli, M S Mohanty, Stephen G Cecchetti

12 April 2010

The effects of the economic crisis on the developed countries are much deeper than political pundits would have us believe. Accordingly, in 2011, the United States will have a public debt comparable to its GNP. Due to population ageing in most Western countries, forecasts say that deficits (...)

Ahmadinejad: the United States are guilty of the "greatest robbery in History"

5 March 2010

Speaking before the representatives of the D8 (a group of 8 developing countries made up of Bangladesh, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Pakistan and Turkey), the Iranian president denounced the world financial system.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad sustained that over the past 30 years the United States (...)

Spanish judge to hear torture case against six Bush officials

31 March 2009

Judge Baltasar Garzón
Legal moves may force Obama’s government into starting a new inquiry into abuses at Guantánamo Bay and Abu Ghraib.
by Julian Borger and Dale Fuchs The Observer
Criminal proceedings have begun in Spain against six senior officials in the Bush administration for the (...)

“Is it still possible to stop Teheran’s fascislamites?”

by Bernard-Henri Lévy

15 January 2006

Likely, Iran will get the atomic weapon and the world won’t be able to prevent it. Our only hope is not to see the Islamic Republic of Iran in the hands of a crazy man. This is what I deduced from my conversation with eminent neoconservative intellectual David Brooks in Washington. In this, he (...)

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