THE BRITISH EMPIRE HAS NOT DISAPPEARED, IT HAS DE-MATERIALISED

6 July 2025Yesterday, we looked at Britain's influence over Washington. In this post, we shall consider the view that “all that’s left of the British Empire is the City of London”, and that financial power, not military empire, remains Britain’s legacy and its tool of influence.1. The City of London: What Is It?The City of London (not to be confused with Greater London) is a tiny, ancient jurisdiction - a square mile - with its own Lord Mayor, its...

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4TH OF JULY. HOW INDEPENDENT IS AMERICA OF BRITAIN?

5 July 2025HOW INDEPENDENT IS AMERICA FROM BRITAIN?1. 4 July: Political Independence, Economic EntanglementThe U.S. declared its political break from Britain on this day in 1776. But beneath the flags and fireworks, a deeper entanglement remains, especially in the financial, intelligence, and elite spheres. The question isn’t whether America governs itself, but whether it does so free of the old imperial circuitry.2. Empire Repackaged as...

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THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE CAUCUSES

2 July 2025Iran says no.Azerbaijan as cattering ram into Iran, to split Iran from RussiaAzerbaijan crime ring, offset 1h20m 1. The Caucasus as "Shatterbelt"Like the Balkans and the Levant, the Caucasus is what geopolitical theorists call a shatterbelt: a region caught between rival powers, fragmented by history, and prone to chronic instability.This is a very mountainous zone, sandwiched between the Black and Caspian Seas. Its rugged topography...

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WE ARE DOOMED (WW3)

5 June 2025 The CIA organise the bombing of a strategically, important russian airports. They are focused on breaking up Russia and collateral consequences are out of their scope....that's what POTUS does - but if he won't attend the daily briefings, what is he to know about what's going on? However you look at this, Donald Trump is responsible (and responsible for escalation) and where is Tulsi Gabbard - she is Director of National Intelligence...

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TWO CENTURIES OF WAR WEST V. RUSSIA

2 June 20251. A Long War Against RussiaRussia’s intervention in Ukraine on 24 February 2022 is widely portrayed in Western media as a unilateral act of aggression. But in Moscow - and across much of the Global South - it is viewed as the latest chapter in a two-century-long Western campaign to check, contain, fragment and pillage Russia. This is not a conspiracy theory, it is a matter of documented geopolitical fact.2. Western Campaigns Against Russia...

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TRUMP'S PLAN AND HIS ENEMIES INCL EUROPE

30 May 2025 What will happen next?Trump's MAGA goal is to definancialise the economy and end the wars. I'm not sure he'd be ready to accept the losses of dollar reserve status and hegemony, ie a multipolar world with three spheres of influence and more cooperative Modus Operandi ( in particular, the other sides in trade deals expected to cooperate by giving concessions in return for security protection). His plan for China is to win...

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THE FIVE FORCES FACING WESTERN PUBLICS

28 May 2025 The five forces threathening the future of western publics : 1. refusal to accept a multipolar world; 2. the consequences of unsustainable debt on interest payments, inflation, taxes and austerity; 3. hyper financiation or the reinvestment of the global south's profits into western assets, inflating their value and leaving the rich richer and the poor only with debt ie inequality as source of unrest; 4. the domination of western...

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THE ART OF THE DEAL. DO TRUMP'S BUSINESS TACTICS APPLY WHEN TRYING TO REACH A GEOPOLITICAL SETTLEMENT

21 March 2025 1. Top Ten Tactics in Business NegotiationsThese are classic tactics used by the stronger side to control the negotiation process and steer it toward a favourable outcome:1.1 Anchoring HighOpen with an ambitious position to define the frame.Forces the weaker side to negotiate downward from your terms.In geopolitics: e.g. “End the Fighting - The Must be an Immediate Ceasefire.”, "There must be a Territorial Status Quo - No...

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WAR OR WEALTH: BRITAIN AND AMERICA FALL OUT OVER STRATEGY FOR UKRAINE

11 March 2025 We've had no explanation so far as to why London and Washington are so profoundly at odds over the flow of weapons and intelligence and also over the mineral rights deal. Moscow has apparently offered Washington a deal over development of Russia's 70 trillion dollars worth of natural resources. Kiev is auctioning off its 7 trillion's worth and this might be included as a secret annex to the one hundred year friendship...

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RIYADH AGENDA, A NEW FRAMEWORK FOR PEACE AND ECONOMIC REVIVAL

22 February 2024Riyadh Agenda: A New Framework for Peace and Economic Revival The recent summit in Riyadh has sparked intense debate, most notably these last few days from Ukrainian President Zelensky. His criticism centres on Ukraine’s apparent exclusion from the peace talks. However, the purpose of the meeting is not to leave Ukraine out but to establish a comprehensive agenda for the upcoming summit between presidents Trump...

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