Geopolitics, Iran and the price of gold and silver « Peter J. Cooper’s Weblog

It gave me no pleasure to read an article in the Gulf News this morning by former German foreign minister Joschka Fisher warning Iran that the US and Israel appear to be gearing up for a strike on its nuclear facilities before the change of US President.

Trough Oil?

Forget peak oil for a little while.  Are oil prices set to drop in the mid term?"The difficulty with the bubble moniker is determining exactly how much of the price is being driven by purely speculative factors. With Crude, a variety of forces are driving prices: A...

Geopolitics of Peak Oil

Why would the US be topping up their strategic oil reserves at at time when prices are at all time highs?  "A few weeks ago, I highlighted the fact that the US Government was topping off the strategic...

Geopolitics of Asia: Sri Lanka, the next Burma?

The geopolitics of India and China has helped immensely to sustain the Burmese dictatorial government. The international sanctions have been rendered useless due to the growing economic strength of the Asian rivals....

Unrest, Asian growth and speculation explain $100 oil: analysts

"Oil prices have quadrupled in five years, propelled by geopolitical tensions, surging demand from Asia and new buying interest from investment funds, analysts say. The weakening US dollar, which fell again on the foreign exchange market on Wednesday, is also to blame because...

Darfur: Forget genocide, there's oil

" Page 1 of 2 Darfur: Forget genocide, there's oil By F William Engdahl To paraphrase the famous quip during the 1992 US presidential debates, when an unknown William Jefferson Clinton told then-president George Herbert Walker Bush, "It's the economy, stupid," the present...

Putin and the Geopolitics of the New Cold War: Or, what happens when Cowboys ...

This is an excellent reference article."Putin and the Geopolitics of the New Cold War: Or, what happens when Cowboys don’t shoot straight like they used to… by F. William Engdahl Global Research, February 20, 2007 Email this article to a friend Print this article The...

Iraq 101 Compiled by Robert Dreyfuss and Dave Gilson for MotherJones

" All right, no more excuses, people. After four years in Iraq, it’s time to get serious. We’ve spent too long goofing off, waiting to be saved by the bell, praying that we won’t get asked a stumper like, “What’s the difference between a Sunni and a Shiite?” Okay,...

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