There Can Be Only One

The “team of rivals” concept is utter nonsense. Bringing Clinton to the State Department is a terrible idea, and it won’t take long before Obama regrets it bitterly.Read the whole story at Argos Media

Neoconservative Threat: Elect McCain Or Risk War With Iran

OK, you aren’t buying the story that Obama is a “terrorists’ pal” or a “elections riggers’ pal”.  You don’t even seem to care that his middle name is Hussein and that “Obama” rhymes with...

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...

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...

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