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In Empire We Trust – Who Gains and Who Loses in Trump’s America

Steve Fraser TomDispatch
Imperialism does massive and fatal damage abroad. The wars in Gaza and Iran are the latest bloodbaths for all to see. Less visible are the wages of imperialism at home -Plans to plunder the planet of its land, labor, and vital resources are afoot.

Resource Competition With China Lay Behind Trump’s Iran War

Guy Laron Jacobin
The US war on Iran may have seemed like an irrational move by a president who is as reckless and impulsive as he is destructive. But there was a geopolitical logic behind the attack, based on Washington’s desire to deny China access to vital resource

Senegal on the Edge of Collapse

Vijay Prashad Tricontinental
Burdened by decades of neocolonialism and corruption, Senegal faces an all-too-familiar dilemma faced by countries across the Global South: how to pursue sovereign development under the weight of debt.

Years of Meddling in Cuba and Nicaragua

Edward Hunt Foreign Policy in Focus
Establishment leaders are doing everything they can to save an organization that not only meddles in sovereign countries but is willing to go rogue.

Trump’s Greenland Threats and the Plunder of the Arctic

Adam Federman The New Republic
The far north has long been a region of exceptional international cooperation. It has been replaced by an emerging era of competition over resources-rare earth metals and control of shipping lanes. Trump’s designs on Greenland come at such a time.

The Perilous Shift in U.S. Weapons Sales to Taiwan

Jianlu Bi Foreign Policy in Focus
Washington’s attempt to “use Taiwan to contain China” is not only failing to provide security but is actively accelerating the very confrontation it claims to deter.

Trump, Big Oil and China – Three Articles

Ben Lefebvre, Zack Colman, James Bikales (Politico) Guney Yildiz (Forbes) Sarah Rumpf (Yahoo!News)! Politico
Three articles discuss Trump's outreach to Big Oil before and after kidnapping Venezuelan President Maduro, the special place of Venezuelan oil in the world oil market, and the economic and political role of Venezuelan oil trade with China.
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