Trump’s ‘puppet regime’: Home to world’s largest oil reserves, is Venezuela key to US economy?

Peter O’Brien is pleased to welcome Dr. Amalendu Misra, Author and Professor of International Politics at Lancaster University. Is the evolving situation in Venezuela a transformation in the methods of regime change? What we are witnessing is not the overt, forceful restructuring seen in Iraq or Libya, argues Professor Misra. rather a subtler, more calibrated … Read more

US war on Iran: Trump pressures allies in war effort but offers ‘no role in strategy’

Kethevane Gorjestani is pleased to welcome Ian Lesser, Author and Senior Director for Foreign and Security Policy at the German Marshall Fund (GMF). According to Mr. Lesser, the current crisis in the Middle East has sparked a systemic shock to the global order. What we are witnessing is the convergence of energy insecurity, strategic distrust, … Read more

The debt train does not stop and will mark the end of the fiat era: Lyn Alden

The United States financial system has crossed a threshold that threatens to alter the rules of the global economic game. This is something that macroeconomist Lyn Alden defines as an era of “fiscal dominance.” In this scenario, the magnitude of public deficits eclipses the traditional tools of the Federal Reserve (FED), making interest rate policies … Read more