Tariffs, Economic War, and the Emerging Post-American Order

Tariffs, Economic War, and the Emerging Post-American Order

My commentary: The tariffs imposed under the Trump administration are not genuinely aimed at revitalizing American industry. Rather, they function as a tool to destabilize China’s economic growth and position the U.S. to provoke a potential military confrontation. These punitive measures are designed to persist unless nations acquiesce to the administration’s demands, effectively coercing them into aligning with its confrontational economic agenda against China. 

Disclosure: Van Jackson used to work for Center for American Century (CNAS). 

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‘Kill-Crazy’ Foreign Mercs in Ukraine Bragged About Murdering Russian PoWs – Report

Benjamin Stuart Reed accuses Ryan O’Leary and The Chosen Company unit (UAF) of commiting war crimes in Ukraine. Reed was with The Chosen company for two months from August 2023 but had to flee the country as some of Chosen members threatened his life.
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A US media outlet’s report has claimed to shed light on atrocities committed by foreign hirelings dubbed by the West as so-called “volunteer soldiers” fighting in the proxy war in Ukraine.

‘Kill-Crazy’ Foreign Mercs in Ukraine Bragged About Murdering Russian PoWs – Report

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In Ukraine, Killings of Surrendering Russians Divide an American-Led Unit

Caspar Grosse, a medic in an international volunteer unit in Ukraine, said he wrote this journal entry in October after a fellow soldier, known as Zeus, recounted executing a Russian prisoner.

Hiroshima, Nagasaki Bombings Were Needless, Said World War II’s Top US Military Leaders

“Three-year old Shinichi Tetsutani, burned as he was riding this tricycle when the atomic bomb hit Hiroshima, died a painful death that night (Hiroki Kobayashi/National Geographic)”

The anniversaries of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki present an opportunity to demolish a cornerstone myth of American history — that those twin acts of mass civilian slaughter were necessary to bring about Japan’s surrender, and spare a half-million US soldiers who’d have otherwise died in a military conquest of the empire’s home islands.

Hiroshima, Nagasaki Bombings Were Needless, Said World War II’s Top US Military Leaders

House Republicans Propose The Study Of An Oil Naval Blockade Of China

The House of Representatives is discussing a move that would effectively amount to an act of war if carried out: a naval blockade on China.

House Republicans Propose The Study Of An Oil Naval Blockade Of China

The following is outdated, especially considering the problems with the US Navy’s LCS ships, but I thought that the bold quote was interesting. I highly doubt that Russia would ever submit to the US!

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[2013] Stranglehold: The Context, Conduct and Consequences of an American Naval Blockade of China

In short, Russia would not only be China’s best hope of overcoming an American blockade, but it would also be the United States’ key to closing China’s transit route through Central Asia and preventing China’s two neighboring oil producers from supplying it with petroleum. In an American blockade of China, Russia’s importance as a swing state cannot be overstated, as is borne out by the observation that “no blockade of China in history has succeeded without Russian acquiescence.”

BS Story About How FoRL and RVC Got Their Equipment Comes From US-Funded RFE/RL

Ilya Ponomarev admits that they get their equipment from Ukraine!

Russian Volunteer Corps and Freedom of Russia Legion reveal their losses and where they got their equipment

Source: Radio Svoboda (Liberty); statement from the Russian Volunteer Corps and the Freedom of Russia Legion

Ukrainian intelligence has confirmed that they are cooperating with the Russian Volunteer Corps by exchanging information.

Previously:

Ukraine-Backed Saboteurs Launch Cross-Border Raid in Russia’s Belgorod Region

Watch Decimated Remains of Ukrainian Terror Group That Attempted Assault on Belgorod Region (18+)

Dozens of Ukrainian saboteurs attempted to slip across the border into the Russian region of Belgorod on Monday. On Tuesday, the Russian military reported that the formations had been blocked and eliminated, with over 70 Ukrainian saboteurs killed, and four armored fighting vehicles and five pickups destroyed.

Watch Decimated Remains of Ukrainian Terror Group That Attempted Assault on Belgorod Region

H/T: Emil Cosman

Related:

Military Overview: Ukrainian Losses On Russian Territory (18+)

Ukraine-Backed Saboteurs Launch Cross-Border Raid in Russia’s Belgorod Region

According to the Times of London, the Russian volunteers who claimed the attack are armed with NATO weapons

Ukraine-Backed Saboteurs Launch Cross-Border Raid in Russia’s Belgorod Region

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‘One of Europe’s top right-wing extremists’: Who is the neo-Nazi behind this week’s Ukrainian attack in Russia’s Bryansk Region?

National Republican Army and Ilya Ponomarev