Atomic Brinkmanship

BY PAUL T HORGAN In retrospect, the American bombing of Uranium enrichment plants in darkest Iran was obvious. There was a central fact that was deliberately ignored or played down by commentators for years. No one in the mainstream media, or indeed in the political bubbles, has actually explored what “enrichment” actually is. Unless a person was familiar with how an atomic bomb works, the … Continue reading Atomic Brinkmanship

BRICS: The Delusion Bloc

BY RAKESH PATEL The grand illusion of BRICS – that Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa could stand together as equals, forging a new world order beyond the grasp of Western hegemony – was always more wishful thinking than sober reality. From the beginning, the alliance was a patchwork of competing interests, bound not by shared ideals but by a mutual, if temporary, resentment … Continue reading BRICS: The Delusion Bloc