America’s Real Adversaries are Its European and Other Allies
www.counterpunch.org
The Iron Curtain of the 1940s and ‘50s was ostensibly designed to isolate Russia from Western Europe – to keep out Communist ideology and military penetration. Today’s sanctions regime is aimed inward, to prevent America’s NATO and other Western allies from opening up more trade and investment with Russia and China. The aim is not so much to isolate Russia and China as to hold these allies firmly within America’s own economic orbit. Allies are to forego the benefits of importing Russian gas and Chinese products, buying much higher-priced U.S. LNG and other exports, capped by more U.S. arms.

Sean KB linked this on Twitter, and maybe I'm drunk, but I think it's a pretty neat and succinct look at Western interrelations.

  • a_maoist_quetzal [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    Michael Hudson is a badass, iirc the CPC kinda commissioned an edition of Super Imperialism with the goal of learning how to de-dollarize their economy, and he's been interviewed several times by the Grayzone/ Ben Norton

  • CheGueBeara [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    Michael Hudson is great. Highly recommend his books and interviews.