If The Saudi Arabia Situation Doesn't Worry You, You're Not Paying Attention. While turbulent during the best of times, gigantic waves of change are now sweeping across the Middle East. The magnitude is such that the impact on the global price of oil, as well as world markets, is likely to be enormous. A dramatic geo-political realignment by Saudi Arabia is in full swing this month. It’s upending many decades of established strategic relationships among the world's superpowers and, in particular, is throwing the Middle East into turmoil.
So much is currently in flux, especially in Saudi Arabia, that nearly anything can happen next. Which is precisely why this volatile situation should command our focused attention at this time. The main elements currently in play are these: Taken together, this is tectonic change happening at blazing speed. It does emphasize, however, that to be accurately informed about what's going on, we have to do our own homework. A Quick Primer Here's a handy chart to explain the lineage of power in KSA over the decades: (Source) Sweet deal. Russia Preparing For Potential Removal From International Banking System. Global financial institutions like the World Bank and SWIFT can make or break the economies of entire nations due to their domination of the international banking system. Russia is making preparations in case they are ever barred from access to these institutions due to geopolitical influence from the West.
Whether Russia’s aim in creating and implementing an alternative to SWIFT is based chiefly on protecting its own economy or not, the move further illustrates how the concentration of international power is steadily moving eastward. (Photo: Mikhail Voskresensky/Sputnik) MINNEAPOLIS– In 2011, a Swiss study confirmed what many already knew or suspected: bankers run the world. The study, completed by the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, found that “a large portion of control flows to a small tightly-knit core of financial institutions,” essentially forming a network of global corporate control.
“There were threats that we can be disconnected from SWIFT. Print This Story. Russia to Pass a Law Formally Dumping the U.S. Dollar. Russian President Vladimir Putin has introduced legislation that would deal a tremendous blow to the... Russian President Vladimir Putin has introduced legislation that would deal a tremendous blow to the U.S. dollar. by Michael Snyder If Putin gets his way, and he almost certainly will, the U.S. dollar will be eliminated from trade between nations that belong to the Commonwealth of Independent States. In addition to Russia, that list of countries includes Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
Obviously this would not mean “the death of the dollar”, but it would be a very significant step toward the end of the era of the absolute dominance of the U.S. dollar. Most people don’t realize this, but more U.S. dollars are actually used outside of the United States than are used inside this country. Unfortunately for us, it is only a matter of time until that happens. "Last year Russia began unloading massive amounts of their US dollar reserves. NATO and the West Just Became Irrelevant. The dual summits that took place in Russia’s Ufa beginning 9 July were anything but routine.
In fact it may be seen by future historians as a signal event that marked the definitive decline of the global hegemony of European civilization including North America. This is no small event in human history. It’s the most significant shift in relative global economic relations since the Fourth Crusade in 1204 when the Republic of Venice emerged as a world power following their brutal, disgraceful capture and sacking of Constantinople, marking the demise of the Byzantine Empire. First a look at what transpired. First we look at the results from the BRICS meeting where Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa are the five member states.
It is explicitly operating as an alternative to the post-1945 domination of the IMF and World Bank, the heart of Washington’s Dollar System. SCO adds major security dimension The NATO Washington response F. First a look at what transpired. F. Et tu, Britain? United Kingdom to join China in the anti-dollar alliance. March 13, 2015Willemstad, Curacao In another awkward blow to the rapidly waning US-dollar hegemony, America and Britain just had their “It’s not you, it’s me” moment. Late yesterday, the government of the United Kingdom announced that they would be applying to join the Chinese-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank… as a founding member. This is huge. Right now, the United States dominates the global financial system. But after years of endless wars, spying, debt, money printing, bailouts, and insane regulations, the rest of the world has had enough. China is coming up with an answer. The soon-to-be-live Chinese International Payment System (CIPS) will provide a way for banks to transfer funds to one another without having to use the US banking system… or the US dollar.
China is also the ringleader behind both the BRICS development bank (called the New Development Bank, or NDB) as well as the Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB). His conclusion? It’s happening. What the BRICS plus Germany are really up to? Reprinted from RT The last summit of UNASUR, which was also the BRICS bloc(image by Photo: Archive) Winston Churchill once said, "I feel lonely without a war.
" He also badly missed the loss of empire. Churchill's successor -- the "Empire of Chaos" -- now faces the same quandary. Some wars -- as in Ukraine, by proxy -- are not going so well. And the loss of empire increasingly manifests itself in myriad moves by selected players aiming towards a multipolar world. So no wonder US "Think Tankland" is going bonkers, releasing wacky CIA-tinted "forecasts" where Russia is bound to disintegrate, and China is turning into a communist dictatorship.
The acronym that all these "forecasts" dare not reveal is BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa). That leaves the "RIC" -- Russia, India and China - in BRICS as the key drivers of change. (image by The Star) Damn those communists A tripartite entente cordiale is also in the making. Isolating the "communist dictatorship" won't fly. Putin Orders Feared “Samson Defense” To Collapse US-EU Economies. Internationalists Are Pushing The World Towards Globally Engineered Economic Warfare. Brandon Smith | Activist Post Over a year ago I published an essay entitled ‘The Linchpin Lie: How Global Collapse Will Be Sold To The Masses’. This essay addressed efforts by the ever malicious Rand Corporation to create a false narrative surrounding the possibility of global collapse.
Linchpin Theory, as it was named by it’s originator and Rand Corp. employee, John Casti, is I believe the very future of propaganda. Every engineered crisis needs a clever cover story, and in Linchpin Theory, we are told that all human catastrophe is a mere natural product of the “overcomplexity” within various systems. Yes, there is no accounting of false flag geopolitics or elitist conspiracy, no acknowledgment of deliberately initiated chaos; such things do not exist in the world of “linchpins”. Rather, the Rand Corporation would have us believe that the world is a massive game of Jenga, and the supporting pieces just remove themselves from the teetering structure by magical and coincidental causality. Shock German Move To Russia Spells Obama Doom. World's Largest English Language News Service with Over 500 Articles Updated Daily "The News You Need Today…For The World You’ll Live In Tomorrow. " What You Aren’t Being Told About The World You Live In Picking up the Pieces: Practical Guide for Surviving Economic Crashes, Internal Unrest and Military SuppressionBy: Sorcha Faal “In the span of less than 3 months gasoline prices will rise 500%.
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