Will Trump’s ‘Economic D-Day’ Be Different from Biden’s Economic ‘Nuclear Bomb’?
President Trump announced on Wednesday that his administration was preparing the “most crushing economic operation” for Iran, and that…
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Jobs Report, Hormuz Deal Unlikely to Have Launched Gold as Much as the Yen Bailout
Two notable surges in the price of gold last week were attributed at the open to falling oil prices…
Trump’s War on Iran Now Solely Centered Around Hormuz
Story at a glance… The war on Iran has coalesced almost entirely into a battle for control over the…
With Up to 4 Killed and Dozens Wounded, US Ground Forces Pay the Cost of Renewed Fighting
While news headlines circulated the announcement that 2 US soldiers were killed by an Iranian strike in Jordan, an…
Meet Molybdenum, Yet Another Metal Pricing Up from a Supply Deficit Worldwide
“Critical minerals” are all over the financial and economic news these days. Most commonly they refer to things like…
07/26 End of the Empire: Iran’s Strait Shooting and ‘Special Considerations’ for China
End of the Empire is a once-monthly feature on all news relating to the transition from the unipolar world of…
Greenland Rejects China-Backed Australian Firm’s Application to Mine Kvanefjeld Rare Earths Project
On the final Friday in June, Greenland’s Ministry of Mineral Resources rejected an application from Australian mining company Energy…
Why the Japanese Yen Is Approaching a 40-Year Low Against the Dollar
Story at a glance… The Japanese yen is trading within a few basis points of a recent-record low against…
What Do a Firm Fed and a Yippie Yen Mean for Gold?
A sell-on-the-trumpets rally in gold following a firmer agreement of peace between Iran and the US and an opening…
“Mood Inside Iran Is Not Triumphant. It Is Watchful”—The Peace Deal’s Shaky First Day
On June 19th, WaL sat down with Tehran-based Geopolitical Analyst Peiman Salehi to get a sense of the feelings inside the…
Iran Defeats the Americans: Text of MoU Confirms Tehran’s Total Victory
There could have been fewer clearer signs that the Trump Administration had accepted major concessions in advance of Thursday’s…
What Does Iran Think of the Deal with the US?
The American, Arab, Israeli, and Iranian airways are drunk on speculation over what this Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed…
Quest to Sustain Divestment from Israel Continues Worldwide-Italy, Norway, North Carolina, Michigan
Under pressure from activists and those of conscience, millions of dollars are flowing out of the US-based Development Corporation…
Iran Strike Injures 5 Americans, Showing the Cost of Trump’s Failure to Negotiate Seriously
On May 28th, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps. (IRGC) struck an American air base in Kuwait, destroying 1, potential…
As US Doubles Down on Militarism in the Pacific, What Can its Defeat to Iran Teach an Observant China?
Springtime saw Beijing security officials presented with two valuable datasets that would inform potentialities in a conflict between China…
Tulsi Gabbard Resigns After Her Office Contradicted Trump, Pentagon’s Claims on Iran Missile Capabilities
Tulsi Gabbard announced on Friday, May 22nd, her resignation from the position as Director of National Intelligence (DNI),…
Intelligence Agencies Claims Iran Retains Substantial Missile Capabilities: Will Trump Ignore Them Again
One week before President Trump launched Operation Epic Fury, US intelligence officials found no evidence to suggest that Iran…
Iran War Reaches Critical Juncture in May
Nearly two months after the outbreak of war between the United States and Iran, the conflict is entering a…
Options for Tin Mining in North America Are Scarce, Even in Canada
Canada is blessed with huge deposits of virtually every so-called critical mineral needed for mass production of 21st century…
US–Iran Talks Edge Toward Fragile Breakthrough
The possibility of a peace deal has emerged in the escalating conflict between the United States and Iran, with…