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China Export Surge Swamp Tariffs
China ended HI 2025 with a record trade surplus of about US$586 billion after exports to the US began to stabilise, with factories riding out the tariff…
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Dr. Digby James Wren
Tarifaço de Trump - Brazil's Jump to BRICS
Featured contributor Prof. Josef Mahoney discusses the US-Brazil #tariff spat. 50% tariff push Lula and Brasil to reconsider US partnership, Brasil to…
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Dr. Digby James Wren
Trump Tariffs - Tumult and Turmoil
A strange sense of solidarity that comes from being noticed by the bully, which I guess is better in some respects than being ignored when everyone else…
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Dr. Digby James Wren
Australian Prime Minister to meet Xi Jinping for the Fourth Time
Albanese rebuffs China on two key requests ahead of visit, but business as usual may not be enough as US tariffs poison global trade
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BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL (BBB)
BBB benefits the rich at the expense of the poor, highest earners get 2.4% income increase & lowest earners get 2.5% decrease. biggest transfer of…
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Geopolitical panorama 'The First Cold War'
A less ideological cold war - Book Review by Ambassador Geoff Raby
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June 2025

THE UNITED STATES' DISGUISED RETREAT AND OFFENSIVE DISARRAY
AFTER AFGHANISTAN AND UKRAINE, US STRATEGIC LOSS EXTENDS TO IRAN
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Dr. Digby James Wren
Iran Demonstrates Resilience and Restraint: Parts I and II
Featured contributor Prof. Jose Mahoney on why Israeli and American strikes against Iran failed. Neither party is in a position to strike again and…
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America Prepares For Next-Tech War
New military-tech unicorns transform US capabilities with tech they copied from China and Russia. it all hinges on reform of the US DoD, Peter Thiel …
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China's strategic assessments of Trump after Iran attack
Trump’s attacks on Iran, served as a wake-up call for those in Beijing and elsewhere who have pandered the absurd position that Trump is the president…
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THE END OF PEACE
Iran strike is another demonstration of US duplicity over negotiations, with any country, on any matter, whether non-proliferation, trade, security…
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US Strikes Iran's Nuclear Sites
Trump demonstrates he is deceptive and destructive. The US had said that Iran wasn’t close to developing a weapon. Trump said he was negotiating in good…
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