Imperialism & War > United States
Nato paralysis and US decline
17 Jun 2011
No candidate to replace the USA exists or looks likely to arise, writes James Turley
T-traps and Punic wars
28 May 2026
Michael Roberts delves into the history of the ancient world to find a suitable analogy for the rivalry between the US and China. It is not, he says, Athens and Sparta, but Rome and Carthage
Notes on the war
28 May 2026
All of a sudden, it is Russia which is said to be on the back foot militarily, its economy facing ruin and its supply of manpower reaching exhaustion point. In reality, argues Jack Conrad, the stalemate continues
Brazen cruelty and shared principles
28 May 2026
Global protests over the treatment of Gaza aid flotilla activists will bring some comfort to the Palestinian masses, but the stench of hypocrisy from the bourgeois establishment is hard to stomach, says Carla Roberts
People want to believe
28 May 2026
Though it is quite obviously a distraction tactic, the release of Nasa and war department files on UFOs has been a big hit with the public. Paul Demarty looks at the modern obsession with ‘alien visitors’
Ceasefire on life support
14 May 2026
With Donald Trump in Beijing, hopes of an Iran deal rose. But not by much. Yassamine Mather does not believe that China will come to the rescue of the US. There is, therefore, the danger of another outbreak of hostilities. Meanwhile many poor countries stand on the brink of economic collapse
Standoff amid talk of a deal
07 May 2026
No surprise, the Tehran regime has survived. Nor has it been forced to sue for an unequal peace. But the country is economically on its knees and the latest Pakistani‑brokered deal could easily flounder. Yassamine Mather gives her assessment
Second round in Islamabad
30 Apr 2026
On-off negotiations are happening under the shadow of a prolonged blockade and the threat of the fragile ceasefire suddenly giving way to another round of shock and awe. Yassamine Mather looks beyond the talks about talks
Matters of perception
23 Apr 2026
Negotiations have not happened, the Strait of Hormuz remains closed and yet the ceasefire continues. Pushing the line that Iran has won is, though, not only factually wrong. It is dangerous, warns Yassamine Mather
Third period inflation
23 Apr 2026
Donald Trump’s tariff tantrums have driven prices up. So too has the war with Iran. The turn by central banks to a psychological theory of ‘consumer expectations’ will do nothing to solve the problem, says Michael Roberts
Two irreconcilable positions
16 Apr 2026
Will the current ceasefire lead to a lasting peace deal, or is it merely a tactical breathing space from one phase of an unresolved war to the next? Yassamine Mather looks at the complex issues involved
Combat social democracy
16 Apr 2026
Donald Trump hates the Spanish government with a passion. That suits the Spanish government and has brought forth much praise from invertebrate peaceniks and goopy liberals, says Paul Davies
Politics of civilisational threat
09 Apr 2026
The most revealing feature of the fragile US-Israeli two-week ceasefire with Iran is its vagueness. Yassamine Mather assesses the internal and regional effects of the war
Destruction and instability
02 Apr 2026
Is Iran winning the war? Is mere survival victory? Yassamine Mather examines the structural changes taking place which have largely sidelined the position of supreme leader and brought the IRGC very much to the fore
Talks, bluff and oil
26 Mar 2026
Doubtless negotiations are happening, but certainly not directly. Those negotiations might be about quickly ending the war, or about bringing down the price of oil and reassuring markets. Yassamine Mather explains what is probably going on
Peering through the fog of war
19 Mar 2026
One leader after another is being assassinated. Apart from that, Trump’s war aims remain contradictory and unclear. The regime is certainly not going to spontaneously collapse, argues Yassamine Mather