by John Foster | Aug 8, 2019 | Geopolitics
Posted: Ottawa Citizen, July 29, 2019. Reposted Canada.com, a division of Postmedia, July 29, 2019. Events in the Persian Gulf show how fraught the world of big oil is becoming. Going along with U.S. policy aids the American quest for hegemony today, but diminishes...
by John Foster | Jul 3, 2019 | Geopolitics
Posted: Ottawa Citizen, July 3, 2019. Reposted: London Free Press, London ON; The Guardian, Charlottetown, PEI; Chronicle Herald, Halifax, NS; The Telegram, St John’s, NL. With tankers ablaze in the Persian Gulf, and sanctions on Iran and Venezuela, what are the real...
by John Foster | May 1, 2019 | Geopolitics
Posted: CCPA Monitor, 1 May 2019. Reprints: Juan Cole’s Informed Comment, 10 May 2019; and Global Research, 18 May 2019. At the UN General Assembly in 2018, Austrian Foreign Minister Karin Kneissl broke an unwritten taboo by talking about oil and war. “The recent wars...
by John Foster | Dec 10, 2018 | Geopolitics
Posted: Rabble.ca, 10 December 10, 2018. Alarm bells are sounding in Alberta with the collapse in oil prices. Bitumen especially has hit rock bottom. Producers are pressing anew for faster action on expansion of export pipelines. Last week, Premier Rachel Notley...
by John Foster | Oct 3, 2018 | Geopolitics
Last week, on September 26, Canada and five Latin American countries referred Venezuela to the International Criminal Court, citing “numerous, credible reports alleging the commission of serious international crimes.” The announcement comes after several years of...
by John Foster | Oct 17, 2017 | Geopolitics
China has built oil and gas pipelines across Myanmar to southwest China, enabling shipments to avoid the Strait of Malacca. Washington and Ottawa highlight human rights violations in Myanmar and rarely mention oil. Of course, if the US could prise Myanmar from Chinese...
