Independent Media Institute – Page 9 – Asia Times

The escalating trade row between the US and China is hurting the American energy sector. Photo: iStock

Belt and Road, China, India, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, South Asia, United States, World

Iran can’t count on a lifeline from China

by Vijay Prashad May 29, 2019February 18, 2020

National Security Adviser John Bolton Photo: AFP / Alex Wong

Beijing, China, Iran, Middle East, Russia, United States, World

Why Bolton makes even Trump nervous

by Vijay Prashad May 21, 2019February 18, 2020

US national security adviser John Bolton may be the key to the way Russia deals with the US. Photo: AFP/Sebastian Scheiner

Iran, Middle East, United States, World

The most dangerous man in the world

by Jefferson Morley May 17, 2019February 18, 2020

China, United States, World

US-China: much more than just trade talks

by Marshall Auerback May 8, 2019February 18, 2020

Iran, Middle East, United States, World

Will the US start a war against Iran?

by Vijay Prashad May 7, 2019February 18, 2020

Theft of resources in Papua New Guinea

by Vijay Prashad May 4, 2019February 18, 2020

North Korea, Northeast Asia, Spain, United States, World

Cloak-and-dagger raid threatens to disrupt nuke talks

by Jefferson Morley May 2, 2019February 18, 2020

Beijing, China, United States, World

What would a US trade ‘victory’ look like?

by Marshall Auerback April 25, 2019February 18, 2020

European Union, Middle East, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, United States, World

West’s favorite strongman set to take Libya

by Vijay Prashad April 9, 2019February 18, 2020

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Turkish Presidential Palace via Reuters/Cem Oksuz

Middle East, Turkey

Why Erdogan lost local elections

by David L Phillips April 6, 2019February 18, 2020

Bangladesh, Brazil, India, South Asia, World

Putting the truth in prison

by Vijay Prashad April 5, 2019February 18, 2020

North Korea, Northeast Asia, Spain, World

Spain not satisfied with CIA answers on embassy attack

by Jefferson Morley April 4, 2019February 18, 2020

Beijing, China, France, United States, World

Airbus, Boeing signing economic suicide pacts with Beijing

by Marshall Auerback March 25, 2019February 18, 2020

Beijing, China, India, Russia, South Asia, United States, World

Venezuela’s future depends on China, Russia

by Vijay Prashad March 20, 2019February 18, 2020

Iran sanctions.Photo: iStock

Iran, Middle East, United States, World

The empire’s creative destruction

by Vijay Prashad March 6, 2019February 18, 2020

Then Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro smokes a cigar during interviews with the press during a visit of US Senator Charles McGovern in Havana in May 1975. Photo: Reuters/Prensa Latina

Bangladesh, Egypt, European Union, India, Middle East, South Asia, World

The Cuban Revolution, 60 years on

by Vijay Prashad January 6, 2019

Protesters wearing yellow vests (gilets jaunes) demonstrate against rising costs of living on the Champs-Elysees in Paris on December 8, 2018. Photo: Lucas Barioulet / AFP

AT Finance, Australia, China, European Union, France, Germany, Middle East, Oceania, South Asia, World

Unfettered market fundamentalism has failed to deliver prosperity

by Marshall Auerback January 4, 2019

Chinese President Xi Jinping (left) is seen with Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei at the company’s R&D center in London during Xi’s state visit to Britain in October 2015. Photo: Reuters

Australia, Beijing, China, Iran, Mexico, Middle East, New Zealand, Oceania, World

All of our bets on China have been wrong

by Marshall Auerback December 21, 2018

A model poses beside a Toyota Camry Hybrid during the Bangkok International Motor Show in Bangkok. Photo: Reuters

European Union, Germany, Japan, Northeast Asia, World

The unhappy history of shareholder capitalism

by Marshall Auerback December 19, 2018

A Yemeni child receives treatment for malnutrition at a hospital in the city of Taez on November 21. Photo: AFP

Beijing, China, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia, Syria, United Kingdom, World

Yemen remains on precipice of large-scale famine

by Vijay Prashad December 18, 2018

AT Finance, China, Egypt, India, Israel, Mexico, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, World

Why it’s so hard to be economically independent from the West

by Justin Podur December 13, 2018

US President Donald Trump with General Motors CEO Mary Barra and United Auto Workers president Dennis Williams. Photo: AFP/Nicholas Kamm

China, European Union, France, Germany, Italy, Middle East, World

GM proves that slashing wages isn’t the ticket to profitability

by Marshall Auerback December 8, 2018

a large yellow conveyor belt carrying coal and emptying onto a huge pile.

AT Finance, China, Indonesia, Pakistan, South Asia, World

Environment to be ultimate casualty of US-China investment war

by Sarah Brewin December 6, 2018

"Yellow vest" demonstrators in Paris on Saturday. Photo: AFP

Beijing, China, European Union, India, Iran, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, World

You can smell teargas in the streets as oil industry squabbles

by Vijay Prashad December 5, 2018

Illustration: iStock

AT Finance, Australia, Beijing, Cambodia, China, European Union, Oceania, Pakistan, South Asia, Sri Lanka, World

China’s Belt and Road Initiative: a Marshall Plan in reverse

by Marshall Auerback December 5, 2018

Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman. Photo: Reuters

China, Middle East, World

Has the CIA turned on Mohammad bin Salman?

by Jefferson Morley November 29, 2018

School girls light candles in the shape of a ribbon during a HIV/AIDS awareness campaign ahead of World Aids Day, in Ahmedabad, India November 30, 2016. Photo: Reuters/Amit Dave

Bangladesh, India, South Asia, World

What’s keeping the world from ending AIDS

by Vijay Prashad November 28, 2018

Beijing, China, European Union, Germany, Iran, Middle East, Russia, World

How Trump’s game of chicken with Iran could weaken dollar’s role

by Marshall Auerback November 19, 2018

Newly elected Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador addresses his supporters after winning general elections. Photo: AFP/Pedro Pardo

Mexico, Northeast Asia, South Asia, World

Over and over, IMF sings same old tune

by Vijay Prashad November 18, 2018

Middle East, World

Apple and many other tech giants have Wall Street disease

by Marshall Auerback November 10, 2018November 10, 2018