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Jan 13 2026 
The rules-based order is dead. Long live the Trump-based order.
By Peter Koenig
[Note, I am not fully in agreement with Peter Koenig, but I post this to display a level of despair in our world currently.]
Indeed, the Trump-bases order is THE future. And that is erratic, can change from day to day, as circumstances dictate. If President Trump – and his handlers – have their… Continue reading
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Nov 17 2025 
Peter Koenig: Reflecting on China’s 15th Five-year Plan – 2026-2030
Focus on Human Development Integrating Technical Advances for Improved Shared Benefits
China’s 15th Five-Year Plan (2026–2030) presents a balancing act of human and technical development. The two pillars are part are a strategy of integration, where technical advances favor human-centered progress; meaning full employment trough enforced human inputs in manufacturing, services, and agriculture, as well as… Continue reading
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Oct 19 2025 
Venezuela under Siege: PressTV Transcript of Interview with Peter Koenig
Background
Tensions between Caracas and Washington show no sign of abating. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has denounced his U-S counterpart Donald Trump for authorizing C-I-A operations in Venezuela.
Maduro said the C-I-A has been active in Venezuela for the past 60 years and interfered in the South American nation’s internal affairs. He added that the U-S central… Continue reading
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Aug 23 2025 
“Africa – Orchestrated Dependency” – A Memory Revival
Continuous Colonization, Exploitation and Deadly Conflicts by Western Powers
By Peter Koenig
This is a reviving of memories, after reading Dr. F. Andrew Wolf Jr.’s piece, “Africa – An Orchestrated Dependency” – See this https://www.globalresearch.ca/africa-orchestrated-dependency/5898333 .
With so-called “economic development work” experience from several decades as an economist with the World Bank, of which at least ten years… Continue reading
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Jul 20 2025 
Scary: Screaming – Nuclear War is Coming!
By Peter Koenig
How wise is it to blast out threats of nuclear war, almost non-stop? The financial investment advisory Guru, Martin Armstrong, has just issued another such warning to the world: 100% Chance of Nuclear War – Martin Armstrong | Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog, by Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com (Saturday Night Post).
Six weeks ago, legendary financial and… Continue reading
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Jul 14 2025 
President Trump’s Tacit NATO Killing
By Peter Koenig
The NATO Summit of The Hague, 24-25 June 2025 has come and gone.
However, the scene of the infamous Sumit reverberates with many uncertainties, illusions for some, deceptions for others.
At the outset, it looks like President Trump came to The Hague with the idea of shaping a NATO that vibrates to his liking and… Continue reading
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Jul 01 2025 
What If – US Bombing of Iran Was Not What Meets the Eye?
Peter Koenig
Unconfirmed reports from different sources paint a different scenario from the ones that have made the mainstream, as well as non-mainstream news about President Trump’s intervention in Iran, bombing of nuclear research sites, as described in these articles https://www.globalresearch.ca/president-trump-war-criminal-iran/5892483
and this https://www.globalresearch.ca/president-trump-part-chosen-ones/5892144 .
Since nothing is confirmed or… Continue reading
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May 14 2025 
What are the Tariff War and the Abolition of USAID? – Deceptions – a US Incurable Disease
Peter Koenig
Most everything we see is not what it appears to be.
President Trump’s tariff war is like a huge TV screen to deviate people’s attention from what happens behind the screen (see article on “US-China Tariff War”, below). For example, did you know that the much-propagated dissolution of USAID – for… Continue reading
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Mar 25 2025 
Appeal on Sovereign Countries Worldwide EXIT Western Imposed Institutions – the UN System, European Union, NATO …
By Peter Koenig
We are being attacked from all sides.
Everybody knows it.
The primary goal of the Deep State – whoever it is – is to massively reduce world population; from currently about 8 billion to less than a billion.
Way back in the 18th Century, maybe earlier, one of the world’s foremost bankers, the founder of one… Continue reading
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Feb 20 2025 
BRICS Can Help Latin America Resist Re-emerging Monroe Doctrine. Peter Koenig and Drago Bosnic
Peter Koenig and Drago Bosnic
In a recent analysis of the strategic situation in Latin America and the resurgent Monroe Doctrine, I argued that BRICS can help push back against US imperialism. However, while my points were more general and concerned largely with pure geopolitics, I wanted to get a more nuanced opinion regarding the (geo)economic… Continue reading
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Feb 17 2025 
US Defense Secretary, Pete Hegseth’s, Shocking Message to NATO Allies Reveals Major U.S. Policy Shift
By Peter Koenig
US Defense Secretary, Pete Hegseth, told NATO Allies on 13 February 2025, in Brussels, The War [Ukraine] Must Stop; No more bloodshed, No NATO for Ukraine; No back to pre-2014 border; and “We [the US] will not get involved in a war against Russia via Ukraine, no Matter what”. The latter are also… Continue reading -
Jan 16 2025 
Gaza Ceasefire – in Three Steps. Will it Work?
From Peter Koenig
Victory for Palestine in Gaza – Victory for Donald Trump – Victory for Peace! – A day to be celebrated – a lead-up to a new Dawn?
This is also a huge victory for the Palestinian resilience and resistance.
Israel and Hamas have agreed on a ceasefire in Gaza, with full prisoner exchange and Israeli… Continue reading
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Jan 07 2025 
China – Positive Looking Forward – 2025 and Beyond
The Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies at Renmin University of China (RDCY) has successfully completed several studies in 2024 which contributed to China’s success story for 2024, and, in addition had an international flair.
Main studies included,
– Policy briefs for key decision-makers;– Hosting,
(i) the Tongzhou Global Development Forum, drawing over 1000 participants, to discuss… Continue reading -
Dec 28 2024 
Russia’s Inroads into Africa: The Unstoppable March of the Global South
Russia by all standards is probably the most “sanctioned” country by the west. But her economy keeps growing faster than any western economy. A normal thinker would say, there is something wrong.
Since the Russian Special Operation (SO) in Ukraine, the Russian economy has repeatedly defied expectations. The current forecast for 2024 is a 4% growth,… Continue reading
