Coup d'Etat in Washington and "The Dollar Paper Tiger"

Fiery Dragon in Asia and the Pacific

Editors note

We bring to the attention of our readers this essay by Professor Andre Gunder Frank, one of the World's leading and most distinguished political economists.

Frank analyses the relationship between militarisation and the crisis of the US dollar as a World currency.

The essay provides a comprehensive perspective on the evolving New World Order, its structural weaknesses and contradictions.

More importantly, it enables us to understand the economic underpinnings of the Neocons "war on terrorism."

This essay consists of the following parts:

Coup d' État in Washington

Paper Tiger - The United States and the World

Fiery Dragon: China in East Asia

André Gunder Frank is currently an Associate of the Luxembourg Institute for European and International Studies, Luxembourg and Senior Fellow, World History Center, Northeastern University, Boston, Mass.

For details on André Gunder Frank`s writings, see http://rrojasdatabank.info/agfrank/index.html

The U.S. Trade Advantage with China

Here's the truth: We have the trade advantage with China. We send a little paper dollars that they cannot use, and we get a lot of great stuff that we buy and use continually. We give paper money that is an unjust weight and measure, an abomination. We are cheating them; they are not cheating us.

XYMPHORA ANALYSIS: Israel Cozying up with China?

You can't kill that many people, and cause that much disruption and destruction, without having the whole world furious with you. It is therefore imperative to have the biggest motherfucker on the block to watch your back, and the United States is that motherfucker. It would be impossible for the Israelis to treat the Palestinians the criminal way they do without the aiding and abetting of the United States, and furthering the Project would be impossible without similar help.

Problem. The United States is a giant turd circling the toilet bowl, and George Bush is flushing as fast as he can.

US up in arms over Sino-Israel ties

China Emerging as U.S. Rival for Canada's Oil

Venezuela prez signs 8 deals with China

China, Venezuela sign energy deal

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has offered China wide access to his country's vast energy resources, including oilfields and the possibility of increased direct crude supplies.

Venezuela and China sign oil deal

Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez has offered China wide-ranging access to the country's oil reserves.

Venezuela's Chavez pledges support for Chinese oil explo

Venezuela Offers China Greater Access to Oil

China collecting pawns

China collecting pawns in battle to secure status as market econo

China plans to outlaw Taiwan's secession are denounced in Taip

Japan-China tensions worsen

Venezuela to buy tele-satellite from China to reduce dependence on US/Europe

President Chavez ... who has ruled the world's No. 5 oil exporter since he was first elected in 1998 ... has made a point of trying to diversify Venezuela's international economic and political ties, which in the past have been heavily dependent on the United States.

Commentary: China and the U.S. should spare the world a cliffhanger

Wide-awake giant will shake west's strategy

China Expands. Europe Rises. And the United States . . .

Fission of the US dollar hegemony

China Backs Iran Against The Great Satan

Combine China's recent Iranian energy mega-deal with
Vladimir Putin's new strategic coalition, which includes
nuclear-capable Brazil, and it rapidly becomes clear that
New York's "Fortress Americas" fallback initiative is
already dead in the water.

Venezuela Agrees to Export Oil and Gas to China

The Almighty Yuan:

Beijing inspires a new Asian mercantilism

The depreciation of US dollar brings imported inflation to China

China Boosts Presence In Central Asia

Indeed, at the 2001 Shanghai summit, China's then President Jiang Zemin insistently called the SCO the Shanghai Pact to draw a parallel with the old Soviet-led Warsaw Pact, which for decades opposed and blocked NATO in Central Europe.