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Stratfor looks at the Saudi Princes’ plans for a 21stC Kingdom under their rule

By Larry Kummer, Editor / 4 Comments / 30 April 2016 12 November 2017

Summary: Saudi Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman gave his first-ever live interview to announce a bold new plan for the Kingdom. Stratfor sketches the details. It’s the standard conservative schtick: “tightening the social contract” (i.e., cutting subsidies to the public), privatizing national assets, and big talk about a glorious future — in which the …

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The first financial world war has begun, over oil. Bet on the Saudi Princes to win.

By Larry Kummer, Editor / 2 Comments / 8 December 2015 12 November 2017

Summary: We have not begun a new era of low oil prices, fruits of new tech and a beneficent Fate. Low oil prices are the wreckage of an ongoing war — a financial war waged by the Saudi Princes for control of the world oil markets. We can predict who will win but only guess …

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The hidden origin of the fires burning in the Middle East

By Larry Kummer, Editor / Leave a Comment / 31 March 2015 20 September 2019

Summary: After our many failures in the long war that we began after 9/11, with the Middle East aflame, a few voices ask if our actions during the past few decades contributed to this disaster. They ask us to open our eyes to see our actions in this region — long a centerpiece of US …

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What’s causing the crash in oil prices? What happens next?

By Larry Kummer, Editor / 2 Comments / 13 January 2015 8 March 2015

Summary: Again, as so many times since 2000, oil prices dominate the news and shake the financial system. As usual, the news mixes fact and conjecture, wisdom and nonsense. Here’s an introduction to the basic facts, and a strong forecast about the future of oil prices. . Contents The big picture. How big are these …

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The hidden objective of our alliance against Iran

By Larry Kummer, Editor / 12 Comments / 11 June 2012 15 September 2012

Summary: This is post #80 about our long conflict with Iran, continuing the FM website’s long-held forecast that there will be no attack on Iran. At last we discuss the mystery of this conflict: why so many years of bold threats by US and Israel against Iran, saber-rattling never followed by military action? Usually this …

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