Où en est la dette US ? Situation au 17 août 2023

Il y a un an, j’écrivais à mes amis un billet pour leur expliquer l’état de la dette US.

En une année, la situation de cette dette US s’est considérablement détériorée avec la guerre en Ukraine et le rythme de cette détérioration s’est même accéléré.

Souvent surpris des propos très approximatifs de mes interlocuteurs lorsqu’on évoque la dette états-unienne et les principaux créanciers des USA, je vais donc tenter de refaire un point actualisé sur la question dans les lignes qui suivent.

Hyperinflation, défaut de paiement et guerre

Beaucoup de gens semblent heureux de vivre selon la logique infaillible qui veut que si une chose mauvaise prédite ne s’est pas encore produite, cela signifie automatiquement que ceux qui la prédisaient avaient tort et que cette chose mauvaise ne se produira jamais. Il est absolument inutile d’essayer de leur expliquer qu’il est beaucoup plus facile de prédire avec précision QUE quelque chose se produira que de prédire avec précision QUAND cela se produira. Il semble y avoir une prédisposition génétique commune à tous les humains à regrouper tous les développements indésirables et peut-être inévitables, mais pas encore naissants, dans une seule et même catégorie de «choses dont il ne faut pas s’inquiéter pour l’instant». Il s’agit d’une vaste catégorie qui comprend le début de la prochaine ère glaciaire d’ici un millénaire, la pénurie de pétrole dans le monde (le monde n’en manquera pas, mais vous pourriez en manquer) et, bien sûr, le château de cartes financier des États-Unis qui finit par faire cette chose que les châteaux de cartes font tous si vous continuez à y ajouter des cartes, sauf que (et c’est ce qui rend les châteaux de cartes si excitants) vous ne savez jamais quelle carte sera celle de trop.

A List Of The World’s Strongest Military Powers

  1. Switzerland
    The Swiss Armed Forces are the country’s primary defense force on land and in the air. Some regular soldiers comprise a minor portion of the military under the militia system.

Volunteers aged 19 to 34 were also a massive help to the military. As a landlocked country, it has a limited need for naval warships.

In truth, there are just 21,000 people now serving in the military. It is common for the military to participate in peacekeeping activities and missions because of its long history of neutrality.

Best Practices for Investigating Culprits of War, Human Rights Abuses, and Other Conflict

With little more than, say, a five-second social video clip of a refugee lying in a farmer’s field, you can find out what government was responsible for a civilian killing. In this case from 2020, investigators at Bellingcat used the direction of crop furrows beneath the man’s body, the length of the shadows, and the gap between the “crack” and “bang” of the gunshot to link the shooting of a Pakistani refugee to Greek security forces near the Turkish border.

SPECIAL REPORT – WAGNER GROUP: The Evolution of a Private Army

In an astonishing turn of events starNng 23 June 2023, the Wagner Group’s leader Yevgeny Prigozhin declared all-out war on the Russian state, leading a convoy of mercenaries to march straight toward Moscow. The muNny, which embarrassed Russian President Vladimir PuNn and caught the Russian military and security services completely off guard, developed at lightning speed and ended just as quickly, leading to widespread confusion and chaos. Ager storming through towns and ciNes in southern Russia, largely unopposed and in many cases welcomed by locals, Wagner troops announced a sudden return to their field camps, following a deal cut by Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko. Under the terms of the deal, Prigozhin accepted exile in Belarus, leaving the future of Wagner very much in quesNon. This special report puts the Wagner Group into perspecNve and foreshadows the factors that will shape what happens next.

RUSSOPHOBIA AGAINST RUSSIA IN THE INFORMATION WAR

Attempts to discredit the concept of the “Russian world” – a view from Serbia.
Today, Russophobia from the Serbian point of view is exactly what the word means in the strict sense: a phobia (irrational fear) of Russia. What kind of rational or irrational fear of Russia could Serbia have today?

The Washington Post’s ‘Good’ Terrorists

The attacks by the Fatah-affiliated terrorists came days after The Washington Post published a story from Balata refugee camp, near Nablus, in which its correspondents romanticized members of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, even documenting them as they visit their barber for a haircut.

Can BRICS dethrone the US dollar? It’ll be an uphill climb, experts say

The world’s reserve currency is facing a challenge from Global South countries who want options beyond the greenback.

Johannesburg, South Africa – For 80 years, the United States dollar has dominated all other currencies. But a grouping of developing countries tired of the West’s looming presence over global governance and finance is determined to take it down a peg.

BRICS De-Dollarization: Prospects And Critical Challenges – OpEd

For the five BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) members, de-dollarization has become the latest common buzz-word among the English vocabulary. Long before the highly-praised Johannesburg’s 15th BRICS summit, considered as very important step forward on the way to deepening interaction in the sphere of trade and investment with the nations of Global South, all the five BRICS leaders have made it their priority task to find their own common currency so as not to depend on the United States dollar in the emerging new world.

Populism Vs Democracy – OpEd

The rise of populism in recent years has been a notable global phenomenon, characterized by charismatic leaders who often capitalize on public discontent and present themselves as champions of the common people against entrenched elites.