Description
Geopolitical upheaval has gripped the world since collapse of the Soviet Union. During the 1990s the West focused on eliminating the resurgence of Russia as a great power. This led to the assimilation of Warsaw Pact countries into NATO, two Chechen wars, and political systems in the Central Asian republics aligned with the West.
Russia’s economic destruction was managed by the Harvard boys‘ shock therapy, which left Russian resources in the control of a few oligarchs aligned with the West. By the end of the 1990s Russia was a weak, bankrupt country of marginalized influence in the world.
Then the West’s focus turned to China as a potential challenger to western global hegemony. It was thought to suffice to control global energy resources and sea-lanes to China to prevent China from challenging western global hegemony. Hence the first two decades of the millennium were focused on controlling West Asia and North Africa‘s energy resources.
For most, the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 signaled the victory of the self-denominated Free World. Why the West Can’t Win, however, addresses how events in the three following decades signal the end of a millennium of West European expansionism, a plundering and oppression initially labeled Crusades when the popes embodied political power, morphing into colonialism, then to the Free World when colonialism went out of fashion post-World War II, and at last to the “International Community” after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
This book’s geopolitical analysis includes a historical overview, an understanding of the financial systems established at the Bretton Woods conference that continue dominating the global economy, how they are used as a powerful geopolitical instrument, an economic analysis based on real goods production, global energy dynamics, alliances and strategies of key global players.
It addresses the emerging division of the world into two geopolitical groups: a Western Realm dominated by the United States, and a Sovereign World of self-determining countries protected from the Empire by the Russia/Iran/China (RIC) core.
The current global geopolitical clash is in essence a struggle between the colonial powers wishing to preserve the Bretton Woods system that allows siphoning wealth of nations, and sovereign nations striving for independence and an end to a millennium of oppression. This work compares the geopolitical forces since the turn of the millennium with a view to providing insight into their relative strengths and the likely outcome of this struggle.
JAN NEDERVEEN PIETERSE, New Global Studies –
“…Lama’s book goes squarely against the mainstream tide and is a ‘voice of the Rest’…
In Lama’s view, American GDP rests on financial fata morgana that will fade once
the US dollar’s world lead begins to crumble. Arguably, the GDP of emerging markets and
developing countries is grounded in products and productivity and involves greater
materiality than US and UK data that are increasingly based on financial services, many of
which are speculative (Nesvetailova and Palan 2021). The US economy also relies on the
role of the US dollar as world reserve currency and international trade currency. However,
developments of recent years indicate that time is running out on these benefits (due to
spillovers of US-China tensions, the Russo-Ukraine war, the Israel-Palestine conflict, as
well as the growing clout of the BRICS, their derisking away from the dollar, China’s Belt
and Road and related initiatives). A new balance is in the making. Lama’s book sheds a
piercing light on these developments.” JAN NEDERVEEN PIETERSE, New Global Studies, 2024
PERRIN LOVETT –
“The captive West cannot win and has really already lost because of factors such as money and monetary policy, technology, human rights, manufacturing capacity, education, and healthcare—all of which are covered in detail. These deficiencies are generally interrelated as Lama demonstrates in various places, including his take on education in the US. On page 123 he writes (emphasis mine): “Many individuals who have great potential are effectively discarded. The consequences of this can already be observed in the Military Industrial Complex (MIC), which since 2000 has been unable to develop any competitive weapons system.” In addition to boondoggle false flag fodder like the Ford, the discarding of talent speaks to a large part of the character (or lack thereof) of the postmodern American nation. …Fadi Lama is to be praised for his insight, research, wit, and bravery in assembling an outstanding volume dedicated to intelligence, truth, dignity, and justice. Please buy and read Why The West Can’t Win.” PERRIN LOVETT