You can smell it. US Empire doubling down on war preparations.

Just about every lousy U.S. foreign policy escapade from the 1950s to the late ‘70s traces back to the CIA.

On July 1 at the White House, US President Joe Biden made a startling disclosure that “the idea we’re going to be able to click a switch, bring down the cost of gasoline, is not likely in the near term.”

The US-led bloc no longer offers the only viable model for development, which means its ability to impose its will is fading

The US-led West continues to push NATO’s eastward expansion and build NATO-like military alliances in the Asia-Pacific region such as AUKUS, the much-touted Australia-United Kingdom－United States strategic alliance. Now the Western powers with some other countries are holding RIMPAC 2022, or Rim of the Pacific, military exercises, the largest in the program’s history, which will further increase uncertainties in the Asia-Pacific.

Domestic issues and a potential world war don’t bode well

It’s perhaps hard to believe now but – only eight years ago – Russia was a full member of the former G8. Since then, there have been dramatic changes.

Instead of lowering the chances of war, the membership of the two Nordic countries increases the risk for the entire alliance.

Lithuania is waving a red cape at the Russian bear.

As the war in Ukraine drags on, already diverging camps in the Atlantic Alliance are likely to fracture further.