From its peak of economic and military power in the Med in 200 BC, Rome took several centuries to decline and fall. It won’t be so long in the modern capitalist world. By Michael Roberts On the first day of talks during US President Donald Trump’s recent state visit to China, his host China’s Xi Jinping invoked the so-called “Thucydides trap” ...

The United States of America have suffered unseen diplomatic defeats in the Summit of the Americas they hosted from June 6 to 10 in Los Angeles. A number of presidents refused to follow the US invitation. Others came and protested loudly. And during the summit, a number of states refused to support US proposed declarations. The State Department had declared ...