Neutrality Studies From World War to BlackRock Domination: Europe as an American Economic Colony | Dr. Werner Rügemer
Feb 3, 2026
Dr. Werner Rügemer, German publisher and interventionist philosopher, who wrote Fatal Friendship, traces how US finance shaped Europe from WWI to today. He recounts US bank influence in wartime, the Dawes Plan, BIS controversies, Marshall Plan commercial leverage, postwar occupation structures, Treuhand privatization, NATO-EU sequencing, and modern BlackRock ties to European politics.
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1914 Turning Point: Credit Becomes Leverage
- The First World War flipped creditor-debtor roles so Wall Street financed European war efforts and then pushed the U.S. into Europe to secure repayments.
- That financial leverage began a century-long pattern of U.S. economic dominance over Europe through credit and corporate presence.
Dawes Plan: Credit For Market Access
- After WWI the Dawes Plan tied Germany to US credit in exchange for opening markets and allowing U.S. branches in Germany.
- Within a decade about 400 American companies had established branches in Germany, embedding U.S. firms locally.
BIS: Exterritorial Banking Power
- The Bank for International Settlements became an extraterritorial hub where central banks and Wall Street coordinated international finance, even during WWII.
- BIS operations included moving looted gold and sustaining credit flows that tied belligerents into global financial networks.
