Author Archives: Conor Gallagher

Links 1/14/2025

Musk, Meloni, and the AfD: Trump’s Plan for Reorganizing EU Vassals Comes into Focus

Meloni offers vassalage to the US under faux nationalist packaging. Musk’s support of the Alternative for Germany shows it might be prepared to do the same.

Is a US-Türkiye Deal Involving the Kurds in the Works?

As Erdogan’s hand weakens and the US-Israel look towards Iran, signs point to Türkiye backing down.

Links 1/6/2025

For Many Rural Women, Finding Maternity Care Outweighs Concerns About Abortion Access

Rural residents say no thanks to more abortion availability without better access to comprehensive healthcare.

Links 1/5/2025

Will Russia’s Alleged Downing of Azerbaijan Airlines Flight Overturn the Great Game Board in the Caucasus?

Azerbaijan president’s out of character condemnation of Moscow before facts are in points to changes on the horizon.

The EU Threatens to Cut Itself off From Another of Its Major Natural Gas Suppliers

Issues with supplies from Qatar — the world’s third largest exporter of LNG — could be a major boon for US gas companies.

Will Trump Take On the Housing Cartels?

The DOJ case against RealPage for orchestrating a rental housing price-fixing cartel will tell us a lot about the economic direction of Trump 2.0.

Democracy Dies in the EU: Romania Edition

Is the cancelling of the Romanian election a harbinger of what’s to come in Western “democracies”?

Links 12/23/2024

Climate Change Is Making Plants Less Nutritious − That Could Already Be Hurting Animals That Are Grazers

More hidden than rising seas or heatwaves, long-term changes in the nutritional value of plants could be even more disruptive.

Link 12/22/2024