Why Is the EU Upping the Pressure on Meloni in Italy?
News that Rome is in hot water over “rule of law” issues came out at same time Meloni headed East in attempt to repair ties with China, but is that the reason?
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Let’s Abolish the Colonial IMF on Its 80th Birthday
Developing country protesters want the IMF to stop exploiting countries in debt crisis. But is BRICS prepared to fill the gap?
Read more...Kyiv and Brussels Weaponize Oil, Use Other Tools in Bid to Force Hungary and Slovakia into Supporting Project Ukraine
The efforts are backfiring and will likely harm Ukraine and the EU more than intended targets.
Read more...Michael Hudson Speaks to Luca Placidi About Global South Debt Peonage and the Inevitability of Multipolarity
Yves here. We are introducing most of you to Luca Placidi, founder of an Italian YouTube channel called “Tracce di Classe”. Placidi who started his blog and website in late 2023, “after the war in Ukraine and the one in Gaza made the mainstream media narrative impossible to be listened to.” He discussed politics and […]
Read more...China Has Just Gained First-Mover Advantage In Nuclear Fusion
China has apparently made a big nuclear fusion breakthrough. If true, how long would it take to commercialize it?
Read more...As NATO Bids Farewell to Reality, Moscow and Beijing Pursue Win-Win Deals With Türkiye
Beijing Promises More Investments, US Threatens More Sanctions. Türkiye starts to buy into Shanghai Cooperation Organization security architecture
Read more...How Far Goods Travel: Global Transport and Supply Chains from 1965-2020
A detailed looks at trade patterns and supply chains over the last 50+ years.
Read more...New Agenda of Russia-India Relations
Modi and Putin had a bear hug earlier this week. Some context on India-Russia dealings and US upset about them.
Read more...“Tariffs Don’t Protect Jobs. Don’t Be Fooled.”
More discussion of tariffs as the US is using to whack Chinese imports, above all EVs.
Read more...Michael Hudson: Russia and China CRUSH NATO’s Plan as Ukraine FALLS Apart
NATO is looking wobbly and many of its woes are self inflicted.
Read more...Orbán Shuttle Diplomacy Highlights EU Representation Problem but Not in the Way the Pro-war Crowd Claims
EU diplomats deride Orban for conducting diplomacy, but polls show that Europeans are increasingly in favor of a negotiated end to the war.
Read more...Spook Scholarship: A Prominent Former CIA Analyst and Project Ukraine Backer Moonlights as a Collegiate Textbook Coauthor
Students lucky enough to be assigned the books will learn that foreign countries resisting US imperialism aren’t the only danger to “democracy,” but the American people are as well.
Read more...Confronting NATO’s War Summit in Washington
Yet another NATO summit has escalation on the agenda, despite the weakening of the West’s position.
Read more...“Dollar Doomsters Have Got It All Wrong”
Why reports of the [imminent] death of the dollar are greatly exaggerated.
Read more...Türkiye Shows Renewed Interest in Joining BRICS
The moves are being welcomed by Beijing and Moscow. Is Ankara serious this time or is this more playing both sides by Erdogan?
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