What Is Necessary for the Ukrainian “Sanitary Zone” to Be Sanitary?
Putin mentioned a sanitary zone as a possible solution to Russian security needs once the Ukraine war ends. What would that mean in practice?
Read more...Category Archives: Europe
Collapse on the EU Home Front
Germany continues to self-destruct, more austerity planned for EU, Ursula von der Leyen’s “tools” are sharpened to deal with prole backlash.
Read more...What Is China’s Future? Economic Decline, or the Next Industrial Revolution?
China has become economically wobbly of late. What does that portend?
Read more...New Evidence the German Taurus Attack Plan Was Leaked by the US Air Force
Yves here. It’s quite a big claim that members of the US military would leak a recording of German generals scheming to strike Russia with Taurus missiles to Russia. But then again, given that the US blew up the NordStream pipeline, it’s not as if the US regards Germany as anything other that a state […]
Read more...How Effective Is International Aid and Assistance? The Rise of Debt Traps
Special interests and the lack of a unified vision facilitate corruption. Rising debt levels in the developing world suggest a tipping point.
Read more...Sink the Hessen! Russia Doesn’t Have To Strike Beyond the Ukrainian Battlefield – The German, French, British and US Governments Are Sinking Themselves
German plotting, French bluster, domestic polling, and possible Russian countermoves and next steps.
Read more...Global South Stagnating Under Heavier Debt Burden
Much higher interest rates – due to Western central banks – damage developing nations via prolonged debt distress and stagnation.
Read more...The Question Of Alevi Minority In Turkiye And Its Religious Identity
On the history of the Alevi sect in Turkiye, particularly its political and social standing.
Read more...Rob Urie: The CIA and the Decline of the American Empire
Some ruminations on the role of the CIA, particularly its relationship to Presidents.
Read more...Will Trump Election Bring Back Isolationism and Threaten NATO?
Looking at how Trump current rhetoric contrasts with his past actions, and why those actions are likely a better predictor.
Read more...From Isolation to Containment: Washington’s Economic War Against Russia Gets a Rebrand
Foreign Affiars recycles a 75-year-old strategy from George Kennan that no longer fits the geopolitical realities of the world in 2024.
Read more...The Great Archaeological Discovery of Our Time
An interview with renowned archaeologist Gary M. Feinman on the emergence of a global data set from our past that humanity can use to prosper—and avoid the biggest mistakes.
Read more...Apple’s Exclusionary App Store Scheme: Will the EU Tolerate Gaming of the Digital Markets Act?
Will the EU see through and act against Apple’s self-serving, Digital-Markets-Act-evading new app store scheme?
Read more...Nothing in Nuland’s Life Became Her Like the Leaving of It
More discussion of whether Victoria Nuland jumped or was pushed, and what that might say about US politics and foreign policy.
Read more...Victoria Nuland, Major Force Behind Failed Project Ukraine, Retires Unexpectedly
Victoria Nuland is leaving but sadly the considerable damage she has done will endure.
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