Russian Trade Corridors Flourish Under Western Sanctions
A look at Russia’s maritime trade corridors as Western efforts to isolate Moscow continue to backfire in spectacular fashion.
Read more...Category Archives: Europe
As Russia Signals It Can Achieve Maximalist Aims in Ukraine, How Would Russia Manage Kiev and Western Ukraine?
Russia is presumably thinking hard about not just how to conclude the war in Ukraine, but what happens the morning after.
Read more...Yanis Varoufakis: Europe’s 15-Year Slump
The survival of the euro has come at the cost of Europe’s permanent stagnation and continuing fragmentation
Read more...Western Policymakers Are Panicking Because There Was No Plan B if the Counteroffensive Failed
A recap of how the US and NATO painted themselves in a corner with Project Ukraine.
Read more...Hungary Vetos €50 Billion EU Funding Package for Ukraine; Fuming EU Leaders Promise Workaround, but How?
Yet another shot below the water line for sinking Project Ukraine.
Read more...Ukraine Flails as Proxy/Coalition War Scheme Comes Apart
How the way the West conducted a novel coalition war in Ukraine looks to have made a bad situation worse.
Read more...Lack of Trust Between the US and Türkiye Sees Same Sticking Points Derailing Sweden’s NATO Bid
The US fails to uphold its end of the bargain to win Turkiye’s approval and instead the West doubles down on failed pressure campaign.
Read more...What Is the US up to in Azerbaijan?
US pressure campaign comes as Baku increasingly plays key role at Caucasus crossroads. Assistant Secretary of State says Russian and Iranian involvement in region is “unstable and undesirable.”
Read more...Why Does Germany Continue to Self-Destruct?
German elites run up the tab, but the country’s working class is largely stuck with the bill. An attempt to understand why Germany cannot or will not reverse course.
Read more...“No NATO” for Ukraine, Ukrainian Politician Says
Some Ukraine officials now depict the US as quietly opposed to Ukraine joining NATO, even as Jens Stoltenberg is still hyping it
Read more...Russia’s Ideology Is Now National Liberation of the World From the US Empire, With an Assist From Patriarch Kirill
A detailed discussion of Russia’s effort to foster an ideological counterpoint to US hegemony, particularly via Putin speeches.
Read more...EU and US Ukraine Funding Even More in Doubt as War Effort Falters
Things are going from bad to worse for Ukraine, and at an accelerating pace too.
Read more...NATO/West or Global Majority? Unipolar Destruction or Multipolar Development? The World Must Choose
Yves here. While there is a lot of merit in the latest discussion between Radhika Desai and Micheal Hudson on their favorite topic of mutlipolarity, I feel compelled to correct some imprecisions. The video depicts the “German government” as having “raised” the debt brake but then “not being allowed” with no depiction of agency, to […]
Read more...The Dutch Earthquake
Why did so many Dutch citizens vote for the far-right Geert Wilders?
Read more...PlutoniumKun: Correcting the Considerable Misinformation on the Recent Dublin Riots
A detailed account of the Dublin riot and the related political and social undercurrents in Ireland by our esteemed PlutoniumKun
Read more...