Rob Urie: Why the US Must Officially End the Ukraine War for It to Stop
A hard look at the inertial forces that will keep the Ukraine conflict going unless the US shuts it down.
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Anchored in Troubled Waters: Why European Union and Eurozone Membership Is Less Bad Than You Might Think
An analysis shows how the EU and Eurozone buffer some economic shocks.
Read more...Russia’s Attritional Approach to Ukraine Negotiations Shows Gains in Trump-Putin Phone Call
Despite the tendency to see the Trump-Putin call as a nothingburger, it added to the exposure of uncomfortable truths for the West.
Read more...Onward March, Germany
Anti-Russia mania deepens as CDU-led coalition ties future economic health of country to war industry.
Read more...Despite China’s Warning, US Has Opened New Front in Trade War with Investment Restrictions in UK Pact
Trump made a big retreat on his China tariffs. But a second gambit, investment restrictions to isolate China, is already giving China fits.
Read more...The EU Zombie Uses Trump as Cover to Further Feed on Citizens
Ursula and company are inching towards using emergency powers for first installment of 900 billion ‘rearmament’ because Trump.
Read more...Coffee Break: Across the Pond With the Dying Western Empire
The Western Empire is dying; but, there are no Western leaders, particularly in Europe, who have any ideas on how to arrest the collapse. The ones we are cursed with can only see one way out and that is by going to war. It is not going to be an easy death.
Read more...‘Making the West Great Again’
At her recent meeting with Trump, IItalian PM Giorgia Meloni declared her allegiance to “western nationalism.” What does such nonsense portend for Italy and Europe?
Read more...Will the EU Join the Economic War Against China?
Should Brussels join in, the economic fallout from Project Ukraine could seem quaint, and it could contribute to shortages in the US.
Read more...Trump and Rubio Signal US on Verge of Halting Ukraine Peace Negotiations
As we had predicted from early on, the Ukraine peact talks are failing. Trump is threatening to pull the plug.
Read more...Embracing Climate Change to Hurt China
The U.S. goes all in on the burn-it-all-down strategy.
Read more...Keynesian Militarism or Wishful Thinking?
European NATO members hope Keynes’ magic will make their newly adopted militarism feasible. A sanity check.
Read more...Coffee Break – Across the Pond : Lights Out Edition
Democracy is dying in Europe as governments become more authoritarian and a new cold war comes into being.
Read more...Coffee Break: Across the Pond With the Starmer Government
Britain really needs a new government as the current Starmer government appears to be leading the country off a cliff with their policie
Read more...‘Greater Türkiye’ Faces Major Headwinds Abroad and at Home
Restless nationalists play role in protests at home while Türkiye runs up against US-backed Greater Israel in Syria. The great unknown: will the millions of Takfiris in Türkiye step into the ring?
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