“Trump Administration Closes In on Hard-Hitting Sanctions on Russia”
Russia sanctions enthusiasts try to talk over how Ukraine undercut Trump support with Ukraine’s attack on Russian nuclear deterrence assets
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The Threat From Extreme Centrists
Richard Murphy argues we should focus more on the centrists—”the people who want to maintain the status quo when it’s glaringly obvious that we need change.”
Read more...How Tourism Pushed Barcelona to Breaking Point, and How Social Movements Are Fighting Back
Barcelona features locals turning activists to curb tourism levels that hurt everyday life, particulalry for lower income. residents
Read more...Yanis Varoufakis: In the EU Nothing Succeeds Like Gross Failure: The Astonishing Case of Ursula von der Leyen
A much-deserved evisceration of both Ursuala von der Leyen and the chumps who’ve bought what she has been selling.
Read more...John Helmer: Putin Hits Pause Button on Oreshnik-Level Retaliation for Ukraine Strike on Russian Nuclear Deterrence Assets
In his latest talk with Ray McGovern on Dialogue Works, John Helmer gives far and away the best overview1 so far in the wake of Ukraine attacks on bridges and civilian trains, drone attacks targeting bombers in Russia’s nuclear deterrence forces, a failed new attack on Kerch Bridge, and phone discussions between Lavrov and Rubio […]
Read more...Rob Urie: What Do the Western Drone Attacks Mean for US – Russia Relations?
On Ukraine’s recent escalations: “Westerners sanguine about the prospect of nuclear war are fools.”
Read more...Larry Wilkerson: “We’re Looking at Nuclear War”
Larry Wilkerson: The deep US involvement in the Ukraine drone attacks on Russia means we are on a path to nuclear war.
Read more...“Germany Steps Up to Replace ‘Unreliable’ US as Guarantor of European Security”
More evidence that European pols and pundits, or at least the mainstream sort, are losing their minds as Russia gains ground in Ukraine.
Read more...Ukraine Engages in Massive Escalation Against Russia on Eve of Talks; Smuggled in Drone Hit Airbases; Claims of 40 Bombers Destroyed
A massive covert Ukraine drone attack on Russian airbases, including nuclear deterrent forces, risks nuclear retaliation.
Read more...Will Russia Limit Itself to Oreshnik Strikes on Ukraine if the West Escalates Attacks on Russia?
How the West is really playing with fire with the possibility of missile strikes on pre-2014 Russia.
Read more...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.
Read more...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.
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