Category Archives: Europe

Poland Hinted That Germany Is To Blame For Its Dispute With Ukraine

More discussion of the Poland-Ukraine dustup, which has major implications for the war.

The Coming Ukraine Collapse and the “Rebuilding” Headfake

The hyping of Ukraine rebuilding is at least as delusional as the earlier war talk.

Poland & Ukraine Have Plunged Into A Full-Blown Political Crisis With No End In Sight

Ukraine and its one-time enthusiastic backer Poland are in an escalating row, due at least in part to the need to play domestic politics.

The Rise of Alternative for Germany: Who Are Its Supporters and Examining the Fascism Question

Has a chunk of the German electorate suddenly discovered their inner fascist?

The War in Ukraine Helps Advance the Great EU Neoliberal Project

Movers and shakers cash in while workers are disciplined and the welfare state is cut.

The Resumption Of US Military Activity In Niger Puts France On The Strategic Backfoot

The Niger situation has developed not necessarily to France’s advantage.

Cost Of Living Crisis Threatens EU Energy Transition

Worries that EU voters will reject the climate change diet, at least partly due to failure to impose sacrifices on the rich, who are carbon pigs

Has the West Closed All Its Project Ukraine Exits?

Have the US and NATO managed to box themselves in with the Ukraine war?

When Credibility Is Not Enough: Fiscal Dominance, Monetary Policy, and Exchange Rates in Early Modern Venice

Institutional design does matter in determining the international credibility of a currency.

WaPo Reported That Ukrainians Are Distrustful of the West & Flirting With a Ceasefire

The Post reports that Ukrainians are worried that the West might largely abandon them. But their ideas of what happens then are way too rosy.

BMW: Gasoline Car Ban Poses “Imminent Risk” To European Automakers

BMW warns that the 2035 EU mandate to end sales of new fossil fuel vehicles will be a mass death event for most EU car makers

End of the War, End of US Exceptionalism

John Helmer providesan epic shellacking of a new book on the Ukraine war.

Who’s Afraid of an Alternative for Germany?

Examining the rise of the AfD, its proposed policies, and why it scares the establishment in Berlin and Washington.

The Arrest of Igor Kolomoysky Consolidates US Influence Over Zelensky Ahead of Likely Elections

Another unseemly tale from Ukraine, this of the deposing and now arrest of Zelenksy’s kingmaker, Igor Kolomoysky.