A case study in sanctions blowback: how the Rosneft refinery, an important provider of diesel and jet fuel, looks like a stranded asset.
Read more...If feminists support this Bush-era neocon simply because she is a woman, Victoria Nuland might just burn down the world in a nuclear fire.
Read more...Martin Wolf’s musings about what lies in store for Europe has a huge blind spot as far as the US is concerned.
Read more...Shameless Nord Stream spin.
Read more...The EU and US are trying to replace Russian gas and push China out of the resource-rich African nation.
Read more...US undersecretary of state Victoria Nuland says to remain calm.
Read more...LNG exports to Europe up 150%, exports to Asia and Latin America plunge. Germany buries its head in the sand.
Read more...Europe is desperate for North African energy, and yet the West threatens to alienate countries there with its demands they cut ties with Russia.
Read more...The US doth protest too much over China’s napkin doodle peace principles. Why the defensiveness?
Read more...A deep dive into the costs and impact of the recent, large-scale European energy subsidies.
Read more...What passes for leadership in the West is becoming more agitated, particulalry over Ukraine.
Read more...Brexit fudged the question of the Irish border. The Tory “Ultras” that pushed for a hard Brexit are still loaded for bear on this matter.
Read more...A stocktaking on the impact of the economic sanctions against Russia.
Read more...Putin was in fine form, focusing on domestic programs, wth no new battlefield plans. But he didn’t mince words about the West.
Read more...The much -maligned EU gas price cap is not looking any better with age.
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