German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Thomas Haldenwang, the internal security chief Scholz accepted from Angela Merkel, have pulled off a media coup in the style of the first German minister of propaganda.
Read more...Japan and the Netherlands are joining the US in tightening controls over the export of advanced chip-making machinery to China.
Read more...The dubious but not surprising end of the MH17 trial.
Read more...Why the road away from the dollar will have many twists and turns.
Read more...Why the dollar’s demise is not around the corner.
Read more...Taking stock of the damage done by Russia’s continuing missile attacks and what that means for the war in Ukraine.
Read more...Moves to end energy dependence on Russia are a win for the gas lobby, locking Germany into the global market for liquefied natural gas.
Read more...A perhaps too glib and US-favoring read on Turkey-Russia relations.
Read more...The collective West is having a wee bit of trouble with facts on the ground in Ukraine.
Read more...Sad to see the state of what passes for informed commentary on the European gas squeeze.
Read more...Activists make a passionate case for peace in Ukraine. But the principals are not even remotely on board.
Read more...Washington’s relentless pressure on Türkiye and the Istanbul bombing lead to Turkish airstrikes hitting American positions in Syria.
Read more...Russian military experts speculate that the end game for Ukraine is coming in the form of a DMZ. But is even that adequate?
Read more...A leader in competition and antitrust warns that ever-expanding tech giants raise concerns about the extent of their power.
Read more...European leaders have spent all year getting tough on China while the US has been preparing to steal their industry out from under their noses.
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