Michael Hudson: Germany’s Position in America’s New World Order
Why is Germany in thrall to the US, to Germany’s great detriment? A historical analogy provides some insight.
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EU Threatens Secondary Sanctions Against Turkey Amid Row Over NATO Bids, Russian Ties
Tensions continue to rise between Türkiye and NATO with the EU threatening Ankara with secondary sanctions over its dealings with Russia and Washington using Greece and Cyprus to pressure Türkiye.
Read more...“Nikkei-Owned Financial Times Begins to Crack on Sanctions”
Some serious whinging from Japan about the supposedly new and improved oil and gas sanctions on Russia.
Read more...Russia Accuses West of Trying to Replicate Ukraine Strategy in Armenia
Moscow accuses the West of using an Ukraine-style strategy in Armenia as more players enter the fold and the situation in the South Caucuses risks spiraling out of control.
Read more...Is The IEA Too Optimistic About The Energy Transition?
The IAE says the Ukraine War and the energy crisis are speeding up the global energy transition, but a closer look shows there are reasons to be doubtful.
Read more...Stab in the Back – Not One Inch but Right to the Heart
John Helmer picks apart the not-well-understood story of who betrayed whom when Gorbachev agreed to the lousy US “not one inch” promise.
Read more...A Disordered World – Part 3: Pathways
Satyajit Das’ final post on where the world order is headed.
Read more...The Growing Chorus for Peace in Ukraine
It has now become barely acceptable to say it might be a good idea to seek an end to the Ukraine war.
Read more...Satyajit Das: A Disordered World – Part 2: Susceptibilities
Satyajit Das continues his tour of the breakup of the world order, here focusing on financial/economic dislocations and dysfunctional elites
Read more...IEA: The Current Energy Crisis Is Unprecedented
The IEA has finally, late in the game, goten the nerve to sound alarms about energy shortages. But nary a word about the role of sanctions
Read more...“The US Signals Readiness to Launch Nuclear Strike Against Russia”
How Russia is reading Western, particularly US, nuke talk.
Read more...Türkiye Resisting US Pressure Against Increasing Economic Ties to Russia
Türkiye is resisting US pressure on the most important anti-Russian measures. Will the US be smart enough to find and meet Türkiye’s price?
Read more...Brussels Provides Not-So-Subtle Input on Italy’s Next Government
By Conor Gallagher While incoming Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and her Brothers of Italy Party (Fdl) certainly provide plenty of nationalist and culture war sound bites, they will ultimately be forced to follow EU and NATO marching orders, or they won’t be in power very long. Now that two cabinet picks from Meloni and […]
Read more...Diesel Crisis Deepens As Inventories Fall To Dangerous Levels
Diesel fuel is in scarcer supply than ever. Shortages coming?
Read more...Vietnam Army General Giap on How To Win, British Armchair General Freedman on How To Lose
Sir Lawrence Freedman declares victory for Ukraine is inevitable because Putin.
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