Mission Accomplished: “Super Mario” Draghi’s Legacy and the Italian Election
Turnout in Italy’s election was the lowest since WWII as voters lose faith in a system unable to reverse a declining standard of living.
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Italy’s Lurch to the Right Raises Risk of Fossil Gas Lock-In
After this weekend’s snap election, incumbent energy companies will face scant pressure over climate change from the winning right-wing coalition.
Read more...What the Fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan Is Really About and Why It’s Likely to Get Worse
By Conor Gallagher Ever since the breakup of the USSR, Azerbaijan and Armenia have been locked in a dispute over Nagorno-Karabakh, an enclave recognized as Azerbaijani territory by the international community but mostly populated by ethnic Armenians. They fought a war there two years ago when Azerbaijan grabbed land in a six-week conflict that led […]
Read more...Peace Activists Hit the Streets From D.C. to San Francisco Seeking End to Ukraine War
Finally some in America are willing to speak out against the financial and human costs of the Ukraine conflict and urge neogitations.
Read more...Yanis Varoufakis: Time to Blow Up the Electricity Markets
How the EU’s neoliberal Rube Goldberg electricity market has made the energy shortage problem much worse than it needed to be.
Read more...Using the Payments System to Enforce an Russian Oil Price Cap Likely to Cause Supply Shock
The G7 plans to use its payments system to enforce a Russian oil price cap, because that worked so well in the shock and awe sanctions.
Read more...Speculation Over What Russia Does Next
Russia, as in Putin, is under pressure to amp up the Ukraine war. Will he be able to hold out?
Read more...Olaf Scholz and Vladimir Putin Talk Past Each Other as Ukraine Pushes for Formalizing Ukraine’s NATO Lite Status
NATO is saber-rattling at Putin and the Russian leadership. Will Russia escalate or wait to see NATO’s cards?
Read more...Why The EU Is Struggling To Bring Its Energy Crisis Under Control
Why the EU is hitting a wall.
Read more...Final Opinion Polls Before the Italian Elections Show Parties Are Out of Step With Voters on Russia Sanctions
The final opinion before the 25 September Italian elections show that Italian political parties are disconnected from the electorate on the issue of sanctions on Russia.
Read more...Real Estate Booms Are Behind Europe’s Productivity Divergence
The lack of real convergence between countries in Europe is a major obstacle to the proper functioning of the Euro area.
Read more...EU Wrangling Over Energy Plans That Amount to Band-Aid Over Gunshot Wound
Even with energy-hungry businesses shuttering or reducting operations, most EU officials don’t grasp how bad things will become.
Read more...NATO, Russia, Energy Put Balkans on Edge
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Read more...“Lehman Event” Looms For Europe As Energy Companies Face $1.5 Trillion in Margin Calls
Why energy price spikes are threatening the financial system. And any derivatives bailout will take prescedence over businesses and housholds.
Read more...Europe’s Economic Controlled Flight Into Terrain
More on Europe’s economic suicide.
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