Moscow and Tehran hold economic upper hand in the region, but current ruling groups in both Armenia and Azerbaijan are no longer responding to rational and mutual national interests.
Read more...Germany, following the European Commission’s lead, is moving forward a plan for the biggest members to impose decisions on the others.
Read more...Wars often undermine democracy, but it appears that that result is not baked in but operates in particular circumstances.
Read more...Can Europe free itself from its capture by the US, which looked like a dandy idea until the US became an openly predatory hegemon?
Read more...Did the success of former Nazi officers in landing key positions in NATO help explain NATO’s Russia hostility even after the USSR fell?
Read more...More truth nuggets about Ukraine’s desperate position are appearing in the Western press, but the level of denial is still high.
Read more...Michael Hudson and Lena Petrova discuss the breakdown of the US-led order, Trump’s misguided efforts to maintain primacy, and what comes next
Read more...Another example of Ukraine war blowback on the West: banking costs rose and lending tightened due to the sanctions on Russia.
Read more...The damage to Ukraine’s grid is already so serious and hard to remedy that its future as a failed state is close to certain.
Read more...Contrary to popular narrative, the U.S. is not retreating to its own “backyard.”
Read more...Trump’s Greenland climbdown is yet another sign of how his derangedness is becoming more and more destabilizing.
Read more...Though it seems highly unlikely given weak and incompetent leadership in Europe, it has cards to play to stymie Trump’s Greenland grab.
Read more...The case that the tech bros desire for freedom cities and need for AI energy is driving the Greenland obsession.
Read more...More on Trump’s plans to annex Greenland.
Read more...A look at a Trump pretext for taking Greenland: its significant stores of oil, gas, and minerals, with the vast majority still underground.
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