China vs. West: New World Disorder
Joanna Chiu’s book, China Unbound, argues for engaging China to seriously address human rights, climate change, and economic development.
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Russia’s Campaign in Ukraine and the West’s Response: The End of the Beginning?
Even through the fog of the Ukraine war, it’s possible to discern some contours of the future emerging.
Read more...External Affairs Minister Jaishankar: India Has Concerns About U.S. Human Rights Record
Look to India to stay an independent foreign policy course, pursuing its national interests in a multipolar world, instead of joining the U.S. kennel of poodles.
Read more...U.S. Natural Gas Prices To Spike As Exports Boom
More discuss of the practical issues arising from the US plan to help fill Europe’s Russia gas gap.
Read more...Ukraine Is Smashed – This Is How It Will Be Repaired
A look at a plausible Ukraine endgame.
Read more...America Keeps Eyepoking India and China for Failing to Fall into Line on Russia; Arrogance Looking More and More Like Impotence
America’s failed attempts to get India and China in its corner against Russia is looking less like diplomacy and more like a clown car.
Read more...Speculating About the Macron v. Le Pen Presidential Election Rematch
A quick look at what might come next in the Macron-Le Pen contest.
Read more...The European Union Demand Response to High Natural Gas Prices
Even before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, high natural gas prices triggered an estimated European Union demand cut of about 7%.
Read more...Is Today’s Energy Shortage Worse Than The 1970s Oil Crisis?
The energy outlook, particularly for Europe, is not very cheery.
Read more...A Sobering View of High Fuel Prices, Green Energy, and Biden’s Plans to Help Europ
An assessment of current economic conditions, including rising prices, how long the pain might last, and possible paths forward.
Read more...Michael Hudson: The Dollar Devours the Euro
Michael Hudson argues that the euro and European economic independence are intended US targets for the war in Ukraine.
Read more...The French Election Is All About Imperialism. Here’s Why
How media oligarchs have been moving French voters, and with them, mainstream parties, to the right.
Read more...India: Pursuing its National Interest in the Multipolar World
The U.S. botches its India diplomacy as it fails to comprehend Delhi’s understanding of the new realities of the emerging multipolar world.
Read more...Russia’s War with Ukraine: Five Reasons Why Many African Countries Choose to Be ‘Neutral’
Why African countries have chosen to be ‘neutral’ on the issue of Russia’s war with Ukraine.
Read more...The Importance of Custody, or NATO’s Internal Gold War
Both the UK’s Government and the Bank of England have gotten suspiciously tetchy over German requests to get its gold back.
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