Is Trump Poisoning the Prospects of Negotiation With Russia Over Ukraine with His Minerals Deal?
The US looks to be throwing a spanner into the possibility of Ukraine peace talks by getting Ukraine to sign over mineral rights to the US.
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Will Some EU States Seize Russia’s “Shadow Fleet” In The Baltic?
Could major incident in the Baltic Sea spark a crisis that leads to Russian escalation, thwarting Ukraine talks?
Read more...Europe’s Challenge and Opportunity in the Trump Era: Building Coalitions of the Willing
How some ideas for bolstering Europe’s position in the Trump era are not as well thought through as they ought to be.
Read more...Initial Thoughts on US-Russia Talks on Ukraine War as Ukraine and EU Have Nervous Breakdowns
Plenty of people are seriously Not Happy that Trump and Putin are talking about Ukraine, and some do have agency.
Read more...US History of Duplicity Means Impossibility of Negotiated Settlements, Including Ukraine; Could a Government in Exile Be Coming?
Why there will be no deal between the US and Russia on Ukraine: the US really is incapable of entering into an agreement it will respect.
Read more...Trump Declares Economic War on Just About Everyone That Matters. Is a Smash-Up a Feature and Not a Bug? Update: Mexico One Month Pause. Who Blinked?
Trump is opening up a multi-front economic war by imposing tariffs on America’s biggest trade partners, with the EU next in line. What gives?
Read more...Will It Matter Who Wins Germany’s Upcoming Election or Will Country’s Fate Largely Be Decided in Washington?
If Germany stays under the thumb of Washington and living standards continue to decline under a new government, what happens then?
Read more...What France Loses by Closing Its Military Bases in Africa
What happens when a former colonial power like France loses one of the key implements of its control?
Read more...A Trump Pivot Away From Europe? Not So Fast: The Plunder Is Too Lucrative for American Plutocrats
Europe is now largely an American colony where the tech, energy, weapons, and financial industries are making a killing, so it’s no wonder Trump isn’t going to substantially shift US policy.
Read more...NATO as the Fly in Russia’s Baltic Sea Soup
The West uses common, minor, and likely accidental damage to a few submarine cables to further militarize the Baltic Sea and harass the “shadow fleet.”
Read more...How Trump 2.0 Could Herald a New Age of Authoritarian Capitalism
To discuss: “Trump’s weaponisation of US power poses a threat to peace, prosperity and the planet.”
Read more...What Will A Trump-Aligned EU Look Like?
The gangster state’s bust out of Europe is set to accelerate as the EU center embraces its true nature.
Read more...Michael Hudson: Trump on Greenland, Panama and Canada
Michael Hudson on the method in Trump’s seeming madness in laying claim to Greenland, Canada, and the Panama Canal.
Read more...Russia’s Difficult Ukraine End Game Choices and the Issue of “Imposing Terms”
Why Russia’s seeming high class problem of being able to secure a military victory in Ukraine really is a problem.
Read more...Musk, Meloni, and the AfD: Trump’s Plan for Reorganizing EU Vassals Comes into Focus
Meloni offers vassalage to the US under faux nationalist packaging. Musk’s support of the Alternative for Germany shows it might be prepared to do the same.
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