Boris Johnson’s Hypocrisy on the Northern Ireland Protocol Is a New Low
Boris Johnson has threatened for some time to blow up Brexit’s Northern Ireland protoocol, and now he’s finally set the process in motion.
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SWIFT Dollar Decline
US-led sanctions are inadvertently undermining post-Second World War dollar dominance. Countries threatened are respond pro-actively.
Read more...Anschluss, Again — Anticipating Poland’s Strategy in Russia’s Intelligence Assessment
Is Poland scheming? And if so, what might come of its plans?
Read more...Pursuing India’s Multi-Aligned Foreign Policy in a Multipolar World: Time for a Sister Souljah Moment?
Offensive comments by BJP officials have sparked diplomatic condemnation, at potential cost to India’s foreign policy of multi-alignment.
Read more...Western Self-Destruction Continues: US Eyepoking China, US Failed Muscling of Latin America, EU Commission Schemes to Admit Ukraine. To What End?
Western officials are doing an impressive job of making not-great to bad situations worse. What gives?
Read more...Would A Price Cap On Russian Oil Help Curb Its Revenue?
Janet Yellen’s idea that Russia will sell oil to the collective West at a super duper discount looks pretty unhinged.
Read more...Waste Watch: Colorado and New York Pass Right to Repair Measures
Two states, New York and Colorado, recently passed right to repair measures, covering digital electronics equipment and power wheelchairs.
Read more...Why What’s Going on Right Now at the WTO Matters
Besides the crucial COVID-19 vaccine patent waiver, far more is at stake at this WTO ministerial than is generally known.
Read more...‘Time to Scrap the Cap’: Sanders, Warren Bill Targets Rich to Expand Social Security
Now, as Sen. Bernie Sanders notes, billionaires pay “the same amount of Social Security taxes as someone making $147,000 a year.”
Read more...As U.S. LNG Expands in Europe, a Hidden Threat Grows
Researchers and experts are warning about the danger of naturally occurring radiation in LNG to workers and communities in the US and Europe
Read more...The US War in Europe Isn’t Hot Enough – Dropping the Climate Bomb on Russia
Thane Gustafson in Klimat, Russia in the Age of Climate Change, says a lot about Russian energy and metals despite not consulting any experts
Read more...January 6/Capitol Seizure House Select Committee Hearings Live Blog/Open Thread
Enjoy!
Read more...The Tricky Question for Russia of How Far to Go
Why Russia has some tough decisions in the offing.
Read more...How Will American Oligarchs Keep Control?
It’s easy to forget that at the end of the Roman Republic, the Republic did end. Will our oligarchs engineer a similar regime change?
Read more...Primaries Are Getting More Crowded with Candidates, and That’s Good News for Extremists and Bad News for Voters
Mainstream politicians and voters are concerned that extremists are gaining ground. Maybe they should focus on the disease, not the sympoms.
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