Troubling Trends in Armenia Mirror Pre-War Ukraine
The country is once again at the center of international competition, Nazi ghosts are being resurrected, and anti-Russian attitudes are gaining favor.
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The Maidan Cookie Has Crumbled – Ukraine Study Finds Most Multinational Companies Still in Russia
A new study claims that a substantial majority of foreign businesses in Russia that were supposed to exit due to sanctions are still there.
Read more...Trump, Populism, and the Republican Establishment: Two Graphs From New Hampshire
This year’s New Hampshire primary testifies to the disintegration of the Republican Party
Read more...Attrition War — How Israel Is Losing on the Economic Front
An update on the impact on the war on the Israel economy, and the efforts to mitigate it.
Read more...More Signs of US Impotence in Middle East: Overkill Yet Ineffective Strikes, Deluded “Reshaping the Middle East” Planted Piece, Hamas Blame Pre-Positioning for Probable Ceasefire Negotiation Fail
The US increasingly looks at if it has no clue as to the considerable limits on its power, now being exposed in the Middle East
Read more...Red Sea Chaos Highlights Problems With Italy’s Plan to Be European Energy Hub
Was the idea ever all that well thought out in the first place?
Read more...The Concept of Just War and Outlines of the Just War Theory in International Relations
A primer on the development of the concept of a just war and what it is considered to mean today.
Read more...German Establishment Prepares to Cross the Rubicon
A questionable report on a deportation plot causes a nationwide meltdown. A ban of the Alternative for Germany party is looking likely unless it loses support. Farmers and strikers join government’s enemy list.
Read more...The Real Reason Your Grocery Bill Is Still So High
Big Ag price gouging is driving still elevated grocery store prices. When will that become a political issue?
Read more...CBO and CMS Continue to Overestimate Health Care Cost Increases, Creating Unjustified Pressure to Cut Benefits
The CBO and CMS, keep overestimating health cost increase, and at least for the CBO, it’s due to neoliberal fealty.
Read more...What’s the Fate of Social Security in a Brutally Unequal America?
Presidential contenders ignore root causes threatening Social Security. Is it due to their reliance on wealthy donors?
Read more...Freedom of Navigation: Houthi Attacks Only Part of How a Historical Anomaly Is Unwinding
Open seas, often touted as freedom of navigation, may be on its way out due to US negligence and technology change.
Read more...Iraqi Militia Suspends Attacks on US Forces, Paving Way for Troop Withdrawal
“If true, this is the least bad outcome. Iraqi militias agree to stop targeting U.S. troops, who then can be safely removed.”
Read more...Our Housing Crisis Is Literally Killing People
A society that refuses to provide safe and secure housing for every single person is a failure.
Read more...Israel Plans to Attack Lebanon Because Israel Is Not Winning Against Hamas
Israel looks determined to take a huge gamble and attack Lebanon.
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