Dethroning the Dollar: Why the Alternatives Are Not Ready for Prime Time
Why the dollar’s demise is not around the corner.
Read more...Category Archives: Russia
The Russian Oil Price Cap Isn’t as Simple as It Seems
The harder your look at the Russian oil price cap, the uglier it looks.
Read more...Russia’s General Patience and the Pause That Refreshes
Taking stock of the damage done by Russia’s continuing missile attacks and what that means for the war in Ukraine.
Read more...A New Era for Germany’s Gas Industry Fuels Climate Fears
Moves to end energy dependence on Russia are a win for the gas lobby, locking Germany into the global market for liquefied natural gas.
Read more...Ukraine War: Turkey Is the Pivot Point Between Russia and the US – History Shows Us Why
A perhaps too glib and US-favoring read on Turkey-Russia relations.
Read more...Normalizing Nazis at Vogue, MSNBC, and “America’s Largest Documentary Festival” (but not Catalonia)
The Azov Battalion’s photographer tours the United States, goes on MSNBC.
Read more...Biden Keeps Up Tough Talk on Ukraine Despite Evidence of Failure
The collective West is having a wee bit of trouble with facts on the ground in Ukraine.
Read more...Türkiye Losing Patience with the US
Washington’s relentless pressure on Türkiye and the Istanbul bombing lead to Turkish airstrikes hitting American positions in Syria.
Read more...Ukraine Armistice – How the Ukraine Demilitarized Zone of 2023 Will Separate the Armies Like the Korean DMZ of 1953
Russian military experts speculate that the end game for Ukraine is coming in the form of a DMZ. But is even that adequate?
Read more...EU Gets Tough on China as US Steals European Industry
European leaders have spent all year getting tough on China while the US has been preparing to steal their industry out from under their noses.
Read more...“Instructions from Kiev”: Ukraine Propaganda Messaging
Colonel Douglas Macgregor provides an example of how Ukraine has been playing the Mighty Wurlitzer of the Western media.
Read more...Michael Hudson Answers Questions on Europe’s Self-Immolation, Fed’s Malpractice, Changing World Order
Michael Hudson covers a wide range of topics, including the decline of Europe, the Fed’s mismanagement, the rise of new economic blocs
Read more...Polish President Andrzej Duda Doesn’t Want War With Russia, But He Doesn’t Want To Tell Polish Voters
President Duda was pranked! Hilarity and uncomfortable revelations follow.
Read more...Is the Collective West Going Soon to Be Hoist on the Zelensky Petard?
ving elevated Zelensky to be the face of Ukraine’s war effort is becomig a problem for the West.
Read more...The Stavka Memorandum: Russia Means Military Power Plus Diselectrification of the Ukraine (“Stormy and Prolonged Applause”)
John Helmer describes how Russia is identifying electricity grid targets, as well as current ideas for creating a demilitarized zone.
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