What Is the US up to in Azerbaijan?
US pressure campaign comes as Baku increasingly plays key role at Caucasus crossroads. Assistant Secretary of State says Russian and Iranian involvement in region is “unstable and undesirable.”
Read more...US pressure campaign comes as Baku increasingly plays key role at Caucasus crossroads. Assistant Secretary of State says Russian and Iranian involvement in region is “unstable and undesirable.”
Read more...German elites run up the tab, but the country’s working class is largely stuck with the bill. An attempt to understand why Germany cannot or will not reverse course.
Read more...Putin ducked a request by Iran for support with respect to Gaza….but what might Raisi actaully want?
Read more...Some Ukraine officials now depict the US as quietly opposed to Ukraine joining NATO, even as Jens Stoltenberg is still hyping it
Read more...A detailed discussion of Russia’s effort to foster an ideological counterpoint to US hegemony, particularly via Putin speeches.
Read more...Things are going from bad to worse for Ukraine, and at an accelerating pace too.
Read more...The Turkiye-sponsored thousand-boat flotilla, scheduled to set sail for Gaza this past Wednesday, looks to be a non-starter. What happened?
Read more...Hardliners want to close the sea to Russian ships as the Newnew Polar Bear drops anchor right in the middle of the whole mess.
Read more...The neocons look to Bulgaria as a clog to prevent gas from reaching Europe and NATO seeks a toehold into the Black Sea via Romania.
Read more...Polish truckers, tired of being undercut by Ukrainian competitors, are blocking the roads to four key border crossings with Ukraine as Polish authorities allow the protests to continue.
Read more...Is Germany going to succeed in advancing a key EU aim, putting a trouble-making Poland in a box?
Read more...A wide-ranging talk, both geographically and historically, on the accelerating changes in the global economy
Read more...To what ought to be the considerable embarrassment of the US, China and Russia looks set to cinch a major gas licensing deal in Iraq.
Read more...Opposie! The West increasingly needs critical materials from countries against which we have escalated, particularly for green energy.
Read more...Finland seems happy to be set up by NATO to make trouble for Russia.
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