5 Commodities That Could Explode As The Ukraine Crisis Escalates
A look at the commodities that are most vulnerable to reduced supply from Russia.
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Does Limited US Shale Spending Guarantee Higher Energy Prices?
Reduced shale investment is set to lead to sustained higher prices. That’s good for the planet but hard on budgets.
Read more...“What Would Russian Recognition of Separatist Territories in Ukraine Mean?”
Interestingly, a writer at openDemocracy noticed that last week, the Russian parliament gave Putin the green light to recognize Ukraine’s breakaway areas of Donbass and Luhansk. Despite that development, and the West supposedly having clever Russia experts, I don’t see any evidence that our military-intel apparatus or our Russia watchers gamed out this possibility. Mark […]
Read more...Russian Black Box Defence Against American Booby Trap Offence
Debunking the bizarre claims that the Russian side is unwilling to negotiate.
Read more...What Is Going to Happen in Ukraine?
Ukraine tensions are at the boiling point. Where might this go?
Read more...Commodities Price Increases and Prospect of Shortages Feeding Inflation Fears
Many commodities, particularly metals and energy, are in short supply, which points to even higher prices.
Read more...Michael Hudson: America’s Real Adversaries Are Its European and Other Allies
America has gone off the deep end re Ukraine. It’s pressuring allies to engage in economic self-harm, which is not a relationship-builder
Read more...Blinken’s Booby Traps – How The US Propaganda Paper Released In Madrid Proposes to Go to War With Russia While Claiming to Do The Opposite
The US seems to think it is too clever by half in dealing with Russia. But some parties close to the action, like Europeans, aren’t so keen.
Read more...Could the U.S. Defend Ukraine?
It’s no secret that the US can’t help Ukraine on the ground, charitably assuing Russia intends to Do Something. So what is the point?
Read more...Russia/Ukraine: The Donkey Turd Bomb and US Empire in Europe – How It Began, How It Is Ending
Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov sets forth what Russia might do next with respect to Ukraine.
Read more...Navigating Russia/Ukraine Warmongering Disinformation
Trying to pull some signal out of the considerable propaganda, um, noise, on Russia and Ukraine.
Read more...John Helmer: Content Analysis of Secretary Blinken at Geneva Reveals Psychopathological Incapacity to Negotiate with Russia
Tested in two hot wars, and during the Cold War, the RAND method for gauging the intention of the adversary predicts this about Blinken – he wants war with Russia; he has no mind for any alternative.
Read more...Andrew Bacevich: America’s Very Long War
Ruminations on our seemingly neverending war, starting with Vietnam….but is that the right frame?
Read more...Macron Suggests EU-Russia Talks. Meltdown Among EU, US Apparatchiks Follows.
Macron stands up for the idea that the EU should have a say about being dragged into a conflict with Russia. Can’t have that!
Read more...Eurasia’s Ring of Fire
A theory of empire, based on aspirations for control of Eurasia.
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