The Sanctions Poison Pill in Putin’s Peace Offer
A discussion of Putin including a not-much-discussed deal term that the West will never accept: sanctions relief.
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How Will Türkiye Respond to War in Lebanon (and Renewed Destabilization of Syria)?
Türkiye faces a choice: continue working towards normalization with the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad as urged by Moscow and Tehran or attempt to take advantage of the chaos.
Read more...Israel-Axis of Resistance Escalation and the Importance of the Minority Report
Looking at some information limits and biases in the ever-intensifying Israel-Axis of Resistance conflict.
Read more...The US Tries to Pressure Türkiye into Putting Its Russian Missile Systems Under American Supervision
Move would allow US to study Russian defensive capabilities. It would also severely damage ties between Ankara and Moscow, but are there reasons Erdogan would go for it?
Read more...Richard Wolff and Michael Hudson: West’s Colossal Failure: Peace Summit in Switzerland, US Decline, Rise of BRICS
Michael Hudson and Richard Wolff, in fine form, discuss the remarkable US success in driving its strategic rivals into alliances.
Read more...Atlanticism or Sovereignty? Fight in Germany Continues With Latest State Election
Germany’s loyal servants to Washington are being backed into a corner.
Read more...An American Coup?
Did the US armed services refuse to execute an order by Biden, which would amount to a coup, or is the story more complex?
Read more...The West’s Blunders Help Fuel Russia’s Far East Development
A tip of the cap to the geniuses at the US State Department.
Read more...The EU Retreats Further into a World of Self-Delusion
Mario Draghi calls for Europe, decimated by self-inflicted energy crisis and social austerity, to go on borrowing spree to pay for endless fight against Russia.
Read more...Is US Policy Saving the Dollar or Destroying It?
How the global economy is being restructured, in no small measure due to inept, self-destructive policy moves that undermine dollar use in trade.
Read more...A Short Overview of Making Colonial Empires by European Powers from the Time of the Vienna Congress up to WWI (1815−1914)
A high level recap of how European powers built out their empires in the century before the Great War.
Read more...First Russia-China Barter Trade May Come This Autumn, Sources Say
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Read more...Russia’s Prosecution of the War in Ukraine: Can It Square the Circle of Probable Boundary Conditions?
Looking at a few likely Russian boundary conditions for its war in Ukraine suggests the end game will be tricky indeed.
Read more...Polish Foreign Minister Volunteers Country to Fight Russia
Sikorski wants to shoot down Russian missiles as pressure buildis on Germany to start footing more of the bill for US imperial ambitions.
Read more...Richard Wolff: The Decline of the U.S. Empire – Where Is It Taking Us All?
Taking stock of the trajectory of the US running into the limits of its empire, and what the history of imperial declines suggests is in store
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