By Conor Gallagher Much like Ankara, Belgrade has tried to stay above the fray in the conflict between NATO and Russia. While Serbia doesn’t share the same geographic significance and isn’t a member of NATO like Turkey, it is one of Russia’s strongest allies in Europe, and is now receiving the same pressure to choose […]
Sunday, July 26, 2026
How European Union Energy Policies Could Mitigate the Coming Recession
The European Union faces recession, but the way in which policymakers manage the energy crisis will determine its depth and duration.
Is the UK About to Hit the Wall?
The UK is in sorry shape…..and is looking like the canary in the economic coal mine.
Why the Soviet Union Imploded
The Soviet Union depended on energy sales and consumer production stagnated. Reforms promoted the rise of oligarchs and the 1990s free fall.
Is the US Preparing for the “NATOization” of Bosnia?
By Conor Gallagher As the political situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina continues to deteriorate, it’s looking increasingly likely that NATO forces will return to the country as Washington’s answer to a problem it has created. Questions over the integrity of the October 2 election are ratcheting up tensions in the ethnically-divided country. On top of […]
Ancestral Livelihoods and Moral Universalism: Evidence from Transhumant Pastoralist Societies
Historical transhumant pastoralism is strongly predictive of greater present-day in-group relative to out-group trust.
Book Excerpt: It’s Not Just Humans at Risk From Covid-19
To believe Covid-19 was engineered to target humans is to ignore its broad capacity for infecting other animals.
What Social Security Should Really Be Paying to Survive in This Economy
Inadequate cost of living adjustments are nevertheless giving Social Security gutters new talking points.
2:00PM Water Cooler 10/14/2022
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Human Prehistory—Why New Discoveries About Human Origins Open Up Revolutionary Possibilities
How the proto-technology of toolmaking during human prehistory may have influenced brain development and social structures.
A Central Banker in Finland Just Told Finns to Stock Up on Cash, Just in Case of Disruption to Payments System
Finland, like its Scandinavian peers, is among the world’s most cashless economies. But according to the central banker, now is not a good time to give up on cash.
