EU politics
Hanne Cokelaere – How France voted: Charts and Maps
A look at the data from yesterday’s second round in the French election. In Politico. Read the article HERE.
Month: July 2024
Geopolitics
Oren Ziv – ‘I’m bored, so I shoot’: The Israeli army’s approval of free-for-all violence in Gaza
‘Israeli soldiers describe the near-total absence of firing regulations in the Gaza war, with troops shooting as they please, setting homes ablaze, and leaving corpses on the streets — all with their commanders’ permission.’ In […]
EU politics
Binoy Kampmark – Massacre at the Ballot: The Punishing of the Tories
The Tories defeat is the big headline of this election, but the sub-plot is the unrepresentativeness of Labour’s victory. Binoy Kampmark was a Commonwealth Scholar at Selwyn College, Cambridge. He lectures at RMIT University, Melbourne. […]
Geopolitics
Michael von der Schulenburg – Az ukrajnai háború megelőzhető lett volna, ha betartják a nemzetközi jogot
Az USA hegemón igényei és fegyverei nem teremtenek rendet és békét. Michael von der Schulenburg az ENSZ korábbi főtitkárhelyettese volt, és több mint 34 éven át dolgozott a világ számos háborús övezetében, vezető szerepet játszva […]
Geopolitics
Michael von der Schulenburg – En respectant le droit international, la guerre en Ukraine aurait pu être évitée
Les prétentions hégémoniques et les armes des États-Unis n’apportent ni l’ordre ni la paix Michael von der Schulenburg a été sous-secrétaire général des Nations unies et a travaillé pendant plus de 34 ans dans de […]
Geopolitics
Michael von der Schulenburg – La guerra in Ucraina avrebbe potuto essere evitata se fosse stato rispettato il diritto internazionale
Le pretese egemoniche e le armi degli Stati Uniti non portano ordine né pace Michael von der Schulenburg è stato assistente del Segretario generale delle Nazioni Unite e ha lavorato per oltre 34 anni in […]
Geopolitics
Michael von der Schulenburg – Der Ukrainekrieg hätte bei Einhaltung des Völkerrechts verhindert werden können
Hegemoniale Ansprüche und Waffen der USA bringen weder Ordnung noch Frieden Michael von der Schulenburg war ehemaliger Assistant Secretary-General der Vereinten Nationen und hat über 34 Jahre in vielen Kriegsgebieten der Welt in leitender Funktion […]
Economics
Misfit in Moscow: How British diplomacy in Russia failed: 2014-2019 by Ian Proud
Book Review by Geoff Roberts Notable among dissenters from NATO’s proxy war with Russia in Ukraine have been former Western ambassadors such as Jack Matlock and Chas Freeman in the United States, Britain’s Tony Brenton, […]
Geopolitics
John Mearsheimer – China In the Wings
3 July 2024 Mearsheimer covers a lot of territory in geopolitics
Climate Crisis
Richard Murphy – Labour is not going to deliver
6 July 2024 Richard explains the two most imporrtant policies of why authoritarian liberals are doomed to failure: ignoring climate change and their propagation of Trickle Down