Geopolitics
Month: June 2026
Economics
Eurostat: Euro area annual inflation up to 3.2%
Euro area annual inflation is expected to be 3.2% in May 2026, up from 3.0% in April according to a flash estimate from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. Read Article HERE
Geopolitics
euronews: Germany fails to gain seat on UN Security Council
On 3 June Germany failed for the first time to secure a seat on the UN Security Council, with Portugal and Austria receiving more votes for the two Western European spots starting in 2027. Read […]
Economics
Alastair Crooke – Iran war effect marks the resetting of world geo-politics
Beijing can fund itself cheaply and almost indefinitely – and thus can outlast the U.S. grand strategy to contain China. Alastair Crooke is a former British diplomat, founder and director of the Beirut-based Conflicts Forum […]
Austerity
Chris Hedges – Tyranny or Revolution
We face a choice. Tyranny or revolution. Chris Hedges is a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist who was a foreign correspondent for fifteen years for The New York Times, where he served as the Middle East Bureau Chief and […]
Economics
Aurelien – Nothing In Common…Is all we have left.
How well will western societies be able to cope with the enormous social, economic and even security stresses that they can expect over the next five years or so? Cross-posted from Aurelien’s substack “Trying to […]
Uncategorized
Geopolitics
Larry C. Johnson: Iran and the US Trade More Blows in the Persian Gulf
The tensions between the US and Iran remain very taut after both sides exchanged of fire late on June 2 (early morning June 3 in the Persian Gulf). It apparently started when a US helicopter […]
Geopolitics
Marta Havryshko – Ukraine’s military has a real Nazi problem
The Neo-Nazi problem in Ukraine is not simply a Kremlin invention. Marta Havryshko is a U.S.-based author and researcher focused on Ukrainian nationalism, the far right, and the Russo-Ukrainian War. Havryshko holds a PhD in […]
Geopolitics
Vijay Prashad – Ben Gvir’s treatment of flotilla activists is part of Israel’s system of colonial violence
Ben Gvir beating and humiliating flotilla activists is not an anomaly, it’s a product of the rise of the Israeli far-right which has been long in the making. Vijay Prashad is the Director of Tricontinental: […]