All parties involved in the Ukraine conflict are now manoeuvring for position in advance of the peace talks proposed by the incoming Donald Trump administration. What we do not know — and will not, until talks actually take place — is which of these positions are intended firmly to be held, which are initial bargaining counters, and which are intended to block the possibility of talks succeeding.
Climate Crisis
DeStatis – Germany: Electricity production in the 1st half of 2022: coal-generated electricity up 17.2% on the same period a year earlier
Well done Bobby “Green Gas” Habeck and the German Greens. Nearly a third of the electricity produced in Germany comes from coal-fired power plants Many hours of sunshine result in considerably more solar electricity Electricity […]
Corruption
Craig Mackay – Endemic Corruption in the UK?
Europeans believe they have very little corruption. That is because laws have been created to make corrruption legal – at least when it is on a large scale. Read here
Geopolitics
Samuel Mcilhagga, John Baptiste-Oduor – Why Donald Trump Has Turned on Europe
‘For decades, European leaders fostered a willing dependence on the United States that has made the continent acutely vulnerable to the superpower’s whims. Donald Trump has sensed this weakness and is using it to advance […]
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