Finance
Politico – European carmakers in crossfire of US-EU trade war
German automanufacturers are facing the perfect storm – falling behind China technologically, and having their access to the US market reduced. Read the article HERE.
Articles by Ben Wray
Geopolitics
Vijay Prashad – Washington’s Fantasy of a War Against China
If the US begins to lose the tech race against China, could it turn to war against the East Asian giant as its last, best chance of maintaining American dominance? Vijay Prashad is an Indian […]
Geopolitics
Tim Beal – Did North Korean troops disappear in the fog of the Ukraine war?
Spurious claims from Ukraine military sources about North Korean engagement in the Ukraine war may have more to do with media narratives than reality. Tim Beal is an author, researcher and Educator. Asia specialist Tim […]
Inequality
Paul Hickman, Kesia Reeve – ‘We’d just switch everything off’: six in ten social housing tenants go without essentials to pay rent
A sad indictment of 21st century England. Paul Hickman is Professor of Housing and Social Policy at Sheffield Hallam University. Kesia Reeve is Principal Research Fellow at Sheffield Hallam University. Cross-posted from The Conversation The social […]
Solutions
Ben Wray – Population Decline Will Transform Our Social World
Population decline is already a reality for many European countries and is looming for the rest of them. This is a seismic change in the nature of our society and the economy and the left […]
Geopolitics
David Hearst – How Trump and Netanyahu forced Mohammed bin Salman to draw a line on Palestine
Trump and Netanyahu have forced Saudi Arabia’s hand by threatening to expel the Palestinian population from Gaza. David Hearst is co-founder and editor-in-chief of Middle East Eye. He is a commentator and speaker on the […]
Solutions
Lily Lynch – Sense of an Ending
A look at the massive student protests rocking Serbia. In New Left Review’s ‘Sidecar’. Read the article HERE.
Geopolitics
Mike Fredenburg – The folly of PR-driven strategy: Ukraine’s doomed 155th Brigade
Putting optics before sound military tactics and strategy has not been good for Ukraine’s war effort. Mike Fredenburg has been writing on defense policy and politics for over 30 years, with articles in numerous publications […]
EU politics
Andrea Pettrachin, Matteo Bassoli: The Italy-Albania migration deal – a policy failure?
Meloni wants to be seen to be fighting with liberal judges and NGOs for control over the migration and asylum issue. In that sense, the fact the Albania migration deal hasn’t worked is not a […]
Geopolitics
Marco Carnelos – Sorry Trump, Palestinians aren’t going to fall for ‘Make Gaza Great Again’
Trump’s plan to ethnically cleanse Gaza has more holes in it than Swiss cheese. Marco Carnelos is a former Italian diplomat. He has been assigned to Somalia, Australia and the United Nations. He served in […]