Economics
National Politics
Geopolitics
Ben Freeman – Congress quietly moves to integrate US and Israeli militaries
In the first step towards shifting aid further into the shadows, the House’s 2027 NDAA would all but fuse the two countries’ armed forces together Ben Freeman is Director of the Democratizing Foreign Policy program […]
Economics
Jeffrey Sachs – An Open Letter to Chancellor Friedrich Merz
Economist and diplomat Jeffrey Sachs is calling on German Chancellor Merz to begin immediate talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin about peace in Europe. University Professor and Director of the Center for Sustainable Development at […]
Geopolitics
Matt Kennard, Chris Hedges – How the War on Terror Created the Age of Trump
Matt Kennard shows in his new book that the bipartisan War on Terror laid the groundwork for the Trump presidency and the rise of fascism — now, with extremists empowered, we face the consequences. In […]
Corruption
Corruption
Haaretz: Ukraine Seeks Israel’s Help to Trace Private Jet Loaded with 800kg of Gold, Cash, and Corruption Suspect Tied to Zelensky
Zelensky’s longtime business partner Timur Mindich fled Ukraine to Israel on a private jet with 800kg of gold + millions in cash — just hours before NABU raided his home. Read Article HERE
EU politics
Middle East Eye: Use of force by guards in trial of pro-Palestine activists in Germany under scrutiny
Defence lawyers reiterate demands for the recusal of the judge, who they say has ‘no interest’ in hearing the defendants Read Article HERE
National Politics
Aurelien – You The People….Can just sod off.
“Democracy” is a slogan, a value-judgement more than it is a description, and a term of praise and abuse in political debates more than a defined programme. Cross-posted from Aurelien’s substack “Trying to understand the […]
Geopolitics
Economics
Ian Proud – ‘Comrade Keir’ or just (finally) rational UK energy policy?
Lifting sanctions on Russian energy products at a time when there is a Iran war-induced crisis is drawing the usual firestorm regarding loyalty to Ukraine Ian Proud was a member of His Britannic Majesty’s Diplomatic […]