EU plans to introduce US-style extraterritorial sanctions in violation of international law and to target companies of third countries for their exports to Russia. Non-Western alliances (BRICS, SCO) expand.
Climate Crisis
Euro Intelligence: Glowing Green
The contours of the EU “Brown Deal” are becoming ever clearer. First natural gas is green, now nuclear energy. Next in line is “green” coal. Read here Fukushima: The EU’s vision of a Green World
Economics
Prem Sikka: How successive British governments have created a new rentier economy
Governments appease corporations and the super-rich by following the old policies which benefit a few. Read Article HERE Licensed under the Open Government Licence version 1.0
Geopolitics
Craig Mokhiber – The World Court has ended the Oslo ruse
The ICJ’s ruling that international law protects the rights of Palestinians, and they need not negotiate with their oppressors for those rights, dealt a definitive blow to decades of Western efforts to situate Israel outside […]
The sanctions policy looks more and more like the Suicide Squad in Life of Brian: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUHk2RSMCS8