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David Broder – The Trump–Putin Talks Blindsided European Leaders

August 18, 2025 Ben Wray 0

‘This summer, European states hiked military spending and swallowed a poor trade deal in order to win favor with Donald Trump. Yet the US president’s negotiations with Vladimir Putin all but ignored their proposals.’ In […]

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Politico – EU staff revolt over Gaza stance

August 12, 2025 Ben Wray 0

‘A growing number of staff argue that the bloc’s failure to exert pressure on Israel while it’s accused of committing war crimes in Gaza makes it impossible for them to perform their duties without breaching […]

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Politico – Commission ‘surprised’ by German criticism of EU-US trade deal

August 5, 2025 Ben Wray 0

Even the German government is throwing the Commission under the bus, even though the deal was almost certainly only agreed to on behalf of German capital. Read the article HERE.

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Ingar Solty – Europe Signs Up for Its Century of Humiliation

July 29, 2025 Ben Wray 0

‘EU chief Ursula von der Leyen has signed Europe up to a humiliating, unequal trade deal with the United States. The terms dictated by Donald Trump reflect Europe’s vassal status as an increasingly junior partner […]

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Europe Shows Again That It Lacks a Backbone to Stand Up to Trump – Interview w/ C.J. Polychroniou

July 29, 2025 Ben Wray 0

Thoughts on recent political developments in Europe. C.J. Polychroniou is a political economist/political scientist who has taught and worked in numerous universities and research centers in Europe and the United States. His latest books are […]

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Thomas Fazi – EU trade deal is a capitulation to America

July 28, 2025 Ben Wray 0

The EU may have signed it’s own death warrant with this deal. In ‘Unherd’. Read the article HERE.

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Medea Benjamin – Europe’s Betrayal of Gaza

July 22, 2025 Ben Wray 0

The European Union is up to its neck in Palestinian blood. Medea Benjamin is co-founder of Global Exchange and CODEPINK: Women for Peace. She is the co-author, with Nicolas J.S. Davies, of War in Ukraine: […]

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Nick Smith – Rearming Europe

July 15, 2025 Ben Wray 0

An overview of why Europe’s establishment has embraced re-militarisation. In ‘Phenomenal World’. Read the article HERE.

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Andrew Rettman – EU antisemitism tsar lobbied against Israel sanctions

July 10, 2025 Ben Wray 0

Bake sales for Gaza is “ambient antisemitism”, according to the EU’s antisemitism tsar: the loonies have well and truly taken over the asylum in Brussels. In ‘EU Observer’ (link not behind paywall). Read the article […]

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Camilla Locatelli and Vanessa Endrejat – EU fiscal rules and the illusion of objectivity

July 9, 2025 Ben Wray 0

EU fiscal rules are presented as objective but they are in fact extremely political, and are much easier for Germany to get round than weaker EU states. Dr Camilla Locatelli is a Postdoctoral Researcher at […]

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Genocide in Gaza: Israel’s Long War on Palestine by Avi Shlaim

January 15, 2026 0

Book Review by Hossam el-Hamalawy Avi Shlaim’s Genocide in Gaza: Israel’s Long War on Palestine is a book written in the midst of catastrophe, not after its dust has settled.  It is a work shaped […]

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After Nations – The Making and Unmaking of a World Order by Rana Dasgupta

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Reviewed by Branko Milanovic´ This new splendid and beautifully-written book by Rana Dasgupta has as its title After Nations: The Making and Unmaking of a World Order. The idea, briefly sketched in the introduction and […]

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