EU politics
Adam Tooze – Chartbook 356: Deutschland 2025 – A live (and complicated) democracy
Analysis of the German election result. In Adam Tooze’s Substack. Read the article HERE.
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Geopolitics
The Cradle: Why Israel occupies five Lebanese hills
Tel Aviv’s occupation of five heights in Lebanon offers no real military advantage, primarily serving psychological and political aims. However, keeping its troops there for long risks a ceasefire collapse Read HERE
National Politics
Juan Cole: Ta-Nehisi Coates: If Democrats can’t draw the Line at Genocide, they can’t Draw the Line at Democracy
Ta-Nehisi Coates and Angela Davis spoke at the University of Michigan’s Rackham Auditorium on February 19, 2025, interviewed by my colleague Angela Dillard, the vice provost for undergraduate education. The event was arranged by the […]
Geopolitics
The Electronic Intifada: Swiss federal police opposed Ali Abunimah entry ban, files reveal
Swiss federal authorities rejected a request to ban Ali Abunimah from entering the country, official documents seen by The Electronic Intifada show. But this decision was hastily overturned, possibly due to political interference. As a […]
Economics
DeStatis – German Recession: In 2024, United States became Germany’s most important trading partner once again after nine years
Not great news with Trump about to initiate a trade war with the EU Read HERE
Economics
Kateryna Serohina: ‘Trump’s plan’ for partnership with Ukraine: Telegraph reveals text of agreement from US
The text of the partnership agreement with Ukraine provided by the US suggests an attempt by the US to take control of half of the country’s natural resources. The proposed contract is seen as an […]
Geopolitics
The Cradle: Trump cuts funding for PA security forces as part of foreign aid freeze
The Palestinian Authority is seeking to prove its usefulness to Israel to obtain a role in governing Gaza Read HERE
Climate Crisis
Politico – EU eyes funding foreign LNG projects to lower prices, draft plan reveals
‘The European Union is considering backing investments in overseas fossil fuel infrastructure and shifting to long-term contracts to cut the high energy prices damaging European industries, according to a leaked proposal seen by POLITICO.’ Read […]
Geopolitics
Mark Curtis, Phil Miller – Britain sends spy planes to Gaza during ceasefire
The war on Gaza never stopped, and Britain never stopped its participation in it. Published in the Stop the War coalition website. Read the article HERE.
Corruption
Thomas Fazi – The EU’s propaganda machine
A summary of Fazi’s latest report, finding that the EU funds NGOs to promote itself. Read the full article HERE.