Geopolitics
Israel: Genocide-Rave of settlers blocking aid to Gaza
בריקודים ודגלים: ניצולי מסיבת נובה מוחים עם פעילי תנועת צו 9 במעבר כרם שלום@Itsik_zuarets pic.twitter.com/K3iJQ7SL5H — כאן חדשות (@kann_news) February 6, 2024
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Geopolitics
Mail & Guardian: US congress receives bill to review SA relations following ‘politically motivated’ ICJ case
A bill has been submitted to the United States congress calling for a full review of the country’s bilateral relationship with South Africa following the International Court of Justice ruling that found it plausible that […]
Geopolitics
Scheerpost: 100 Jewish Cease-Fire Supporters Arrested Blocking Biden’s NYC Motorcade Route
“As Jewish New Yorkers we want to make crystal clear that President Biden is not welcome in our city while he continues to fund and arm the Israeli government’s genocide of Palestinians in Gaza,” said […]
Geopolitics
Bloomberg: Ditch the ‘Rules-Based International Order’
The phrase is a linguistic atrocity, while the concept draws attention to American hypocrisy, in the Middle East and beyond. There’s an alternative. Read HERE
EU politics
Conor Gallagher – German Establishment Prepares to Cross the Rubicon
Berlin continues to double down on Ukraine, earmarking nearly more than $8 billion for the war in its just-passed budget. While the domestic situation implodes, and the government and media smear anyone – political parties, […]
Geopolitics
Scheerpost: US Blocks Yemen-Saudi Peace Deal
New sanctions on the Houthis will make it impossible for the first phase of the Saudi-Houthi peace deal to be implemented. Read HERE Saudi Arabia Armed Forces. Qrmoo3, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Economics
Heiner Flassbeck, Patrick Kaczmarczyk: Argentina and Turkey: Two very different countries, the same problem
In this article, we want to ask the simple question of how Argentina’s central problem, extremely high inflation, is to be tackled by the “markets”. Thereby, we use the contrasting example of Turkey, which is […]
Economics
Destatis – German Recession: Industrial production in longest-ever downturn
Production in industryDecember 2023 (in real terms, provisional):-1.6% on the previous month (seasonally and calendar adjusted)-3.0% on the same month a year earlier (calendar adjusted) Read HERE
EU-Institutions
Marco Buti, Giancarlo Corsetti: The First 25 Years of the Euro
The great experiment of a currency union among independent states – integrating their economies in a single market – has shown extraordinary resilience, despite its half-baked beginnings. Read HERE www.elbpresse.de/Creative Commons
Energy
Orla Dwyer: How do the EU farmer protests relate to climate change?
Agricultural protesters from across the European Union have a series of concerns, including competition from cheaper imports, rising costs of energy and fertiliser, and environmental rules. – a country-by-country analysis Read HERE Photo: Leonhard Lenz/Creative […]