Geopolitics
Politico: Washington and Berlin are slow-walking Ukraine’s bid for a NATO invitation
Ukraine’s Zelenskyy wants an immediate invitation to join the alliance, but key capitals are balking. Read HERE
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EU politics
Politico – US envoy to NATO questions EU’s ‘buy local’ strategy on weapons
Some EU countries haven’t got the message yet that the US military industrial complex expects bigger European Defence spending to mean bigger orders for American weapons. Read the article HERE.
Financial Institutions
Lara Merling – “Greenwashing” Structural Adjustment
The last thing the global south needs is more of the IMF, but with sovereign debt crises on the rise, the masters of ‘structural adjustment’ are difficult to escape. In Phenomenal World. Read the article […]
Economics
DeStatis – German Recession: Exports to non-EU countries in September 2024: expected decrease of 4.7% on August 2024
Exports to third countries (calendar and seasonally adjusted exports of goods), September 2024 57.2 billion euros -4.7% on the previous month -1.3% on the same month a year earlier Exports to third countries (original values, […]
Economics
Fortune: Germany’s lost decade: How the Fortune 500 Europe giant is flirting with long-term irrelevance
There is an elephant in the room of the 2024 edition of the Fortune 500 Europe. It’s not a crisis-riddled company or scandal-hit CEO. Rather, it’s the whole German economy. Read HERE
Geopolitics
United Nations – Ukraine: Population drops by 10 million since Russia invaded in 2014
One must remember that with its infrastructure in tatters, this includes heating and electricity, millions of Ukrainians could decide to flee the country this winter. Read HERE
Corruption
Common Dreams: Pro-Trump Dark Money Group Aims Lies at Arab and Jewish American Voters
The group is spending tens of millions of dollars targeting both communities of voters in two battleground states with contradictory messaging designed to discourage them from voting for Kamala Harris. Read HERE Dark matter, Image: […]
Geopolitics
Other News: US intel leak shakes Israel’s plan to hit Iran, and more
We don’t know whether the leak was a law violation or an intentional act from within the Biden administration Read HERE Photo: Public domain
Geopolitics
Politico – EU’s game plan for Trump trade war: ‘Hit back fast and hard’
The EU has a plan to respond to tariff’s imposed by a Trump administration if he wins the election in a couple of weeks’ time. Whether it will work or not is another matter. Read […]
Geopolitics
Justin Schlosberg – How the Media Whitewashes Israel’s Rampage
‘For over a year, the US and UK media have refused to identify Israel’s war as a genocide. Mainstream outlets are only willing to regurgitate their governments’ soft criticisms of Israel, which serve to mask […]