Geopolitics
Anatol Lieven – Mutual Delusion
Fantasies all around in the seemingly never-ending Ukraine War. In New Left Review’s ‘Sidecar’. Read the article HERE.
Russia
Geopolitics
Pavel Devyatkin, Naman Karl-Thomas Habtom – France is doubling down on nukes: will Europe pay a price?
Emmanuel Macron is playing silly games with France’s nuclear arsenal, presumably in an attempt to keep Russia guessing. But when you are dealing with nukes, uncertainty and unpredictability is the worst scenario possible. Pavel Devyatkin […]
Geopolitics
Al Jazeera – Trump says he will push for peace in Ukraine after meeting Zelenskyy at G7
There are still many deluded Western leaders who really believe that Russia is the weak party in this war. Read the article HERE.
Geopolitics
Marta Havryshko – Ukraine’s military has a real Nazi problem
The Neo-Nazi problem in Ukraine is not simply a Kremlin invention. Marta Havryshko is a U.S.-based author and researcher focused on Ukrainian nationalism, the far right, and the Russo-Ukrainian War. Havryshko holds a PhD in […]
Geopolitics
Ian Proud – Why Iran and Russia’s war economies are so resilient
Oil-rich and with limited exposure to international money markets, both Iran and Russia know how to manage war/proxy-war with the political West. Ian Proud was a member of His Britannic Majesty’s Diplomatic Service from 1999 […]
Energy
Euronews – Zelenskyy announces Druzhba oil pipeline repaired and ‘can resume operation’
How long before Nord Stream is back on line and Russian gas is reaching Germany again? Six months? A year? Read the article HERE.
Geopolitics
Jennifer Kavanagh – Is Ukraine peace toast, now that the Middle East is on fire?
Now that the US and Israel have attacked Iran, Russia has even less reasons to engage seriously in efforts to end the Ukraine war. Dr. Jennifer Kavanagh is a senior fellow and director of military […]
Geopolitics
Michael Roberts: Ukraine- Russia four years on
The Ukraine war continues to be a disaster in every way imaginable and the bloodshed doesn’t look like it’s going to end any time soon. Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of London […]
Geopolitics
Robert Skidelsky – Much ado about a Chinese ‘mega-embassy’ in London
The more Britain is subordinated to the US, the more it’s paranoia grows about ‘the threat’ of Russia and China Robert Skidelsky is a British political economist and historian, author, and crossbench life peer in […]
Geopolitics
Ian Proud – Trump has his eyes on the prize of arctic shipping routes
Trump doesn’t just want Greenland for the minerals and the glory of territorial expansion, there’s also geo-economic reasons. Ian Proud was a member of His Britannic Majesty’s Diplomatic Service from 1999 to 2023. He served […]