EU politics
Politico – EU readies counterstrike on Big Tech and US banks over Trump’s mega tariffs
Let’s see whether when it comes down to it, Von Der Leyen is really prepared to take on Silicon Valley and Wall Street. Read the article HERE.
United States
Corruption
Aziz Rana – Constitutional Collapse
An insightful analysis about what is continuity and what is change in how Trump is exerting presidential power. In New Left Review’s ‘Sidecar’. Read the article HERE.
Geopolitics
Politico – Russia has ‘seized the upper hand’ in Ukraine war, intel community warns
What we already knew, but the fact it is confirmed by America’s spooks is of note. Read the article HERE.
Finance
Jem Bendell – It’s The Empire, Stupid: Trump, Tariffs, the Dollar, Big Tech, EU Regs and CBDCs
Behind the media circus around Trump’s latest shenanigans, there is a serious agenda to entrench the American empire. Jem Bendell is Professor of Sustainability Leadership, University of Cumbria, UK. He has recently published the book ‘Breaking […]
Geopolitics
Anders Stephanson – American destiny?
Is Trump a destinarian, determined to expand the frontiers of the United States, or merely an opportunist looking to exercise the ‘art of the deal’? In New Left Review’s ‘Sidecar’. Read the article HERE.
Geopolitics
Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies – Is This the Beginning or the End of a New Cold War?
This could be the beginning of the end of the permanent state of war and Cold War that has held the world in its grip for more than a century. Medea Benjamin is co-founder of […]
Corruption
Patrick Lawrence: The Epstein Follies
Trump’s Attorney General said she wanted to release all of the Epstein files less than two weeks ago, but now says she can’t because of “national security” reasons. Why? Patrick Lawrence, a correspondent abroad for […]
Geopolitics
Anatol Lieven – The danger in suspending aid to Ukraine longterm
The risk is that Putin decides to go for the jugular in Ukraine, throwing away a once-in-a-generation chance to bring Russia back into the European defence fold. Anatol Lieven is Director of the Eurasia Program […]
EU politics
Matt Qvortrup – Greenland’s General Election will be about independence, Trump, minerals and a whole lot more
Greenlanders go to the polls tomorrow, with Trump’s wish to annex the country hanging over the election. Professor Matt Qvortrup is a Senior Research Fellow at the ANU’s Centre for European Studies and author of […]
Geopolitics
Samuel Mcilhagga, John Baptiste-Oduor – Why Donald Trump Has Turned on Europe
‘For decades, European leaders fostered a willing dependence on the United States that has made the continent acutely vulnerable to the superpower’s whims. Donald Trump has sensed this weakness and is using it to advance […]