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‘Asia Times’: The lack of a wider new European security is the principal cause of the Ukraine war disaster

12:00 11.02.2025

‘Asia Times’: The lack of a wider new European security is the principal cause of the Ukraine war disaster

Trump running the risk of following previous presidents’ failed ‘peace through strength’ formula in Ukraine, writes Uwe Parpart, the Editor-in-chief of ‘Asia Times’. Steve Bannon, no longer in Donald Trump’s inner circle, but no less politically savvy for it, remarked recently, “If we aren’t careful, it [Ukraine] will turn into …

View from London: Europe can kiss the future goodbye. The bloc is trapped in a neoliberal prison

11:59 11.02.2025

View from London: Europe can kiss the future goodbye. The bloc is trapped in a neoliberal prison

More than two decades ago, the EU unveiled its Lisbon Strategy, which set out to transform the bloc into “the most dynamic, competitive, sustainable knowledge-based economy, enjoying full employment and strengthened economic and social cohesion”, writes UnHerd. We know how well that worked out. Hardly dynamic, certainly not competitive, the …

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov: Russia-US relations on brink, nuclear control declines

19:18 10.02.2025

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov: Russia-US relations on brink, nuclear control declines

Relations between Moscow and Washington are teetering on the verge of rupture and control over nuclear weapons is deteriorating, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov stated at a news conference. According to Sergey Ryabkov, Washington's attempts to give Moscow demands or to demonstrate the alleged doing "a great favor" in …

POLITICO: Europe’s right vows to ‘reconquer’ the continent

11:38 10.02.2025

POLITICO: Europe’s right vows to ‘reconquer’ the continent

“Our friend Trump, the Trump tornado, has changed the world in just a couple of weeks,” Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán tells far-right rally in Madrid, POLITICO reports. Europe’s far-right leaders huddled in Madrid on Saturday as a show of force following Donald Trump’s reelection. Boasting about a new era …

FP: Trump’s bombast could blow up dollar hegemony

11:37 10.02.2025

FP: Trump’s bombast could blow up dollar hegemony

Colombia and the United States nearly went to war last weekend, but if you blinked, you might have missed it. Piqued by Colombia’s refusal to accept U.S. military flights bearing shackled detainees, U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday posted on social media a blistering broadside of threats, including 25 percent …

‘The Economist’: Allies will not appease Donald Trump forever

11:35 10.02.2025

‘The Economist’: Allies will not appease Donald Trump forever

The Anglo-Saxon world is cracking. More and more articles are appearing in Britain in which the English criticize Trump's policies. Britain is sliding into the back seat in world politics, and this is very annoying for London. It reflects in a mass of publications in the British press. They are …

WP: The Brits are meddling in business again – UK orders Apple to “let it spy on users’ encrypted accounts”

11:34 10.02.2025

WP: The Brits are meddling in business again – UK orders Apple to “let it spy on users’ encrypted accounts”

Security officials in the United Kingdom have demanded that Apple create a back door allowing them to retrieve all the content any Apple user worldwide has uploaded to the cloud, people familiar with the matter told ‘The Washington Post’. The British government’s undisclosed order, issued last month, requires blanket capability …

View from Delhi: Trump revives ‘maximum pressure’ on Iran but adds a message on US-Iran deal

10:23 09.02.2025

View from Delhi: Trump revives ‘maximum pressure’ on Iran but adds a message on US-Iran deal

On February 4 morning, a black swan appeared in the White House, even as President Donald Trump signed a National Security Presidential Memorandum (NSPM) restoring “maximum pressure” on Iran, denying that country “all paths to a nuclear weapon” and outlining a tough policy posture toward Tehran, notes M.K. Bhadrakumar, Indian …

British life-style: A Billionaires' London street fell into disrepair

10:21 09.02.2025

British life-style: A Billionaires' London street fell into disrepair

Previously dubbed as the most expensive street in London, Billionaire's Row is now almost unrecognisable, resembling a 'building site' after a whole host of construction and litter, writes ‘The Daily Star’. Billionaire's Row is London's most expensive residential road, but it appears to be falling into ruin. Previously home to …

WSJ: See how Russia is winning the race to dominate the Arctic

10:20 09.02.2025

WSJ: See how Russia is winning the race to dominate the Arctic

Americans are not able to compete with Russians in the Arctic, writes ‘The Wall Street Journal’. Russia has several dozen icebreakers, including nuclear-powered ones. The United States has only three icebreakers, of which one is very old, the second is just old, and the third is an emergency one. Russia …

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