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View from France: The farce of rules-based order

11:31 17.06.2024

View from France: The farce of rules-based order

At the beginning of the 2000s, the idea emerged in the United States that the great powers had the right, even the moral obligation, to intervene in countries experiencing crises. The equality of sovereignties which founded the United Nations system is becoming an obsolete notion while Washington proclaims itself “sheriff” …

“Emergency legal assistance” for compatriots and an attack on the Pravfond

11:29 17.06.2024

“Emergency legal assistance” for compatriots and an attack on the Pravfond

The Foundation for Support and Protection of the Rights of Compatriots Living Abroad (Pravfond) will make every effort to protect them, including using international human rights structures and platforms, said the executive director of the fund, Alexander Udaltsov, speaking at a press conference at RIA Novosti. The statement was made …

James Rickards: Banking crisis, stage Two. The ‘bottom line’ is here

11:28 17.06.2024

James Rickards: Banking crisis, stage Two. The ‘bottom line’ is here

I’m sure you recall the banking crisis of March to May 2023. It began with the collapse of the little-known Silvergate Bank on March 8. This was followed the next day by the collapse of the much larger Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) on March 9. SVB had over $120 billion …

View from USA: European elections open cracks in support for Ukraine

11:26 17.06.2024

View from USA: European elections open cracks in support for Ukraine

Europeans went to the polls over four days to elect a new European Parliament. Many of those elected are critical of the European Union’s approach to the war between Ukraine and Russia, notes ‘The Courthouse News’ from California. But outside the halls of power in Europe, signs of growing unease …

View from Italy: Washington has lost touch with reality. If it doesn't adapt, the World will pay

9:55 16.06.2024

View from Italy: Washington has lost touch with reality. If it doesn't adapt, the World will pay

The US-led ‘rules-based international system’ is a more recent evolution of American political thinking: a self-referential mindset twisted to the interests of Washington and its allies, writes Marco Carnelos, a former Italian diplomat, at ‘The Middle East Eye’. The US intelligence community recently released its annual threat assessment, which focuses …

What comes after Neoliberalism?

9:53 16.06.2024

What comes after Neoliberalism?

The neoliberal era is not ending in the US, because over the long term. US policy failures will have political consequences, writes Michael R. Strain, a ‘Project Syndicate’ observer. The neoliberal era is not ending in the US, because over the long term, political success rests on a foundation of …

Australia: Is it a struggle for freedom or ordinary vandalism?

9:50 16.06.2024

Australia: Is it a struggle for freedom or ordinary vandalism?

A statue of King George V has been decapitated in Melbourne by vandals who have dedicated the attack to King Charles – just months before he is due to visit Australia with the Queen, ‘The Daily Mail’ writes. Anti-monarchists filmed the beheading and posted it online with the soundtrack of …

Lost in Space: How NASA astronauts could 'strand' on the ISS

9:46 16.06.2024

Lost in Space: How NASA astronauts could 'strand' on the ISS

Boeing's latest potential scandal is out of this world – literally. Its Starliner spacecraft – which carried two NASA astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) last week – is unable to undock after several faults were found on the ship, writes ‘The Daily Mail’. Teams have discovered five different …

Incivility in Diplomacy as a Reflection of the Crisis in Foreign Policy Culture

10:13 15.06.2024 Vitaly Chumakov

Incivility in Diplomacy as a Reflection of the Crisis in Foreign Policy Culture

The American response is all but a model of diplomatic manners compared to NATO’s document. NATO sent us such an ideologically motivated answer, it is so permeated with its exceptional role and special mission, that I even felt a bit embarrassed for whoever wrote these texts.1 Sergey Lavrov THE 2020s …

Nigel Farage ready to lead Britain’s ‘right wing’ with collapse of legacy Conservatives and Trotskyites

9:57 15.06.2024

Nigel Farage ready to lead Britain’s ‘right wing’ with collapse of legacy Conservatives and Trotskyites

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage (photo), who appears to be at the inflection point of overtaking the centuries-old Conservative Party as the major party of the British right says he would even consider taking over the Tories and incorporating them into Reform. As Farage has repeatedly said in the past …

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