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The Economist: “Change is coming. Get ready”

10:51 12.10.2022

The Economist: “Change is coming. Get ready”

For months there has been turmoil in financial markets and growing evidence of stress in the world economy. This is a painful emergence of a new regime in the world economy — a shift that may be as consequential as the rise of Keynesianism after the second world war, and …

“Credit Suisse” & US Dollar Policy: Signposts of systemic implosion to gold explosion

11:38 11.10.2022

“Credit Suisse” & US Dollar Policy: Signposts of systemic implosion to gold explosion

Matterhorn Asset Management principals – Egon von Greyerz and Matthew Piepenburg discuss a range of current yet undeniably important as well as converging themes.Egon von Greyerz is a Founder and Managing Partner Matterhorn Asset Management (Zurich, Switzerland). Matterhorn Asset Management’s global client base strategically stores an important part of their …

National Interest: “The deepening American commitment to Ukraine is weakening USA deterrent posture in East Asia”

11:36 11.10.2022

National Interest: “The deepening American commitment to Ukraine is weakening USA deterrent posture in East Asia”

“The American defense industrial base is already straining to sustain operations in Ukraine and critical munitions stockpiles are shrinking. Decades of deindustrialization have compounded logistical challenges and removed most of the slack in American war production. At the current rate of fire, the United States and its allies will struggle …

Newsweek: The U.S. needs to change course right now in Ukraine

11:01 10.10.2022

Newsweek: The U.S. needs to change course right now in Ukraine

“Our present ruling class demonstrates no interest in common sense de-escalation, and instead demonstrates a seemingly interminable interest in escalation and Ukrainian territorial maximalism, speaks volumes about how out of touch that ruling class is. If nothing else, hopefully the American people speak up and begin to rein in our …

The Global South’s assertion in Geopolitics

10:02 09.10.2022

The Global South’s assertion in Geopolitics

“The Global South matters more than before… The international system is witnessing geopolitical changes and a push for competitive great power hegemony,”writes Anuradha Chenoy, adjunct Professor at the Jindal Global University and former Dean, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University.Europe is now firmly behind the U.S.’s strategic plans and …

Panic in Italy: “Disaster one step away”

10:01 09.10.2022

Panic in Italy: “Disaster one step away”

“Il disastro a un passo” – “Disaster one step away”,writes Italian “Il Giornale”.“Regarding the energy crisis we are experiencing, first of all we should take note of the reality!”In the current energy crisis,the first thing to do is accept reality, says the newspaper.No need to revel in crazy illusions in …

US believes – Ukrainians were behind an assassination in Russia

10:04 08.10.2022

US believes – Ukrainians were behind an assassination in Russia

American officials said they were not aware of the plan ahead of time for the attack that killed Daria Dugina and that they had admonished Ukraine over it,writes “The New York Times”.United States intelligence agencies believe parts of the Ukrainian government authorized the car bomb attack near Moscow in August …

“A banking crisis and an outright financial collapse threatens all Western economies”

10:19 07.10.2022

“A banking crisis and an outright financial collapse threatens all Western economies”

“Just this week, we got confirmation that our financial system is, again, on the brink of collapse, when the Bank of England (BOE) was forced to enact, de facto, a bailout of the pension funds of the United Kingdom,”writes Tuomas Malinen, a CEO and chief economist at GnS Economics, a …

Newsweek: “Admitting Ukraine to the NATO alliance is the worst idea ever”

10:18 07.10.2022

Newsweek: “Admitting Ukraine to the NATO alliance is the worst idea ever”

“Admitting Ukraine to the alliance, Mr. Zelensky, is the worst idea ever,”writes “Newsweek”.If NATO went along with it, a war would start like none we've ever seen: Endless troops, streams of tanks, a sky blotted out by warplanes. And that's the best-case scenario.It's far more likely that there would be …

“Sabotaging Germany, blaming Russia”. Another view of the Nord Stream pipeline attack

11:21 06.10.2022

“Sabotaging Germany, blaming Russia”. Another view of the Nord Stream pipeline attack

“Putting the pieces together, reason and evidence point to the US being the attacker. The motive is strong, the circumstantial evidence is powerful, and there is no other plausible suspect,”writes Thomas Palley, an American economistwho has served as the chief economist for the United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission, …

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