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Natural Gas Soars 700%, Becoming Driving Force in the New Cold War

10:12 08.07.2022

Natural Gas Soars 700%, Becoming Driving Force in the New Cold War

Shortages of the fuel are rippling throughout the global economy, threatening recessions and a further wave of inflation, -writes Bloomberg.The war in Ukraine catalyzed the gas crisis by taking out a crucial chunk of supply. Now the scramble to fill that gap is turning into a worldwide stampede, as countries …

The Hill: “US no longer seen as beacon of light around the world”

10:10 08.07.2022

The Hill: “US no longer seen as beacon of light around the world”

«Over the past couple of years, advanced nations have found reason to be very concerned about the health of American democracy» - «The Hill»gives a commentaryon a new “Pew Research Center” research.Indeed, the results of this opinion poll in Western countries came as a surprise. Naturally, most of them opposed …

Politico: “To save NATO, destroy it!”

11:00 07.07.2022

Politico: “To save NATO, destroy it!”

“In military circles, the tactic of “destroying a town to save it” is controversial, but in NATO’s case, there’s no other option (that destroy it –sic?), -writes “Politico” in a new article “To save NATO, destroy it. The transatlantic alliance needs more than a rethink. It needs to be reborn”. …

Tehran and Riyadh's oil reserves would lend BRICS a stronger hand in taking on the U.S. dollar's hegemony

10:59 07.07.2022

Tehran and Riyadh's oil reserves would lend BRICS a stronger hand in taking on the U.S. dollar's hegemony

“In the East security and economy-focused blocs led by Beijing and Moscow are looking to take on new members of their own, including Iran and Saudi Arabia, two influential Middle Eastern rivals whose interest in shoring up cooperation on this new front could have a significant impact on global geopolitical …

Collective East vs Collective West

11:50 06.07.2022

Collective East vs Collective West

The concept of the collective East is gradually entering the lexicon of geopolitics as an antipode to the concept of the collective West, which has been used for a long time, - writesthe Serbian newspaper Pravda. This means that a new geopolitical reality has appeared in the world.The edition notes …

"The Guardian": The meltdown is already happening

10:35 06.07.2022

"The Guardian": The meltdown is already happening

“Boris Johnson’s dysfunctional government seems the stuff of farce but it retains the ability to make decisions that have real effects on real people,”notes"The Guardian" in its commentary on the current Prime Minister of Great Britain. “We think he will go one day soon and we’ll avoid disaster. But that’s …

“The National Interest”: “Everywhere else in the world the United States is staggering from a series of humiliating strategic defeats”

10:34 06.07.2022

“The National Interest”: “Everywhere else in the world the United States is staggering from a series of humiliating strategic defeats”

“The United States is in retreat, defeat, or stalemate everywhere, whether in the military arena or in the realm of trade and industrial production,”writes“The National Interest” in an article “American Grand Strategy: Disguising Decline“.On a global level, the U.S. campaign to get other nations to sanction Russia to punish it …

The Times newspaper asks important questions about the Ukrainian crisis

11:18 05.07.2022

The Times newspaper asks important questions about the Ukrainian crisis

In order to defeat Russia with the help of Ukraine, the Western powers have yet to answer painful questions to themselves, writes the British "The Times" and lists a number of such questions.It seems that the West has begun to understand how complicated this "Ukrainian case" is, which cannot be …

$With the new fractures in global polity building up, the challenges to Western power will grow$

10:30 05.07.2022

With the new fractures in global polity building up, the challenges to Western power will grow

If the narrative in recent years has been that political and economic power has decisively shifted towards Asia and the West no longer dominates the world as it did traditionally, that recognition seems to be missing from the inordinately long communiqué that the G7 summit in Germany has issued. It …

“National Review”: We have two American-funded armies, in Afghanistan and Ukraine, destroyed in two years

10:51 04.07.2022

“National Review”: We have two American-funded armies, in Afghanistan and Ukraine, destroyed in two years

“Are we going to lose a second U.S.-funded army in two years?” asks “National Review” magazine in an article "How to Lose Big in Ukraine?”. “Is it a good thing for NATO to have two American-funded, NATO-supported armies in Afghanistan and Ukraine destroyed in two years?”There’s less in the news …

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