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Europe is divided: While ‘New Europe’ sees security “against Russia,” ‘Old Europe’ sees security as “with Russia”

11:36 22.01.2023

Europe is divided: While ‘New Europe’ sees security “against Russia,” ‘Old Europe’ sees security as “with Russia”

Jean Monnet, one of the founders of the European Union, wrote in his memoirs that “Europe will be forged in crises and will be the sum of the solutions adopted for those crises.” The war in Ukraine is only the latest crisis to confound Europe and rip away its illusions, …

Pentagon's top policy adviser: Abrams tanks are too smart and advanced to be delivered to Ukraine

11:36 22.01.2023

Pentagon's top policy adviser: Abrams tanks are too smart and advanced to be delivered to Ukraine

The United States and Germany tried to resolve a stand-off that has so far prevented the West from sending heavy tanks to Ukraine – U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Germany's new Defence Minister Boris Pistorius talked in Berlin just hours after Pistorius was sworn into office, informs Reutres. Berlin …

Nicolas Maduro: “2023, the hour of a New World”

10:46 21.01.2023

Nicolas Maduro: “2023, the hour of a New World”

We present some key points from an interview of Nicolas Maduro, the President of Venezuela, conducted in Caracas by Ignacio Ramonet, a Spanish academic, journalist and writer who has been based in Paris for much of his career. Ignacio Ramonet serving as the editor-in-chief of ‘Le Monde diplomatique’ from 1991 …

Biden’ secret files? – “It’s a most unpromising criminal case…”

10:44 21.01.2023

Biden’ secret files? – “It’s a most unpromising criminal case…”

The probability of the scandal over Top Secret documents dating back to the Barack Obama presidency blowing up on the face of the then vice-president — and incumbent president — Joe Biden is rather low. That is because Biden is a guerrilla who spent 46 years in the corridors of …

“We, Canadians should stop describing and thinking of America as a democracy”

11:46 20.01.2023

“We, Canadians should stop describing and thinking of America as a democracy”

It is high time that Canada reclaimed its sovereignty, diversified its trade relationships and strengthened its self-sufficiency. This, however, would entail a sea-change in Ottawa, where political elites continue to advocate reflexively for deeper political and economic integration with the United States. By hitching Canada’s boat to the American Titanic, …

Saudi Arabia opens to settling trade in other currencies than the $ US

11:45 20.01.2023

Saudi Arabia opens to settling trade in other currencies than the $ US

Saudi Arabia is open to discussions about trade in currencies other than the US dollar, according to the kingdom’s finance minister Mohammed Al-Jadaan, informs Bloomberg. “There are no issues with discussing how we settle our trade arrangements, whether it is in the US dollar, whether it is the euro, whether …

‘The Conversation’: “The huge gap between representations of Russia in the West and what you see when you arrive there”

11:44 20.01.2023

‘The Conversation’: “The huge gap between representations of Russia in the West and what you see when you arrive there”

The first surprise was how normal life was, reports a correspondent of “The Conversation” from Russia. Despite all the media reports of doom and gloom as a result of western sanctions, everything works just as before. Domestic banking is working, salaries and pensions are paid on time, ubiquitous e-commerce is …

Turkey undermines NATO unity

11:44 20.01.2023

Turkey undermines NATO unity

Mr. Putin is the only winner in the showdown over allowing Sweden and Finland to join NATO, “The Washington post” notes sadly. Sweden and Finland are modest-sized countries — together they would add less than 2 percent to NATO’s collective population of roughly 950 million — but they would pack …

Unpunished. The United States thinks it’s ‘the exception to the rules of war’

12:49 19.01.2023

Unpunished. The United States thinks it’s ‘the exception to the rules of war’

The architects of those Nuremberg trials—representatives of the United States, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom and France fully expected that the new United Nations would establish a permanent court where war criminals who couldn’t be tried in their home countries might be brought to justice. In the end, it …

The end of the US ‘Shale Revolution’…

12:49 19.01.2023

The end of the US ‘Shale Revolution’…

The "golden age of shale mining" is coming to an end in the US, which could lead to unpredictable consequences, according to the British “Financial Times”. Rapid shale growth delivered a huge stimulus to the global economy by keeping fuel prices low, and freed Washington’s hands to take on oil-rich …

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