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The National Interest: “No one wants New York to be vaporized in a bid to reconquer Crimea”

10:44 14.10.2022

The National Interest: “No one wants New York to be vaporized in a bid to reconquer Crimea”

“No one wants New York to be vaporized in a bid to reconquer Crimea,”writes Sumantra Maitra, a national security fellow at the Center for the National Interest and an elected Associate Fellow at the Royal Historical Society.“I’m a big fan of Ukraine, but not of WW3,”tweeted Elon Musk, who aided …

Powerful Asian summit in Astana

15:11 13.10.2022

Powerful Asian summit in Astana

The Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) was held in Astana. The Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA) is an inter-governmental forum for enhancing cooperation towards promoting peace, security and stability in Asia. It is a forum based on the recognition that there …

The Grayzone: Ukraine blew up Kerch Bridge. British spies plotted it!

11:44 13.10.2022

The Grayzone: Ukraine blew up Kerch Bridge. British spies plotted it!

The Grayzone has obtained an April 2022 presentation drawn up forsenior British intelligence officers hashing out an elaborate scheme to blow up Crimea’s Kerch Bridge(Crimea)with the involvement of specially trained Ukrainian soldiers,reveals Kit Klarenberg.Almost six months after the plan was circulated, Kerch Bridge was attacked in an October 8th suicide …

US vs OPEC+ – a tectonic shift in Geopolitics

11:43 13.10.2022

US vs OPEC+ – a tectonic shift in Geopolitics

A perfect storm is brewing on the foreign policy front in America triggered by the OPEC+ decision to cut oil production by 2 million barrels a day, which will on the one hand drive up the gas price for the domestic consumer and on the other hand expose the Biden …

How the West’s sanctions on Russia boomeranged

10:52 12.10.2022

How the West’s sanctions on Russia boomeranged

The Ukrainian conflict gave a start of an economic war waged against Russia by the West, but its outcome is far more uncertain,notes “Counterpunch”.The US, UK, EU and their allies have sought to impose a tight economic siege on Russia, focusing primarily on its oil and gas exports, to weaken …

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 …

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