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Start telling the truth about Ukraine: Ukraine simply isn’t worth a probable nuclear war

12:02 14.07.2023

Start telling the truth about Ukraine: Ukraine simply isn’t worth a probable nuclear war

The supporters of Ukraine’s admission into NATO all argue from a position of faith. The basic argument for Ukraine’s accession touches on the following points, notes “The American Conservative”. First, Ukraine is a strong country and therefore will strengthen NATO. Second, Ukraine is a weak country, and therefore needs NATO …

Wallace’s warning to Ukraine: ‘We’re not Amazon’

12:02 14.07.2023

Wallace’s warning to Ukraine: ‘We’re not Amazon’

“I said to the Ukrainians last year, when I drove 11 hours to be given a list – I said, I am not Amazon.” Do these words by Ben Wallace (British Minister of Defence), reported by Sky News, mark a shift in tone from the Government? Heretofore, the United Kingdom …

The battle to control microchip supplies will define the XXI Century

12:01 14.07.2023

The battle to control microchip supplies will define the XXI Century

Semiconductors are as important for global capitalism today as access to energy resources. Only a handful of countries can produce the most advanced microchips, and control over their supply is becoming a key battleground in the US-China trade war. If energy resources are the heart of global capitalism, pumping fuel …

Zelensky slams NATO ‘absurd’ for omitting a timeline for Ukraine to join

11:36 13.07.2023

Zelensky slams NATO ‘absurd’ for omitting a timeline for Ukraine to join

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky jolted a summit of NATO leaders by blasting their joint statement on his country’s prospective membership, decrying its lack of a concrete timeline as “unprecedented and absurd,” informs “The Washington Post”. In a fiery tweet, Zelensky frustrated Ukraine’s advocates inside the alliance who believed they had …

An unlikely Ukrainian victory: What if Russia is winning America’s proxy war in Ukraine?

11:34 13.07.2023

An unlikely Ukrainian victory: What if Russia is winning America’s proxy war in Ukraine?

Washington is a world apart. A war the United States supposedly isn’t waging hangs over the imperial city. Americans imagine they are at peace, but the Biden administration, backed by most members of Washington’s foreign policy elite, is waging a proxy war (and then some) against Russia in Ukraine, writes …

View from London: Useless Europe needs Biden?

11:33 13.07.2023

View from London: Useless Europe needs Biden?

There are cracks in the Western alliance. Some of us are unhappy about America donating cluster bombs; Germany is reluctant to see Ukraine join NATO. Such rifts underscore the long-term problem of a divided Europe relying on Washington for support that is dangerously contingent upon American politics, writes London “The …

Wang Yi: ‘You can never become a Westerner’

11:31 13.07.2023

Wang Yi: ‘You can never become a Westerner’

‘You can never become a Westerner!’ China’s top diplomat Wang Yi has urged Japan and South Korea to foster a sense of “strategic autonomy” from the West and cooperate with Beijing to “revitalize Asia,” amid rising tensions between China and the two neighboring American allies. The comments by Wang Yi …

Everyone sees a clash of Russian weapons and their NATO counterparts in Ukraine

11:38 12.07.2023

Everyone sees a clash of Russian weapons and their NATO counterparts in Ukraine

Pictures of wrecked Western tanks and other weapons destroyed in the Ukrainian forest-steppe (photo) are increasingly irritating Western leaders. Therefore, Western countries and NATO are increasingly declaring their readiness to provide additional assistance in order to increase the chances of Ukraine to defeat the Russian army, writes the French edition …

Indian view: The U.S. decision to send cluster munitions to Ukraine blurs all moral lines

11:37 12.07.2023

Indian view: The U.S. decision to send cluster munitions to Ukraine blurs all moral lines

The Biden administration’s decision to send cluster munitions to shows both the challenges Kyiv and its Western allies face in the prolonged war and the U.S.’s readiness to escalate it to push back the Russians. Cluster munitions are designed to explode on impact, but many remain “duds”, which can explode …

Yellen’s trip to Beijing: Odds on many issues

11:36 12.07.2023

Yellen’s trip to Beijing: Odds on many issues

The deep chill between the United States and China moderated a little over the past few days as Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen held marathon talks with a new group of top economic policymakers in Beijing, notes “The New York Times”. Yet even though more talks are a likely outcome …

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