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Army Colonel L. Wilkerson: Will Americans tame U.S. foreign policy in 2024?

11:39 30.01.2024

Army Colonel L. Wilkerson: Will Americans tame U.S. foreign policy in 2024?

The United States is distracted like never before, says Army Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson – Colin Powell’s former chief of staff – at an interview with ‘The American Conservative‘. New years are supposed to bring new possibilities. For Washington’s war profiteers, however, 2024 is shaping up to be more of the …

The American Thinker: “We can see that dynamic emerging in Ukraine and we don't want another Afghanistan-style ending”

11:37 30.01.2024

The American Thinker: “We can see that dynamic emerging in Ukraine and we don't want another Afghanistan-style ending”

How bad has it gotten for the pro-Ukraine crowd, which is watching with entitled fury as Congress negotiates over yet another aid package in its no-win war? Well, check out this scolding op-ed by The Atlantic's Anne Applebaum, titled "Is Congress Really Going to Abandon Ukraine Now?" She's one the …

Spoilage alert: Red Sea crisis hits Europe’s fresh food trade

11:35 30.01.2024

Spoilage alert: Red Sea crisis hits Europe’s fresh food trade

Houthi attacks on shipping are disrupting shipments of perishables, with exporters in southern Europe most affected, notes POLITICO. When Houthi missiles began raining down on container vessels in the Red Sea last year, European leaders feared a blowback on energy supplies. Three months on, it’s food that is under fire, …

America is a ‘dead candidates society’

11:34 30.01.2024

America is a ‘dead candidates society’

Why — to await democracy’s end — do we need the pre-existing condition of a Donald Trump restoration in the White House when already, almost a year before the 2024 presidential election, we are reduced to two dead men running? – puts the question Matthew Stevenson, the author of many …

US weapons sent to Ukraine were not adequately tracked

12:02 29.01.2024

US weapons sent to Ukraine were not adequately tracked

Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) has circulated a memo to Republican colleagues in advance of a closed-door meeting on Ukraine aid warning that nearly 60 percent of the $1.699 billions in weapons with sensitive technology that were given to Ukraine were not tracked, according to a recent Pentagon watchdog report. The …

Entry of a new German left party shakes up the country

12:01 29.01.2024

Entry of a new German left party shakes up the country

Polls show that the new party, Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht, could win 14% of the vote, which would be three times the Die Linke share and would make BSW the third-largest party in the Bundestag. In October 2023, as many as 10 members of the German parliament (Bundestag) left Die Linke …

US rethinks gas exports: there be no American LNG for Europe

12:00 29.01.2024

US rethinks gas exports: there be no American LNG for Europe

Will there be no US LNG for Europe? The US is abandoning its allies. Yes! The Biden administration’s climate-driven rethinking of U.S. natural gas exports is spooking Europe’s fragile energy industry. The reassessment of how the Department of Energy approves gas export permits, first reported by POLITICO, threatens to stall …

The Telegraph: “War is coming. Britain is determined to lose”

11:59 29.01.2024

The Telegraph: “War is coming. Britain is determined to lose”

With the global threat environment becoming more ominous by the day, the overriding priority for major Western powers such as Britain should be to strengthen our military resources as a matter of urgency, in order to tackle any future hostile acts, be they Russian operations against Nato’s eastern flank or …

A dry Panama Canal slows down the Globalization

10:50 28.01.2024

A dry Panama Canal slows down the Globalization

Global shipping companies excited by the potential new routes that climate change and melting ice are opening up around the North Pole have gotten walloped by some unexpected bad news, writes ‘The Washington Post’. The Panama Canal might be on its way out as one of the most critical routes …

Combat news from the West economic front

10:47 28.01.2024

Combat news from the West economic front

More than 47,000 UK companies are on the brink of collapse after a 25% jump in the number of businesses facing “critical” financial distress in the final three months of 2023, ‘The Guardian’ reports. It marks the second consecutive quarter-on-quarter period when critical financial distress has risen by a 25%, …

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