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The American Thinker: “West needs to change course in Ukraine, and fast”

10:30 17.03.2023

The American Thinker: “West needs to change course in Ukraine, and fast”

One tries to read widely on the state of the Ukraine war, though it’s extremely difficult to cut through the fog of propaganda and obvious lies. But slowly, the picture of a determined, slow-moving, grinding, painful Russian victory emerges. Ukrainian casualties are almost certainly at unbearable, unsustainable levels, notes ‘The …

NYP: The US dollar has become an at-risk currency

10:30 17.03.2023

NYP: The US dollar has become an at-risk currency

While a chorus of experts still insists that there’s no alternative to the dollar, this is untrue. The dollar will dominate as long as it serves the interest of those who use it. Once the dollar begins placing assets at risk, alternative tools of commerce are certain to emerge. And …

POLITICO: The U.S.-Ukraine war unity is slowly cracking apart

10:39 16.03.2023

POLITICO: The U.S.-Ukraine war unity is slowly cracking apart

More than a year into the war, there are growing differences behind the scenes between Washington and Kyiv on war aims, and potential flashpoints loom on how, and when, the conflict will end, writes POLITICO. Publicly, there has been little separation between Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, an alliance …

Commissioner for Armed Forces: Germany's military 'has too little of everything'

10:38 16.03.2023

Commissioner for Armed Forces: Germany's military 'has too little of everything'

The upgrade of Germany’s armed forces is proceeding at such a sluggish pace it will take 50 years to complete if it continues at its current speed, according to an annual report on the state of the Bundeswehr. Eva Högl, the parliamentary commissioner for the armed forces, singled out the …

SVB fall: “This is the financial catastrophe, but it’s just getting started”

18:34 15.03.2023

SVB fall: “This is the financial catastrophe, but it’s just getting started”

SVB passed its stress tests with flying colors. It also passed its FDIC examinations, its financial audits, and its state regulatory audits. SVB published its 2022 annual financial report after the market closed on January 19, 2023. This is the same financial report where they posted $15 billion in unrealized …

$‘Strategic Intelligence’ editor: The world is far more fractured than the U.S. anticipated$

11:30 15.03.2023

‘Strategic Intelligence’ editor: The world is far more fractured than the U.S. anticipated

The U.S. has led the most aggressive sanctions regime ever in its efforts to punish Russia. But, a large part of the rest of the world has refused to join the U.S./EU/NATO financial sanctions. This was best evidenced at the recent G20 finance ministers summit conference held in Bengaluru, India, …

Ukraine war and Middle East

11:28 15.03.2023

Ukraine war and Middle East

Emboldened by the independent foreign policies of Western allies Israel and Turkey, more countries in the region are weighing where their own interests lie, notes Gilles Kepel, author of more than 20 books on the Middle East, North Africa, Islam in France and Europe, adviser of senior European and Arab …

Josep Borrell now is not a diplomat – but a military hawk

11:27 15.03.2023

Josep Borrell now is not a diplomat – but a military hawk

The defense ministers of the 27 EU countries meeting in Stockholm approved the plan – Josep Borrell (photo), EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy presented it – for "the joint purchase of large-caliber ammunition". Borrell said: "We are in times of war and we must have a …

Sergey Lavrov: “There can be no return to the old order”

11:59 14.03.2023

Sergey Lavrov: “There can be no return to the old order”

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has made some principal points in an interview with Channel One’s "The Great Game" television program. Moscow, March 10, 2023: - As regards the consequences and possible global aspects of the Ukrainian crisis, the word “demolition” is quite fitting. In my remarks, I have repeatedly …

Yomiuri: Restrictive measures against Russia have not been as effective as expected

11:57 14.03.2023

Yomiuri: Restrictive measures against Russia have not been as effective as expected

On February 21, in his annual address to the Federal Assembly, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that ‘the countries that imposed sanctions punished themselves,’ writes Japan newspaper ‘Yomiuri’. The US, Europe and Japan imposed economic sanctions against Moscow. Some thought they would deliver a devastating blow to the country, which …

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