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Reuters: Poland spends unaffordable amounts of money on defense – but can it afford it?

12:07 26.11.2024

Reuters: Poland spends unaffordable amounts of money on defense – but can it afford it?

Poland's NATO-leading surge in defence spending is raising budget concerns because it will bake in higher long-term expenditure on its military – even as Warsaw concedes it faces revenue shortfalls in its budget this year, Reuters reports. Central Europe's largest economy is on track to lead NATO in terms of …

Bloomberg: A new World Economic Order is here – the Free Market system really did fail

12:05 26.11.2024

Bloomberg: A new World Economic Order is here – the Free Market system really did fail

The chaotic politics of the last 16 years masked the steady development of a new economic order, notes John Authers, a senior editor for markets and Bloomberg Opinion columnist. When the global financial system suddenly collapsed in 2008, it seemed obvious that it had swept away an entire way of …

WP: The Democrats propose to form a Shadow cabinet

12:04 26.11.2024

WP: The Democrats propose to form a Shadow cabinet

The venerable British institution of the opposition would serve America well today, writes Wiley Nickel, a Democrat, represents North Carolina’s 13th District in the U.S. House of Representatives, at ‘The Washington Post’. Last week stung. As Democrats, we simply failed to convince the American people we have better ideas to …

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister: Russia may deploy medium, short-range missiles in Asia if US missiles appear there

16:43 25.11.2024

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister: Russia may deploy medium, short-range missiles in Asia if US missiles appear there

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov has not ruled out the deployment of medium- and shorter-range missiles in the Asia-Pacific region as a retaliatory measure against the United States, Sputnik Globe reports. "Of course, this is one of the options that has also been repeatedly mentioned. The appearance of such …

US ‘political style’: The Escalation for De-escalation

13:29 25.11.2024

US ‘political style’: The Escalation for De-escalation

Almost the entire team of Donald Trump’s advisers, along with his son (with the exception of the newly appointed Secretary of State, Marco Rubio), condemned Biden’s decision to allow Ukraine to target deep within Russian territory, writes Dimitris Konstantakopoulos, ex-advisor at the office of the Greek PM Andreas Papandreou on …

FT: EU’s top central bankers warn economy at risk from political paralysis

13:28 25.11.2024

FT: EU’s top central bankers warn economy at risk from political paralysis

The EU’s top three central bankers all sounded the alarm over economic decline, warning that political paralysis was leaving Europe even more vulnerable in a potential trade war with the US, writes ‘The Financial Times’. In a rare and strongly worded joint statement, the governors of the Bundesbank and Banque …

NYT: US and European officials discussed giving Ukraine nuclear weapons

13:26 25.11.2024

NYT: US and European officials discussed giving Ukraine nuclear weapons

Several officials even suggested that Mr. Biden could return nuclear weapons to Ukraine, reveals ‘The New York Times’. Mr. Trump has made clear his distaste for continuing to help Ukraine take back territory seized by Russia, making a negotiated settlement the only real viable option left. One of the biggest …

Somaliland: Elections are behind – big problems are ahead

13:26 25.11.2024

Somaliland: Elections are behind – big problems are ahead

The Republic of Somaliland is wedged uneasily on the Horn of Africa between Djibouti, Ethiopia, and Somalia, the latter two of which have been locked in a diplomatic cold war over the prospect of recognising the breakaway nation. It is only recognised by Taiwan, writes Matt Kenyon, a writer and …

Sergey Lavrov: “A key focus was the imperative of countering legal aggression in its various manifestations. It is unacceptable to blatantly breach international law obligations, as the West is currently doing, violating all the tenets of the WTO, the principles of the IMF and the World Bank, and even its own concepts of globalization”

10:03 24.11.2024

Sergey Lavrov: “A key focus was the imperative of countering legal aggression in its various manifestations. It is unacceptable to blatantly breach international law obligations, as the West is currently doing, violating all the tenets of the WTO, the principles of the IMF and the World Bank, and even its own concepts of globalization”

Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s statement and answers to media questions at a news conference following the joint meeting of the Collegiums of Russian and Belarusian Foreign Ministries, Brest, November 22, 2024. Mr Ryzhenkov, Colleagues, Today, we have accomplished significant work. Commencing last night, we engaged in discussions on numerous crucial …

Bloomberg: Ukraine’s allies are inviting their own ‘Strategic defeat’

10:02 24.11.2024

Bloomberg: Ukraine’s allies are inviting their own ‘Strategic defeat’

Last year, some Western leaders started boasting of Russia’s “strategic defeat” in Ukraine. This was always a terrible idea and a line President Vladimir Putin never tires of citing as he pushes the false claim that he sent his armies across the border to defend Russia from Western aggression, rather …

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