Jaishankar Calls Out Europe’s Selective Concern on Rules-Based Order
Indian external affairs minister S. Jaishankar shared views on rules-based order with world diplomats at a conference Tuesday in Delhi.
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UN Report: Humanity Must Change The Way it Assesses and Responds to Risk, Else We Face a ‘Spiral of Self Destruction’
The UNDRR presents a drastic rethink of the approach to diaster risk reduction. Alas, current leaders and elites aren’t up to the task.
Read more...The Ukraine War Clock Is a Time Bomb – It Blows Up On November 8, US Election Day
Yves here. Helmer gives interlocking updates, one of what can be inferred about the state of the war in Ukraine, the other on the prospects for Team Dem come November. Recall that Helmer was part of the Carter Administration, as so has some perspective. A couple of additions: Helmer provides evidence that Ukraine is regrouping […]
Read more...Various Covid Updates
Some Covid news, not encouraging but not yet alarming.
Read more...The Energy Transition Has A Major Metals Problem
Green energy requires significant amounts of metals like lithium, cobalt, nickel, copper and manganese. Current supplies aren’t adequate.
Read more...Russia’s Campaign in Ukraine and the West’s Response: The End of the Beginning?
Even through the fog of the Ukraine war, it’s possible to discern some contours of the future emerging.
Read more...DOJ Files Perfunctory Appeal to Revive Travel Mask Mandate
The CDC, which requested the mask mandate appeal, said “an order….remains necessary for the public health.”
Read more...Climate Collapse & Adaptation
Is it possible to adapt to the inevitable like climate collapse? We do it all the time, and everyone living will do it at least once.
Read more...CDC Delenda Est
More on why the CDC is beyond redemption.
Read more...Sri Lanka Economic Crisis Inflicted by Self-Serving Elite
How the Sri Lanka debt crisis was decades in the making.
Read more...Naive Questions About Russia’s War Economy
Russia is now debating alternatives for putting its economy on a war footing: nationalizations or keeping billionaire capitalism in place.
Read more...Outdated Energy Grid Poses Existential Threat to the Renewable Revolution
Green energy skeptics cite batteries as a potential constraint on greater EV use. The electrical grid is another possible choke point.
Read more...Activists Decry Biden’s ‘Reckless’ Resumption of Fossil Fuel Leases on Public Lands
Biden broke yet another campaign pledge Friday and announced his administration will resume fossil fuel lease sales for public lands.
Read more...U.S. Natural Gas Prices To Spike As Exports Boom
More discuss of the practical issues arising from the US plan to help fill Europe’s Russia gas gap.
Read more...Ukraine Is Smashed – This Is How It Will Be Repaired
A look at a plausible Ukraine endgame.
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