Michael Hudson: Who Writes the New Rules as Power Shifts Away from the US?
Michael Hudson discusses many of the responses to the US loss of economic dominance, from Europe’s self-immolation to China’s lending.
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Despite Recent “Pin the Tail on the European Donkey” Moves, Trump Unlikely to Escape Accusation of Losing Ukraine War
Despite a possible tactical success versus Ukraine warmongers, Trump can’t escape owning the war and going down as the President that lost it
Read more...If There Is No Welfare State, What Will Europe’s Social Contract Be?
The welfare state is the underlying social contract that has kept Western European nation-states together since World War II. If it ends, as some politicians warn, what would replace it?
Read more...Michael Hudson: Trump’s Economic War Against Europe, Korea and Japan
On the impact of Trump overplaying his hand with trade partners who aren’t all that dependent on the US.
Read more...Poland to Invoke NATO Article 4 Over Russian Drones in Its Airspace
Poland is going to NATO after 19 Russian drones entered its airspace, apparently from Belarus. What next?
Read more...Giorgio Armani: Farewell to the Visionary Designer/Businessman Who Lifted Italy into Fashion Leadership
Armani played a key role in fashion, not just via designs, but also his business acumen that helped elevate Italy to the industry’s top tier
Read more...Is Europe Preparing for War Against Russia or Against Own Populations?
Population control toys aren’t all that useful on the Eurasian Steppe.
Read more...The Destruction of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
A detalied history of the two incarnations of Yugoslavia and how the state unraveled.
Read more...Farcical Visions of Competitiveness in the EU
What will stop these maniacs first? A popular revolt putting them in padded cells or Russian strikes?
Read more...“Forcing Zelensky to Hand Putin Ukraine’s ‘Fortress Belt’ in Donetsk Will Lose It the War”
While some Western pundits are starting to acknowledge Ukraine’s dire condition, large amounts of porcine maquillage are also being applied.
Read more...On Ukrainian Identity: Ukraine as a Buffer Zone
On the long process of Urkaine national identify formation and why, even with that, Ukraine was relatively late to become a state.
Read more...Can Putin Legally Stop the Ukraine Conflict Without First Controlling All the Disputed Territory?
The Trump team is still talking about Russia cedeing territory in Ukraine, aka land swaps. Some detail on why that is quite a stretch.
Read more...Fog of Summit and Neocon Backlash: Lindsey Graham Readies Threat of Designating Russia a Terrorist State
Zelensky, EU leaders, and neocons are loaded for bear in their effort to sabotage the Alaska summit. Lindsey Graham still leads that charge.
Read more...Putin-Trump Summit: Press and Collective West Political Hysteria Escalates as Russia Makes Large, Significant Advance Near Pokrovsk
Trump beats a big retreat in what he expects from the Putin summit even as Russia scores a major battlefield breakthrough.
Read more...Michael Hudson: Europe’s Surrender
Michael Hudson returns to current events in an interview with Nima, focusing on what the Trump tariffs deals mean for Europe, the US and BRICS
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