The Turkiye-sponsored thousand-boat flotilla, scheduled to set sail for Gaza this past Wednesday, looks to be a non-starter. What happened?
Read more...Hardliners want to close the sea to Russian ships as the Newnew Polar Bear drops anchor right in the middle of the whole mess.
Read more...The neocons look to Bulgaria as a clog to prevent gas from reaching Europe and NATO seeks a toehold into the Black Sea via Romania.
Read more...Polish truckers, tired of being undercut by Ukrainian competitors, are blocking the roads to four key border crossings with Ukraine as Polish authorities allow the protests to continue.
Read more...Is Germany going to succeed in advancing a key EU aim, putting a trouble-making Poland in a box?
Read more...A wide-ranging talk, both geographically and historically, on the accelerating changes in the global economy
Read more...To what ought to be the considerable embarrassment of the US, China and Russia looks set to cinch a major gas licensing deal in Iraq.
Read more...Opposie! The West increasingly needs critical materials from countries against which we have escalated, particularly for green energy.
Read more...Finland seems happy to be set up by NATO to make trouble for Russia.
Read more...Recent statements by Putin and Medvedev about Kiev suggest Russia might be thinking about taking it. But how could that now be advantageous?
Read more...As Project Ukraine collapses, the Biden administration notices the US relies on Russia for nuclear fuel and figures somebody better do something about that.
Read more...The New York Times leads the charge in trying to depict Moscow and Beijing as antisemitic or anti-Israel to discredit their peace proposals.
Read more...Although some analysts have given reasons why negotiated solutions to the wars in the Gaza and Ukraine are not in the cards, for the most part, they have also been hesitant to say that in a simple noun-verb sentence. Perhaps they hope against hope that a frame-breaking event will radically shift the current boundary conditions […]
Read more...How Russia is likely to target the Ukraine electric grid this winter. Looting of aid funds for repairs has made things easier.
Read more...Hebollah leader Hassan Nasrallah gave a fiery speech on the conflict in Gaza that fell short of a call for escalation…at least right now.
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