The US tutors Armenia on the ins and outs of being non-agreement-capable. Türkiye up to no good? Russia remains patient.
Wednesday, November 12, 2025
Satyajit Das: Interrogating Russian History
Satyajit Das discusses three new books on Russian history that profess to offer new insights, with predictably mixed results.
Firm Behind £4M Labour Party Donation Invested in Weapons for Israel
Quadrature Capital, which gave the Labour Party’s largest-ever donation, held shares in arms companies that make Israeli fighter jets and bombs.
Thomas Neuburger: Carbon Sinks Are Failing
On carbon sinks becoming inoperative: ‘Nature has so far balanced our abuse. This is coming to an end’
The Macaulay Library, Bird Songs, and Citizen Science
Our tiny singing dinosaur friends, and the assets they create….
2:00PM Water Cooler 10/16/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, syndemics; Michelle stays home; Trump to work the grill at McDonald’s in Philly; Trump’s “fascism”; Boeing borrows $10 billion, fights off junk status for now, faces break-up ~
Key Issues in Economic Analysis in an Increasingly Turbulent Security Environment
After a period of rapid growth, recent trends in world trade reveal a phase of stagnation. Rising geopolitical tensions have been accompanied by trade restrictions in the name of national and economic security. Analysis of economic security measures should consider multiple dimensions, including the effect on global supply chains, efficiency, costs, foreign direct investment, trade in services, and international competition.
Will the Conflicts in the Middle East Spill Over Into the Caucasus?
The standoff between Armenia and Azerbaijan is being used to apply more pressure on Iran and has all the signs of a neocon divide and conquer scheme.
“Powder Keg in the Pacific, How China’s Challenge Revived America’s Position in Asia and the Pacific”
A reader critical thinking exercise in the form of a neocon justification of US efforts to contain China.
2:00PM Water Cooler 10/15/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, syndemics; CIA Democrats; Kamala and Biden teams at odds; Trump singing and dancing Town Hall not the debacle portrayed; Boeing to borrow billions, delays 777X, plans drastic white-collar cuts ~
Europe’s Blue Hydrogen Plans Risk Generating Annual Emissions on Par With Denmark
An important takedown of the blue hydrogen scam, a pet initiative of fossil fuel companies.
Nicaragua Severs Ties With Tel Aviv While Germany Creates “Genocide Clause” to Justify Sending More Arms to Israel
The title of this post may, at first sight, seem a little baffling. After all, what does the smallish one-party Central American state of Nicaragua have to do with Europe’s largest economy, Germany? Well, as it turns out, quite a lot.
What If There’s No Landing at All, But Flight at Higher Speed and Altitude than Normal, with Higher and Rising Inflation?
Recent economic data suggest inflation may gain steam again. What would the Fed do?
