Eurasia

Sanctions have not breached Russia’s economic fortress, but they have put a time bomb under its foundations. In the 18 months for which Russia has been waging war against Ukraine, Western countries have imposed more than 13,000 sanctions on Russia — yet the Russian economy shows no sign of collapsing. …

What It Will Take to Break Putinism’s Grip On June 17, 2023, Russian President Vladimir Putin staged a special ceremony on the St. Petersburg waterfront to mark the anniversary of three flags: the flag of the Russian Federation, otherwise known as Peter the Great’s tricolor, formally unfurled in 1693; the …

As Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan is set to meet in Baghdad with Iraqi leaders, disrupted oil flows, water and cooperation against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party are expected to top the agenda. Iraq and Turkey failed to agree on the resumption of oil exports via the southern Mediterranean port …

«Le PIB ne mesure ni notre intelligence, ni notre courage, ni notre sagesse, ni nos connaissances, ni notre compassion. Il mesure tout sauf ce qui fait que la vie vaut la peine d’être vécue». (Robert Kennedy ministre de la justice dans un célèbre discours en 1968) «Au lieu de donner …

À la veille du sommet de l’OTAN, le New York Times a publié un article signé par deux auteurs (Gray Anderson et Thomas Meaney), paru sous le titre : «L’OTAN n’est pas ce qu’elle prétend être». L’article s’ouvre en traitant l’admission de la Finlande ainsi que l’invitation de la Suède, …

Le budget de sécurité nationale de l’Amérique, qui s’élève à 1300 milliards de dollars, se nourrit de menaces fabriquées et d’ennemis faussement diabolisés. Et rien ne pourrait être plus démonstratif de cette proposition que l’infamie totale qui a émané du sommet de l’OTAN à Vilnius. Pour l’amour du ciel. Depuis …

Entendre qui n’existe pas en contenus véridiques. Et prouvés correspondre au réel. Soit les pouvoirs dominants maintiennent la théorie économique orthodoxe, économie néoclassique dite aussi la théorie du marché efficient. Alors qu’ils savent pour eux-mêmes, et savent que tant d’esprits libres le savent aussi, que cette dite économie de marché …

Summer is coming to an end, and it’s time to sum up the results of the summer military campaign and make predictions about how events might unfold on the battlefields in the fall and winter. I deliberately use the word ‘battlefields’ because the fierce struggle will continue directly on the …

For anti-war activists, the preparations for a major war have an aspect that is literally nightmarish. In this bad dream, one watches as if physically or morally paralyzed while a menacing situation approaches step by step until it is too late to avert a foreseeable disaster. This is exactly how …

Ukraine is running out of options in its counteroffensive against Russian forces, as Kiev’s time-window to gain advances is closing, the Washington Post has reported. In an article on Sunday, the U.S. daily has claimed that Ukraine’s counteroffensive, which was launched in early June and was initially expected to see …