January, 2022

• 20 January

  Germany Prepared to Pay ‘High Economic Price’ to Defend Ukraine

  Germany has said it is prepared to pay “a high economic price” to defend its values, as NATO members engage in another week of intense diplomacy amid a Russian troop buildup close to the Ukrainian border. Western nations have threatened Russia with crippling sanctions if it invades Ukraine. Russian troops …

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• 20 January

  Blinken, Lavrov to Meet in Geneva Friday to Continue Diplomacy Over Ukraine

  U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will urge Russia to “take immediate steps to de-escalate” tensions along its border with Ukraine in a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Geneva Friday. Blinken is heading to Ukraine this week for talks with the country’s president amid continued fears that …

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• 20 January

  Die Schwäche des Westens

  Der russische Präsident Wladimir Putin erwischt den transatlantischen Westen auf dem denkbar schwächsten Fuß für eine Kraftprobe um die Zukunft der Ukraine. Und das hat für einmal nichts mit Corona zu tun. US-Präsident Joe Biden steht bereits nach seinem ersten Jahr vor den Trümmern seiner Amtszeit. Eigentlich muss der 79-Jährige …

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• 20 January

  IVG, la diabolisation

  Roberta Metsola élue à la tête du Parlement européen. Une « Maltaise anti-avortement » : c’est en ces termes que les médias français ont désigné Roberta Metsola, élue hier à la présidence du Parlement européen. Cette jeune femme située à gauche du PPE ne manque pourtant pas d’atouts. Elle connaît …

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• 19 January

  The Inflation Hawks On The Path To An Inflation War

  

  The continuous drumbeat of inflation is louder than ever after the release of December’s data for the Consumer Price Index. This means it’s worth bringing a bit of sanity to the discussion. First, as fans of reality like to point out, the jump in inflation over the last year is …

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• 19 January

  Ukraine: The West Has Paved The Road To War With Lies

  

  While this is being written, tension builds up around the more comprehensive Ukraine conflict formation. If this blows up in real war – God forbid! – the main reason will be three serious lies disseminated by the NATO side. Lies are used in so-called security politics when some militarist project …

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• 19 January

  Sovereignty For Metohija – OpEd

  

  I have written before about the “Michael Collins problem,” the danger of assassination faced by people courageous enough to strike a deal with adversaries in an identity or sovereignty conflict. Collins, who resisted leading Irish Republican negotiations with the British, was assassinated during a civil war fought between advocates and …

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• 19 January

  When Higher Prices Are Not Inflation

  

  Back to 2020, the federal government’s covid-mandated shutdown of meat production plants hobbled the nation’s meat production capabilities, leaving farmers with nowhere to send their beef. This resulted in them having to cull cattle and other livestock. The uncertainty caused farmers to scale back their production at the time, which …

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• 19 January

  Declining And Dangerous China – Analysis

  

  Is China on the decline? Chinese economic statistics like all other information flowing out of China are unreliable, but now those, along with other indicators, paint an unflattering picture of the economy. In May 2021, the Chinese government revised its population data from 2011-19, adding approximately ten million births over …

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• 19 January

  Will Poland Re-Discover Latin America? – Analysis

  

  There are reasons to believe that Poland‘s government and business world have finally started to re-discover Latin America. What are the underlying reasons for this phenomenon and what should we expect from it?Poland’s double challenge Despite being the EU’s sixth-largest state and currently one of its best-performing economies, Poland faces …

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