September, 2022

• 15 September

  Looking At The Economic Myth Of The ‘Soft Landing’ – Analysis

  

  According to commentators, countering inflation requires monetary authorities to actively restrain the economy, with “experts” believing that higher interest rates need not cause an economic slump. Instead, they believe that the Fed cab orchestrate a “soft landing.” It is questionable, however. that a soft-landing scenario is possible. Money Printing Creates …

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• 15 September

  Russia post-Putin: What happens if the president suddenly dies?

  

  PM Mishustin would become acting president and elections would be held, but experts say the substance of a post-Putin Russia is tough to predict. In recent months, the health of Russian President Vladimir Putin has been the subject of much speculation, with claims that he has cancer, Parkinson’s, or has …

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• 15 September

  What is behind the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict flare-up?

  

  Dozens of Armenian soldiers have reportedly been killed in renewed border clashes between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Dozens of Armenian soldiers have reportedly been killed in renewed border clashes between Armenia and Azerbaijan, in the worst fighting seen since the hostile enemies were embroiled in a 2020 war over the disputed …

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• 15 September

  Questions loom over Ukraine’s counteroffensive in Kharkiv

  

  Ukraine has managed to turn the tide of war, at least for now. What may happen next? The speed of the Ukrainian military’s counteroffensive in the eastern Kharkiv region is nothing short of breakneck. Three dozen towns and villages have been liberated from the Russian forces who fled eastwards and …

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• 15 September

  Iran and Russia: The New Alliance

  

  Significantly, Russia and Iran’s cooperation extends to the military and space fields, with Russia recently helping Iran to launch a new satellite into space. Iran’s Khayyam satellite “will greatly enhance Tehran’s ability to spy on military targets across the Middle East… [and give] Tehran “unprecedented capabilities, including near-continuous monitoring of …

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• 15 September

  Imposing A Price Cap On Russian Oil Is An Ineffective Way To Force Russia Into Peace – Analysis

  

  Linear simplistic logic is an excellent way to quickly satisfy the political demands of the electorate. The Western public’s demand for restrictions on the Russian Federation’s ability to continue its policy and the corresponding active measures are satisfied by Western political elites in the spirit of the leftist-populist agenda that …

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• 15 September

  Russia, Ukraine, And The West: Peculiarities Of Current Positioning – Analysis

  

  Russia, from an economic point of view, is tactically not in as vulnerable a position as one might have expected a couple of months ago. Despite this, in strategic terms, economic, technological and social degradation seem to be an inevitable scenario for Russia in the coming years, according to the …

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• 15 September

  Central Asians Are Central To Russia’s Economy – Analysis

  

  With its tastefully restored Tsarist and Soviet neo-classical architecture, newer swanky office towers, well-landscaped parks and clean and efficient public transport, Moscow is one of the most liveable cities in Europe. Behind the rise of the capital and other large cities in Russia from the ashes of the Soviet Union …

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• 15 September

  Tigray’s Humanitarian Crisis Worsens with Theft of Critical Supplies of Fuel Oil

  

  September is supposed to be a very critical month for the nearly 5.5 million people of Tigray region of Ethiopia affected by very severe food shortages, almost half of them on brink of starvation. If the neighboring regions of Afar and Amhara are included then as many as 13 million …

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• 15 September

  Will the U.S. Learn Anything from Putin’s Disastrous Invasion?

  

  In Washington, wide agreement exists that the Russian army’s performance in the Kremlin’s ongoing Ukraine “special military operation” ranks somewhere between lousy and truly abysmal. The question is: Why? The answer in American policy circles, both civilian and military, appears all but self-evident. Vladimir Putin’s Russia has stubbornly insisted on …

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