In an opinion piece last month, Hu Xijin, editor of China’s English language daily, Global Times, wrote that: The risk of a China-US military confrontation has increased, and mutual trust dropped to almost zero. If the wind blows the door … Read More »
Molly Blackall’s write up today in The i Paper tells us that: All three of the suspects are believed to be in Russia, which means that a court case against them is unlikely. I guess it does. It also leaves … Read More »
I don’t read many right-wing sources: just enough to know that the best of them can make a lot more sense than liberal equivalents. One I return to now and again is American Conservative, and this piece from yesterday (July … Read More »
This map has featured in many posts on this site. For years it has been my stock response to the widely held view of Russia as a nation so aggressive that “we” – taxpayers in the Western Bloc – must … Read More »
The Royal Naval destroyer, HMS Defender Having a jail sentence hanging over him is doing nothing to stop courageous whistle-blower Craig Murray from calling out an increasingly criminal empire, and the willingness of its John Bull junior partner to do … Read More »
… no one on Capitol Hill or in foreign policy wants to acknowledge the truth about Russia today. Everyone is happy with the vision of a slovenly, chaotic Russia ruled by a merciless dictator, whose regime is fragile and just … Read More »
On June 15, a day before the Biden-Putin summit two days ago, Moon of Alabama considered two corporate media explanations for there being no joint news conference afterwards … the US did not want to elevate Putin, and/or Putin might … Read More »
Thursday’s post – Belarus: the plot thickens – generated useful BTL exchanges. It may help if I sum up one strand of thought on the affair. A French journalist cited in my post, one Christelle Néant, floats the possibility of … Read More »
Guardian, April 19 2021 Posted on Facebook an hour ago by Pierre Jamain … The outrage over Navalny’s imprisonment and resulting health crisis is an object lesson in imperialist cynicism and intrigue. Those most passionately invoking his democratic rights are … Read More »
This month brings that rarest of occurrences. I’m recommending a Guardian piece: a tour of the mind of Jeff Bezos. You wouldn’t want to live there but I promise a rewarding trip. Also, and for your instant erudition, we have … Read More »