Month: October 2022

EU leaders in Ukraine

Europe’s Ultimate Choices On Ukraine

As the Ukraine conflict continues, a basic question with ethical dimensions has risen and will need to be answered soon by European politicians: how moral it is to support Ukraine “as long as it takes” against the necessity of protecting your own citizens’ welfare and the constitutional duty to follow […]

Elizabeth Truss

The Wasteland Of British Politics

When an ugly power play marks the end of the career of a phenomenally successful politician, it presents a painful sight. From all accounts in the British press in the most recent weeks, it was clear that the night of the long knives was approaching for the most photogenic prime […]

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Russia-Iran-Gulf Monarchies Triangle

The OPEC+ decision may lead to an additional reconfiguration of forces in Eurasia. On October 11, UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan arrived in St. Petersburg for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The visit came immediately after new massive strikes on Ukraine’s infrastructure as part of a special […]

Liz Truss in Parliament

The Implosion Of Liz Truss

  “The Tory Party is like a knight dying in his armour.” Peter Hitchens, Mail on Sunday, Oct 16, 2022 Liz Truss is proving to be the architect of her own spectacular demise.  She laid the mines in a fit of drunken ecstasy and decided to skip across them with […]

Putin and Sheikh Al Nahyan

Two Potentates Meet Up At St. Petersburg

There was something profoundly meaningful that the President of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan undertook a visit to Russia amidst the gathering storms in Ukraine. Conscious of the symbolism, Russian President Vladimir Putin received Sheikh Mohammed on Tuesday in a grand setting befitting a monarch — at […]

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Giorgia Meloni: The Great Replacement Moves In

Demographic angst is a terrifying thing, especially to leaders concerned about poor returns from horizontal folk dancing.  Viktor Orbán of Hungary is particularly apprehensive that precious Hungarian blood is not being propagated, facing dilution, if not disappearance, from hordes of swarthy immigrants from the Middle East and Africa. In Italy, […]