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Europe Is Wargaming a Food Crisis
Europe Is Wargaming a Food Crisis (Bloomberg) — The combined forces of El Niño and La Niña have crippled Latin American soy output. Ukrainian and Russian grain farmers have gone to war. Indonesia has banned shipments of palm oil to Europe, while China is hungry for crops. The Mediterranean region is getting more like a […]
Stragedy Unfolds
Stragedy Unfolds A bitter rant on Europe’s self-implosion The writing is on the wall, but who cares. Photo by Phil Goodwin on Unsplash It is now the second time I’m having afterthoughts upon publishing an article. After writing about how Europe’s well intended but disastrously planned environmental initiative puts us right on track to a […]
The Endgame, Part I
The Endgame, Part I The Russo-Ukrainian war and geopolitics of Europe In early February, I posted a poll on X asking whether I should write a geopolitical piece on the Russo-Ukrainian war, adding to my series mapping a worst-case scenario for the war. While the vote count for this particular poll was not very high, an overwhelming majority supported […]
Europe Erupts In Widespread Farmer Protests As Revolt Against ‘Green’ Policies Intensifies
Europe Erupts In Widespread Farmer Protests As Revolt Against ‘Green’ Policies Intensifies Farmers in France, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, Belgium, Romania, and other countries across Europe are protesting radical leftist governments by obstructing major transport networks with tractors. This widespread populist movement is sweeping Europe at a time when over-regulation, taxes, and the climate change […]
Poland’s Obstruction In Nord Stream Pipeline Probe Raises Alarm For Investigators
Poland’s Obstruction In Nord Stream Pipeline Probe Raises Alarm For Investigators At this point, one might be forgiven for thinking that the Nord Stream pipelines sabotage is already ancient history. After all, mainstream media and prime time TV news coverage has by and large ‘moved on’ as soon as it became clear that Russia had nothing […]
The Dieseleuro: Europe Is Guzzling Russian Oil In The Form Of Indian Diesel Imports
The Dieseleuro: Europe Is Guzzling Russian Oil In The Form Of Indian Diesel Imports As western politicians ever so theatrically pretend to sanction Russian oil imports (just so they can signal to their voters just how virtuous they are), especially now that the war in Ukraine is almost over with the US and Germany “pressing Kyiv to end […]
Europe Is Burning
Europe Is Burning The only lessons the Old World offers to America these days are cautionary. Ever since the earliest days of the Republic, American intellectuals, artists, and statesmen looked to Europe for models. Conservatives felt attracted to the continent’s sense of continuity and tradition, and as the base for Christianity. More recently, progressives saw in European social democracy […]
German Defense Chief Says Public Must Get Used To Possibility Of ‘War In Europe’
German Defense Chief Says Public Must Get Used To Possibility Of ‘War In Europe’ Starting last month, top Ukrainian officials began pushing an alarmist narrative that “world war 3 has already begun” – as the head Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council Aleksey Danilov had claimed in early September. The words were spoken after it became clear that Ukraine’s […]
Jeffrey Sachs: NATO Expansion & Ukraine’s Destruction
Jeffrey Sachs: NATO Expansion & Ukraine’s Destruction Ukraine is being destroyed by U.S. arrogance, proving again Henry Kissinger’s adage that to be America’s enemy is dangerous, while to be its friend is fatal. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at the European Parliament on Sept. 7. (NATO, Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) During the disastrous Vietnam War, […]
Biden Mobilizes 3,000 Reservists To Europe To Augment ‘Operation Atlantic Resolve’
Biden Mobilizes 3,000 Reservists To Europe To Augment ‘Operation Atlantic Resolve’ President Joe Biden today issued an executive order approving the mobilization of select reserve forces with up to 3,000 personnel, augmenting the armed forces in support of Operation Atlantic Resolve. By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the […]
The Precipice: Europe on the Verge of Its Long Decline
The Precipice: Europe on the Verge of Its Long Decline Green transportation. No kidding. Photo by luana niemann on Unsplash A serious and long lasting economic downturn in Europe is now within sight. Not a mild recession, but something truly transformative… something similar to the 1930’s great depression. The energy crisis simmering on the back-burner since 2 years now seems to […]
Europe’s Energy Troubles Continue: Hydro And Nuclear Output Declining
Europe’s Energy Troubles Continue: Hydro And Nuclear Output Declining Europe’s hydro and nuclear output is declining, leading to mopre energy troubles. Renewables are struggling to fill the gap as wind and solar output increase. The EU may require increased LNG imports from the US to meet energy demands. Last year, Europe was on the brink […]
Bankruptcies Soar Across EU, As Companies Hit Wall At Fastest Rate Since Records Began in 2015
Bankruptcies Soar Across EU, As Companies Hit Wall At Fastest Rate Since Records Began in 2015 Legions of European companies are succumbing to the final straw of Europe’s largely self-inflicted energy crisis. Bankruptcy proceedings in the Canary Islands, Spain’s heavily tourism-dependent island chain, soared a whopping 276% year over year in 2022, according to the latest data […]
Europe Turned an Energy Crisis Into a Green Energy Sprint
Europe Turned an Energy Crisis Into a Green Energy Sprint Credit…Ibrahim Rayintakath This was supposed to be a winter of energy crisis in Europe. Beginning last spring, not long after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the fear of gas shortages spread across the continent, along with fears of what might follow. The coming winter crunch […]
Macron Says Russia Cannot Win Against Ukraine
Macron Says Russia Cannot Win Against Ukraine After a surprise UK visit, Ukraine’s President Zelensky went to Paris immediately afterward in a whirlwind European tour to meet with Western leaders. In Paris he held talks with French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz Macron asserted during the visit that Russia cannot win the war […]
