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NATO: a Dangerous Paper Tiger
NATO: a Dangerous Paper Tiger The Chinese have a genius for pithy expressions and few are more packed with meaning, while immediately understandable, than “paper tiger”. NATO is one, but paper tigers that overestimate their powers can be dangerous. Some Russians are concerned that there are today more hostile troops at the Russian border than […]
Stumbling Blindly into Cold War Two
Stumbling Blindly into Cold War Two As the U.S. and its Western allies lurch into a new and dangerous confrontation with Russia, the different sides don’t even have a thorough understanding of the history behind the tensions, warns Alice Slater. NATO’s recent provocative decision to build up its military forces across Europe — by sending […]
European Banking Crisis
European Banking Crisis There is intense resistance building against the stricter new rules on bad loans among the European banks. This will hit Italy hard and may push off the edge more than one Italian bank. With the elections coming next year in Italy, the banking rules may be the straw that breaks the back. […]
Mind the Junk—-This Ain’t Your Grandfather’s Capitalism
Mind the Junk—-This Ain’t Your Grandfather’s Capitalism The financial system is loaded with anomalies, deformations and mispricings—-outcomes which would never occur on an honest free market. For example, the junk bond yield at just 2% in Europe is now below that of the “risk-free” US treasury bond owing solely to the depredations of the ECB. Indeed, madman Draghi has […]
Where are Europe’s Fault Lines?
Where are Europe’s Fault Lines? Beneath the surface of modern maps, numerous old fault lines still exist. A political earthquake or two might reveal the fractures for all to see. Correspondent Mark G. and I have long discussed the potential relevancy of old boundaries, alliances and structures in Europe’s future alignments.Examples include the Holy Roman […]
Saving Farmland for Future Generations
Saving Farmland for Future Generations Image courtesy of Beccy Strong Imagine a farm where you are welcome to walk in its fields. You hear birds singing and see wildflowers blooming. The cows in the meadows are grazing and the children in farm school are learning-by-doing, collecting eggs from free-ranging chickens and picking fruit from orchard […]
European Court to Decide Whether U.K. Mass Surveillance Revealed By Snowden Violates Human Rights
Photo: Jason Alden/Bloomberg News/Getty Images EUROPEAN COURT TO DECIDE WHETHER U.K. MASS SURVEILLANCE REVEALED BY SNOWDEN VIOLATES HUMAN RIGHTS BRITISH SPY AGENCIES are under scrutiny in a landmark court case challenging the legality of top-secret mass surveillance programs revealed in documents leaked by whistleblower Edward Snowden. A panel of 10 judges at the European Court […]
US Boosts Special Operations Forces Presence at Russia’s Border
US Boosts Special Operations Forces Presence at Russia’s Border The deployment of US Special Operations Forces in Europe is never in spotlight but it is rapidly increasing. There can be no other purpose than acquisition of capability to deliver strikes deep into Russia’s territory. The Trump administration is relying heavily on Special Operations Forces (SOF). They are deployed to […]
The Myth of European Democracy: A Shocking Revelation
The Myth of European Democracy: A Shocking Revelation It’s an open secret that the “Soros network” has an extensive sphere of influence in the European Parliament and in other European Union institutions. The list of Soros has been made public recently. The document lists 226 MEPs from all sides of political spectrum, including former President of the […]
US Boosts Special Operations Forces Presence at Russia’s Border
US Boosts Special Operations Forces Presence at Russia’s Border The deployment of US Special Operations Forces in Europe is never in spotlight but it is rapidly increasing. There can be no other purpose than acquisition of capability to deliver strikes deep into Russia’s territory. The Trump administration is relying heavily on Special Operations Forces (SOF). They are deployed to […]
The Rising Separatist Movements in Europe-Eastern Europe
The Rising Separatist Movements in Europe-Eastern Europe There are many in Spain who just outright disagree with any right of Catalonia to be independent. History, culture, language, nothing really matters. Some have said it is the Spanish Constitution and all of Spain should vote to let Catalonia leave or stay. All of that said if […]
Europe Fears ‘The Big One’ After 140 Earthquakes Strike The French Alps In 40 Days
Europe Fears ‘The Big One’ After 140 Earthquakes Strike The French Alps In 40 Days In recent weeks, the locals living in the Maurienne part of Savoie in the French Alps have been getting used to being shaken awake at night. The region has been rocked by 140 earthquakes in a mere 40 days sparking […]
Almost All Countries In Europe Have Border Issues
Almost All Countries In Europe Have Border Issues For centuries, Europe has fought wars over borders. In the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century, Europe’s borders shifted wildly. As empires fragmented, new nations arose and wars were waged. After 1945 and the beginning of the Cold War, a new principle emerged […]
Europe Will Reap What Spain Has Sown
Europe Will Reap What Spain Has Sown The Spanish government decided to reach back into its history and borrow from the playbook of longtime Spanish fascist dictator Francisco Franco in dealing with Catalonia’s decision to declare independence from the Spanish Kingdom as the Republic of Catalonia. The Catalan government’s decision to declare independence followed an […]
Europe: Journalists Against Free Speech
Europe: Journalists Against Free Speech Gone is all pretense that journalism is about reporting the facts. These are the aims of a political actor. Being bought and paid for by the EU apparently counts as “press freedom” these days. According to the guidelines, journalists should, among other things, “Provide an appropriate range of opinions, including […]
