Don't you love the idea of neighbouring nations peacefully getting along together in harmonious endeavour for mutual benefit, by friendly agreement, and without threat or coercion? It may not be exactly so, but what is going on in Eurasia today is pretty damn close to that ideal. And isn't that the way things are meant... Continue Reading →
First Potential End-Point in Ukraine Affair
It is now almost five months since Russia began a Special Military Operation in Ukraine as a necessary counter action to disrupt what was soon after (like days) to be an all-out offensive by Ukraine forces on the territory of the Donbass republics of Donetsk and Lugansk. I repeat it is not a war. A... Continue Reading →
The “Grain Deal”: Russia Is No Dupe
A major focus of the west at the moment and therefore (through its control of world press) propagandised to be a major focus of the wider world, is the so-called 'food crisis', again supposedly put down to the conflict in Ukraine and blamed on Russia as being culpable for the fate of a starving world.... Continue Reading →
There’s ‘Self-Inflicted Pain’ and then there’s ‘The Application of the Pain Dial’
It's always a pleasure for a global realist (I think that is what I am, though the idea is entirely self-applied and I rarely leave my global headquarters [my home] and the comfort of my throne [computer chair]) to read anything written by that true global realist, Pepe Escobar. This is his latest, and it... Continue Reading →
Isn’t It Enough Simply To Be Correct?
Andrei Martyanov is a lout. And his loutishness is becoming more odourously vociferous as time goes by. Take this, his latest blog post, as an example - if you can bear to read it... 'RT Produced Yet Another MGIMO Graduate Attempting "Analysis".' - Martyanov blog The problem is, that he is mostly correct in his... Continue Reading →
The Green Energy Hoax
"It’s Not Working," says Jim. "It Was Never Going To Work," Says I. The Green Energy hoax that it took the world several decades to get around to believing - and eventually acting on - raising fortunes for the green energy entrepreneurs and pushers - raising hopes that the world might be able to carry... Continue Reading →
Concept of Chinese ‘Debt Trap Diplomacy’ Just Another of West’s Incessant Lies
The Sri Lankan economy has tanked and the nation is in dire straits. Whose fault? The west blames China but in reality it is the west which carries the vast majority of Sri Lankan debt. Of course the facts are twisted around by western media and governments to produce a picture, nothing of which can... Continue Reading →
Changing Pacific Tides
Big things are underway in the Pacific, especially now among the Pacific Islands in the south. This week marks the latest event of the Pacific Island Forum, and much is at stake. I don't need to outline the geopolitical currents flowing in and around this region, surely. Those things are widely known already. But it... Continue Reading →
Australian Biggest Miner Exports for Yuan in Preference to USD
'Australian iron ore supplier embraces Chinese market with yuan settlement' - Global Times This is more of a news story than anything else but BHP, Australia's biggest mining exporter, has opted to trade its products for Yuan due to the unpredictability (should that be read as fragility?) of the US dollar. I suspect this will... Continue Reading →
Not Something Else 