"Coordination on global politics, economy impossible without China and India - Kremlin" So, what is really the point of the G7?  It is a format that is entirely unrepresentative of anything on the global stage.  The seven supposedly major industrial nations no longer even represent that point.  They cover no more than 30% of global... Continue Reading →

I have from time to time featured quotes brought to mind from reading books.  A lot of these have come from reading John Schettler's Kirov series of novels, of which I am currently into the 46th volume.  This thought captured my attention, perhaps because it sounds... sounds... I can't immediately come up with an adequate... Continue Reading →

You can't control, or influence, what is out of reach, out of contact. I suppose this is why the industrialised West, in the form of the G7, is beginning to realise that they need Russia close rather than being 'on the outer' through the 'punishment' of isolation. But does Russia actually need the confines of... Continue Reading →

Donald J "I am the Chosen One" Trump. Can you believe he said that, with hands raised to the sky? See the BBC news clip.  He's lost it. Lost the plot. Completely lost it. Where does that leave America? Where does that leave the world? Where does that leave you and I? He's also put... Continue Reading →

"China does not plan to take part in Russia-US talks on nuclear disarmament" — diplomat Nor should they.  That is strictly a matter between the US and Russia. China is not in the same nuclear league as the 'big two' nations - yet - and obviously does not want its efforts to make that a... Continue Reading →

I warned a few days ago that the Turkish southernmost observation post in the northern Hama province at Murak was in danger of being surrounded by the rampaging Syrian army forces intent on liberating their northern territory from the nest of thousands of terrorists, some under Turkish backing, occupying it.  This appears to be the... Continue Reading →

Climate change evacuation planning needs to start now, urges scientists This story, based mainly on a 'Science' magazine article, is almost all pure nonsense.  Well, apart from the first four paragraphs which are there purely as attention grabbers. And I don't mean that what they are talking about is basically untrue.  It isn't. It's just... Continue Reading →

US President Donald Trump recently made noises about returning Russia to the now defunct G8 group of nations. I think that Russia is not too concerned about being excluded from the Group of Eight nations since 2014, rendering it now a Group of Seven (G7). Maybe if it were a more serious forum, operating within... Continue Reading →

The above is a quote from this article: "Trump scraps Denmark visit after Danes say Greenland not for sale" He was serious, you know, and that together with the pouting sulk that resulted in the cancellation of his planned visit to Denmark, speaks volumes for the mental state and maturity of the American leader.  How... Continue Reading →