Showing posts with label Trade. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Trade. Show all posts
Saturday, October 8, 2022

Crimea Bridge Explosion Disrupts Crucial Supply Route for Russian Forces (VIDEO)

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At the video, just after 10 seconds, the car was spared a direct hit, but the blast-shrapnel ignited the gas tank and blew up the vehicle. P...
Saturday, September 24, 2022

Louise Mensch on Putin's War

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From September 16th, on Twitter : 1/ I don’t think this war, or Putin, are going to make it to next summer. in case you haven’t been paying...
Wednesday, September 21, 2022

'A Brutal, Needless War ... Chosen by One Man': Biden, at United Nations, Slams Putin's Invasion of Ukraine (VIDEO)

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Following-up, " Putin Orders Draft of Reservists for War in Ukraine, Threatens Nuclear Response ." At the Los Angeles Times , &quo...

Putin Orders Draft of Reservists for War in Ukraine, Threatens Nuclear Response

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A big day in great power politics. At the Wall Street Journal , " The Russian president’s move sought to bolster his faltering military...
Friday, September 16, 2022

Russia’s Battered Army Has No Quick Fix in Ukraine (VIDEO)

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 At the Wall Street Journal , " Kyiv’s counterattack tests Moscow’s forces and raises stakes for Kremlin at home ": Russian forces...

It’s Time to Prepare for a Ukrainian Victory

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From Anne Applebaum, at the Atlantic , " The liberation of Russian-occupied territory might bring down Vladimir Putin ": Over the ...

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 15

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At the Institute for the Study of War : Ukrainian forces are continuing counteroffensive operations in eastern Ukraine, increasingly pressur...

Why Ukraine Will Win

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From Frances Fukuyama, at the Journal of Democracy , " The country’s military is advancing on the battlefield. If Ukraine defeats Russi...
Monday, September 5, 2022

Labor Day Morning Rant: Principled Free Traders™ and the Imaginary World of 'Econ 101'

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It's Buck Throckmorton, at AoSHQ, "I t is no secret that I have extreme animus toward the Principled Free Traders™ who sought to of...
Friday, March 4, 2022

A Flourishing Democracy in Ukraine?

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A flourishing Ukrainian democracy.  That's what Vladimir Putin fears, according to Michael McFaul, former U.S. Ambassador to Russia and ...

Why the Ukraine Crisis Is the West's Fault

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This article from John Mearsheimer is getting a lot of attention, as well as the lecture video I posted the other night.  Prescient, you mi...
Thursday, March 3, 2022

Putin Follows Through on His Word

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It's Pat Buchanan, at the American Conservative , " Putin Warned Us ": When Russia’s Vladimir Putin demanded that the U.S. rul...
Wednesday, March 2, 2022

U.S. and NATO Pressed on Ukraine Aid

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 At WSJ , " As Russian Invasion of Ukraine Widens, the West’s Options Shrink ": Seven days into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the ...
Tuesday, March 1, 2022

Putin the Powerful: Oligarchs Can't Take Out Russian Dictator

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Somewhere I read that Vladdy's hold on power had weakened since last Thursday, especially since things were going so badly on the ground...
Monday, February 28, 2022

Putin Accidentally Revitalized the West's Liberal Order

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It's Kori Schake, at the Atlantic , " The Russian president thought he sensed an opportunity to take advantage of a disunited West....

The West's Sanctions Barrage Severs Russia’s Economy from Much of the World

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I'm fairly blown away by how monstrous these economic sanctions are. Putin had squirreled away $650 billion in gold reserves, of which h...
Monday, February 21, 2022

Xi Jinping's Power Grab

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From Jude Blanchette, at Foreign Affairs , " Xi’s Gamble: The Race to Consolidate Power and Stave Off Disaster ": Xi Jinping is ...
Friday, February 18, 2022

How Chinese Grand Strategy Exploits U.S. Power

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 From Mark Pottinger, at Foreign Affairs , " Beijing’s American Hustle ": Although many Americans were slow to realize it, Beijing...