Russia
LNG price war could send natural gas into negative territory
17 May, 2020
Natural gas producers could soon be about to fight out a battle for market share in which prices could fall to negative...
Putin calls Russia a ‘distinct civilization’ that needs to be SAVED...
17 May, 2020
President Vladimir Putin has compared his multi-ethnic and multi-faith nation to an entire civilization, saying that if Russia is to maintain its...
Dump the dollar: Russia has now gotten rid of over 96%...
18 May, 2020
Moscow has continued to sell off US Treasury securities, cutting its stockpile by US$8.73 billion in March, according to the latest data...
The rise of Asia and the polarisation of Global Forces: Western...
(Read Part I)
G7 and E7, OLDEFOS and NEFOS
Those forecasts reveal interesting points, at least two for the purpose of this essay:
1) The grouping of...
China’s rejects planned U.S. moves at U.N. on Iran sanctions
By Michelle Nichols
May 16, 2020
NEW YORK (Reuters) - China rejected on Thursday a planned push by the United States to extend a United Nations...
The American Invasion of Russia in 1918
By Carlton Meyer Posted on
December 20, 2019
President Woodrow Wilson dispatched 5000 American troops to northern Russia and 8000 troops to Siberia without seeking approval...
The rise of Asia and the polarisation of Global Forces: Western...
A sketch of ideas for a global future
PART 1
“That Asia has ‘risen' in the world economy since at least 1960, and especially since 2000,...
Капитализм не умрёт?
Димитрис Константакопулос
13.05.2020
Как это обычно бывает в кризисные времена, «ленинцы рыночной системы» могут попытаться использовать шоковую ситуацию для продвижения своей повестки дня. Они знают, что...
Corona-Crisis and Two Models of Capitalism | Dimitris Konstantakopoulos
Published by Valdai Discussion Club
It is clear that we are entering worldwide an era of very grave social, political and international conflicts and we...
Political Hope Rises
The first in a seven-part, multi-week series of commentary on the COVID-19 crisis
By Radhika Desai
May 6, 2020
This is the first in a seven-part, multi-week...