The BRICS summit that just concluded in Kazan, Russia, has not been followed much by Western media. Standard Russophobia is unlikely to produce useful commentary. For a serious review of summit issues and conclusions one must turn to informed sources such as Andrew Korybko. In this regard, here is an Read more…
Earlier this year I created a (for me) new blog article format to follow this escalation. The idea was to publish single topic articles, rapidly in response to breaking news. After a while, however, escalation became so frequent that I gave up tracking it. Andrew has provided us with insight Read more…
France’s dreams of colonial glory in Africa are threatened by new political interests operating in Africa, not the least of which is from Russia. The result has been a typical French snit directed at Russia. Andrew discusses the complexities below. Is Russia Really The “Greatest Threat” To France? Andrew Korybko Read more…
I recently remembered a speech that Mark Carney gave as governor of the Bank of Canada (BoC), to the Montreal Board of Trade. In it he discussed the BoC’s position on inflation rate targets and the issues involved in setting them. I wrote about it in my former blog (long Read more…
The Ukraine conflict is resulting in the reinvention of modern warfare. The technology of twentieth century warfare in it’s greatest manifestation is now vulnerable to comparatively inexpensive new technology. For example, the aircraft carrier strike-group can be taken out by a single hypersonic missile with a nuclear payload, something against Read more…