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Dr. Gilbert Doctorow is a professor whose specialty is Russian affairs. I like his analysis because he will often put forward views that are not quite mainstream. This allows one to extend their understanding of issues that many of my other sources have a more common perspective on. He has Read more
The first 18 of this series I finished a couple of months ago. There are a couple of people that I left out and I have a couple of new names. In addition, I remain perplexed by the fact that most people that I know have no interest in quality Read more
Late last week, Russia responded as it has long said it would, to the attack by the US and NATO countries, namely Great Britain, against targets inside sovereign Russia. It staged a single strike against a soviet era industrial complex in the city of Dnepropetrovsk. What shocked the West was 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
I have argued for a long time that WWIII has begun. American sanctions on Russia implemented over the years may be considered an act of war. The whole Ukrainian conflict has been a proxy war against Russia carried out under the direction of the US and their foreign legion, NATO. Read more
Patrick Lancaster is an independent war videographer living in Donetsk in the Donbas area of Russia. He regularly records videos from the Russian front lines in the Ukraine conflict. He has a YouTube chammel called Patrick Lancaster. In his videos, he has interviewed civilians in areas where they have deliberately Read more
In my post Someone to Follow (9): Weeb Union I introduced a person who regularly reports on the Ukraine conflict. The other source that I follow is a fellow who has the YouTube channel Military Summary. Since I don’t know his name I’ll refer to him as MS. MS publishes Read more
I have followed Pepe Escobar’s political commentary articles for years finding them insightful. He seems to have globally dispersed contacts. He also has an entertaining personality. He is now a weekly regular on Judge Napolitano’s channel. He does not have his own site but is widely published by others such Read more
Martin Armstrong is globally recognized as a forecaster with an exceptional record. In his early career he was a computer programmer who built his own system based on the fundamental observation that everything works in cycles. There is a very large amount of data available spanning centuries on economics, politics, Read more
Andrew Korybko is a political analyst, currently living in Moscow as I understand it. He covers political issues and events throughout most of the world outside the West. His articles are not long and will keep you up-to-date on topics like the BRICS, South Asia intrigue and sometimes African and Read more