4th – Turkey knows the US stands behind Israel. Turkey is in NATO but is not supported by the US. So it’s likely better to make this type of arrangement in advance from a realpolitik perspective, even if just from a public relations point of view- Though I suspect this is more than just PR. […]
Month: April 2025
and investors are now waking up to his bigger ambitions Everyone is quite quiet lately? Could it be the increased hostilities in the middle east? Israel and the US turning up the heat on Iran? Russia advancing in Ukraine while US bellicosity towards Russia escalates? ‘Russia has to get moving. Too many people ere DYING, […]
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The Burning Archive
Very interesting podcast- The Burning Archive I’ve been enjoying the numerous archived interviews etc., so far https://www.youtube.com/@theburningarchive/featured This channel looks at World History and how it affects geopolitics today – Great Powers, Changing Cultures, & Civilization States. And great history books, of course. I share book recommendations, deep dives into world history, and commentary on […]
There has been recent news about these talks, I’m going to make some quick points after sharing the news Link Turkish and Israeli officials began talks on Wednesday aimed at preventing unwanted incidents in Syria, where militaries of the two regional powers are active. Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan confirmed on Wednesday that technical talks […]
For his associates. Friends, family and business partners. This has got to be asked. CBC The Latest People were getting a little bit yippy Trump said he paused the imposition of higher tariffs on many countries because people “were getting a little bit yippy.” “Well, I thought that people were jumping a little bit out […]
Poland has been being prepared for a potential war with Russia for far longer now then Feb 2022. Of this I’m certain having written about the preparations being made back in 2014 at my censored site, republished here in 2022. Keep in mind that Zbigniew Brzezinski was born in Poland. And had actively planned to […]
From my former site- more then a decade ago. Contrary to the recent claims of Donald Trump – the EU was created to be both subordinate to the US and act as thorn in Russia’s side. Hence the “whole and free” agenda. That’s obvious enough isn’t it? The EU was not created to do damage […]
Interesting read 8 Apr 2025 If Trump’s trade policy is the earthquake, the long-standing hardships confronting America’s middle class are the tectonic plate shifts that made it inevitable. America was hit by globalisation and robotics shocks like all advanced economies, but unlike other advanced economies, it failed to help its workers adjust since the New […]
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Iran, Israel, Syria, Turkey, Yemen
Claims have been made that Turkey was scoping out areas of occupation in Palmyra, Syria. Long time readers here know there were areas in the north of Syria that did have Turkish outposts already present- part of the tripartite agreements made between Iran, Russia and Turkey. Palmyra is somewhat distant from those previous locations. That […]
An excerpt from The Economist via Archive.ph As the stock markets continue their downward fall IN ITS SCOPE and severity, the trade war took markets by surprise. On April 3rd, the day after President Donald Trump laid out an unprecedented array of tariffs, the Russell 3000, one of the broadest measures of the American stockmarket, […]