In recent years, Europe’s trajectory has taken a sharp turn. In the 1990s, the spirit of reconciliation prevailed, with countries of Europe actively pursuing partnership with Russia and aspiring to cultivate a peaceful eastern flank. The Charter of Paris for a New Europe was signed in 1990 on the basis […]
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Kellogg’s Partition Plan For Ukraine
Partition Remains a Possible Option, Just Not Kellogg’s Version Is a partition plan a realistic outcome for ending the Ukraine war. General Keith Kellogg’s proposal appears to have already encountered difficulties. However, that does not mean that some type of partition is out of the question. Kellogg’s “plan” would carve […]
Gender Stunts In Space: Blue Origin’s Female Celebrity Envoys
Indulgent, vain and profligate, the all-female venture into space on the self-piloted New Shepard (NS-31) operated by Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin was space capitalism and celebrity shallowness on full show, masquerading as profound, moving and useful. The crew consisted of bioastronautics research scientist and civil rights activist Amanda Nguyen, CBS […]
Explaining Russia’s Restrained Response To Estonia Seizing One Of Its “Shadow Fleet” Vessels
Russia wants to avoid falling into the UK’s trap for sabotaging its rapprochement with the US by credibly threatening military force against Estonia in response to this provocation, but Putin’s patience might run out if the US is unable or unwilling to prevent its partners from staging repeat incidents. Estonia seized one […]
Trump Is Trying To Destroy The European Middle Class
Germans have a highly negative attitude towards Trump. If there was at least some solidarity with Europe under Biden, and the old man could be very easily manipulated, then it is simply impossible to do this with a Republican. On the contrary, he wants to take everything he can […]
The Current Status Of The Prosecution Of Israel For Its War Crimes In Gaza
The world is awaiting an initial decision (to come after 28 July 2025), in the case “South Africa v. Israel” (that link to the case is to it at the U.S.-Government-controlled Wikipedia and is therefore slanted favoring Israel against South Africa, but provides at least the facts that Israel’s side acknowledges). (The […]
The Two-Faced Greens (II)
Part I At the same time, just a few days ago, news appeared in the media that the UK was mothballing its nuclear waste in Germany. The Castor transport with radioactive waste made its way from the UK to Lower Bavaria. The destination of the seven nuclear waste containers is […]
Is Joe Biden Back?
The former president announced his return to big-time politics after several months of hiatus. The formal reason for this is an attempt to help the party in difficult times. Most recently, the rating of the US Democratic Party broke through a historic bottom, reaching 29 percent. Although Biden believes that […]
Junk Science And Bad Policing: The Homicide Prediction Project
The law enforcement breed can be a pretty dark lot. To be paid to think suspiciously leaves its mark, fostering an incentive to identify crimes and misdemeanours with instinctive compulsion. Historically, this saw the emergence of quackery and bogus attempts to identify criminal tendencies. Craniometry and skull size was, for […]
Yalta Conference 2:0: Can The World Find A Path To Security, Or Is History Doomed To Repeat Itself?
In March 2025, the Livadia Palace in Crimea once again became the epicenter of global discussion. An international congress dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the Yalta Conference gathered experts from various corners of the world to reflect on the lessons of the past and outline pathways to the future. […]
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