Russia is now a war economy, that’s why Putin will never sign peace
Trump repeats Obama’s mistake: on Ukraine he seeks an impossible deal, the Kremlin does not want it
‘Nobody expected to come back’: a former soldier reveals the dark reality of North Korean troops in Russia
“North Korea does not want a single soldier to return alive from the battlefield. The leadership will think that the returning soldiers are not useful for maintaining the regime as they might tell others the truth about what they experienced, which would raise negativity about the regime’
The Encyclical ‘Laudato Sì’, the climate and the price of food
Pope Francis: “There is a very consistent scientific consensus that we are in the presence of a worrying warming of the climate system. Climate change, with Covid- 19 and wars, has contributed to the inflationary drive suffered especially by the poorest
Russia: the majority of western companies remained
In 2022 it seemed that many companies wanted to leave Russia. Two years later it seems that Russia, as with wheat, is winning the economic war with the West
Russia’s expansion in Africa does not stop after defeat in Syria while Donald Trump’s US loses ground
With a few rare exceptions, as of August 2024, almost every African state had a contract to supply Russian arms. And taking aid away from moderate states like Kenya or that are in a terrible civil war like Sudan not only does not honour Trump because it will cause so many people to die and create misery and Islamic extremism
Amazon, Tik Tok, Russian disinformation and the rescue of Coin
Marketplaces are becoming more and more popular. They are a key hub for non-food sales. Department stores are in disarray. For Tik Tok, the issue of security should not be underestimated: the app has been used to try to destabilise the current government
Russia has cut off gas supplies to Transnistria in order to destabilise Moldova and is seeking to extend its influence over states bordering NATO
Putin’s next targets are Moldova – whose history is little known but significant – and, in particular, Romania
Donald Trump will leave the US isolated on the world stage
Tariffs are a defensive weapon, a boomerang that will only cause inflation, especially in the US. And a country that does not know how to interface with others, except by force, is a weak country
War in Ukraine: how NATO expanded into Eastern Europe
“Does NATO make sense?” should not be posed to the Italian extreme left or extreme right, who are structurally ‘No NATO’, but to those who are close to the Russian border. And perhaps had to face the Red Army. To the citizens of Warsaw or Tallinn, the capital of Estonia, for example
Towards the end of NATO?
Europeans need to reduce their dangerous dependence on an adversary or even enemy America. The only ones who have fully understood, long ago, what is really going on are the states bordering the former Soviet empire, such as Finland or the Baltic states
‘A Horrible Scene’, Changing the Course of History
Right-wing journalists’ comments on the Oval Office attack: Trump looks like Hitler, Brezhnev or Don Vito Corleone. And the US economy shows the first signs of slowing down. Meanwhile, however, Donald Trump brutally freezes military aid to Ukraine to bring Volodymyr Zelensky to a ceasefire
Why Trump won. And what he stands to lose from now on
Competition from China contributed to Trump’s assertion. It had a very strong negative impact on employment in some regions, particularly in the south, where industries requiring low-skilled labour were concentrated. The unemployed vote was intercepted by Trump. With isolationism, the Trump administration will undoubtedly manage the decline of the United States . With tariffs and inflation Trump ‘plays with fire’
