The last time wheat exports from the former Soviet space were limited, it was due to a poor Siberian harvest in 2010. Within a few months wheat prices doubled globally, tripling in the markets heavily dependent upon Russia’s low-quality output. The region most affected was North Africa and […]
Peter Zeihan predicting the oil supply shock of 2022 back in 2018.
By Caitlin Johnstone It’s just incredible how even after all this time, after all those wars, after all those lies, it’s not even occurring to most mainstream westerners to investigate whether the US could possibly have had anything to do with starting the war in Ukraine. There’s one […]
By Asaf Shalev Jewish Telegraphic Agency Russia’s Jewish oligarchs and their donations come under threat of Western sanctions amid Ukraine war. (JTA) – Jewish communities in Ukraine received a $10 million gift from a perhaps unlikely source Monday: a charitable organization founded by three Russian Jewish oligarchs who […]
By Ankush Kumar, Yahoo News Desperate to avoid the shadow of Vladimir Putin’s bigoted regime falling over Ukraine, LGBTQ combat volunteers told The Daily Beast that members of the gay community had been rushing to prepare for this invasion of Ukraine in recent weeks. Now, they stand ready […]
By Patrick Reilly, New York Post Action star Steven Seagal — who was banned from Ukraine for five years in 2017 after Russian President Vladimir Putin gave the actor a Russian passport — spoke out on the Ukrainian conflict Monday, saying he looks at both sides “as one […]
By Indian Bronson Let us pray this ends soon, that peace talks proceed, and there is no escalation. Out of a genuine appreciation for my readers, who humor me by reading my self-important perspectives (What’s the Venn diagram of people who can read the title and get the […]
By Daniel McAdams, Ron Paul Institute he media and the war machine (or do I repeat myself?) want us to take sides in the Russo/Ukraine war. To those of us with long histories in military conflicts in which the US foreign policy establishment, media, and military have an […]
By Damon Linker, The Week How fast have events been moving over the past several days? So fast that my initial take on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, written Thursday morning, just hours after the war began, is already irrelevant. Then, I mainly expressed sadness at what I expected […]
By Joel Mathis, The Week It’s been quite a week in Europe: Switzerland has edged away from its longstanding tradition of neutrality. Finland is on the cusp of asking for admission into the alliance after decades of standing to the side. Germany, after a nearly 80-year break from […]
Visit the archives to re-read and share WEBINAR: The Ukraine War: Energy Edition The ins and outs of the major oil and natural gas suppliers is a favorite topic of ours here at Zeihan on Geopolitics, and it forms a cornerstone of our expertise; my team and I have decades […]
The people who will never set foot on a battlefield always have the toughest talk
Ryan Grim, Kim Iversen, and Robby Soave react to Hillary Clinton’s recent comments on MSNBC regarding the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Research director at the European Expert Association, Maria Avdeeva, describes the atmosphere on the ground in Kharkiv after facing Russian rocket fire.
This is some of the most interesting geopolitical/international relations commentary I have seen in a while. This segment gets to the wider geopolitical ramifications of this. It’s more or less the First World and former Russian vassalages against the Second World and the Third World. Even Israel and […]
Robby Soave argues that the United States should not militarily engage with Russia.
Ryan Grim makes the case that now, more than ever, the U.S. should return all seized funds to the Afghan Central Bank.
Russia-based socialist writer, Egor Kotkin, discusses how Vladimir Putin’s class interests affect Russia’s invasions of Ukraine.
Krystal and Saagar examine the dramatic shift in public polling on escalation with Ukraine since Russia has invaded and mainstream media’s wartime propaganda machine has begun spinning
Krystal and Saagar respond to the comments made by former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on what America should do to fight against Russia and suppress dissenters at home
Saagar goes through examples from Russian and world history that compare to the time we are living in now to show why a full scale war between America and Russia is a real possibility
Krystal and Saagar go through the seriousness of Putin’s threat to start nuclear war against Ukraine and the world even though Biden and others have dismissed his rhetoric
Krystal and Saagar deliver the latest updates on the peace talks between Russia and Ukraine that went nowhere as now the EU has expedited Ukraine’s membership application
Krystal and Saagar respond to the calls from Ukraine President Zelensky and mainstream media pundits for a no fly zone in Ukraine that could create a World War 3 level escalation with Russia
Krystal takes an in depth look at the economic failures pushed by Wall Street playing a major role in the current domestic and global political instability that have not been discussed as war rages on
Krystal and Saagar provide a battle update on the Russian invasion of Ukraine after fighting continued over the past 24 hours with a Russian convoy advancing on Kyiv as missiles fly around
By Keith Preston Putin has taken an extremely big gamble. If he remains committed to limited objectives, he might just get away with it. Limited objectives would be claiming the disputed territories, accessing the Black Sea, pipeline interests, keeping Ukraine out of NATO, and intimidating Russia’s neighbors to […]
By C.J. Polychroniou,Truthout Irrational political panic is as American a phenomenon as apple pie. It often arises as a result of a potential inability on the part of the powers-that-be to control the outcome of developments that may pose challenges to the interests of the existing socio-economic order […]
Tom Woods Show Russian expert Gilbert Doctorow joins us for a rational discussion of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, and to caution against the wild demands of armchair warriors on the Internet who seem oblivious to the dangers involved in escalation. Read the original article at TomWoods.com. […]
“When you invade a sovereign country that’s a war crime.” Oh, the irony.
The EU has said it point blank, the Oligarchs in Russia cannot fly over EU airspace. The more countries that get into this no fly zone issues, the worse it will be for these rich people who want to go where they want to go and can’t because […]
Former President George W. Bush has condemned Russia’s attack on Ukraine, saying it will “bring a catastrophic loss of life and human suffering.” In other news OJ Simpson will be giving advise on relationships and marriage.
Adam Kinzinger: Let’s just start WW3 to save Ukraine, shall we? Everybody with a brain: But that would totally destroy Ukraine. And everybody else on the planet. Kinzinger: Oh…
Ryan Grim and Robby Soave discuss Russophobia and the cultural impacts of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Kim Iversen breaks down what’s true and what’s false about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Anti-war demonstrator Veronika Nazarova details Russians’ protests against their country’s invasion of Ukraine.
Ryan Grim, Kim Iversen, and Robby Soave discuss the revival of ‘Russiagate’ in mainstream media.
Ryan Grim details the role the petrodollar has in today’s current crisis in Ukraine.
Robby Soave makes the case for rethinking the mission of NATO in light of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Journalist Manny Marotta describes his ~45 mile walking evacuation from Ukraine, and the humanitarian crisis that many Ukrainian refugees currently face.
Krystal and Saagar examine the response from Russian oligarchs to the economic warfare being waged by the west against Russia as Senator Marco Rubio boldly proclaims that Putin is ill
Krystal and Saagar respond to the protests against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine happening in Russia itself and other European nations from Belarus to Germany and beyond
Krystal and Saagar cover the peace talks between Russia and Ukraine as the war rages on and China becomes increasingly uneasy about the backlash to Putin’s invasion
Krystal and Saagar are joined by writer and podcaster Derek Thompson to better understand the economic effects of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and what Putin’s endgame could be
Krystal gives a break down of how the mainstream media decides which victims of war to care about and which ones to ignore as the world watches Russia’s Ukraine invasion and turns a blind eye to other atrocities
Krystal and Saagar push back on the belligerence coming from the mainstream media neocons and other pundits who became liberal heroes during Russiagate who are pushing for World War III against Putin
Saagar takes an in depth look at what he got wrong about Vladimir Putin’s grand strategy for Russia that caused him to downplay the possibility of him invading Ukraine
Krystal and Saagar cover Russian dictator Vladimir Putin’s serious nuclear war threats to the west as his invasion of Ukraine continues and Russia’s economy goes under
Krystal and Saagar break down the economic turmoil and financial panic taking place in Russia as the western world goes on an economic offensive in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Krystal and Saagar bring updates on the Ukraine-Russia conflict from all fronts including the battle lines as information flies around and Putin meets heroic resistance from Ukrainians
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