Poroshenko Accepted Putin Terms – Ukraine Lost, No Help Coming From The West WASHINGTON – Putin’s latest “peace plan” for Ukraine, now accepted by Kiev, is in fact the prelude to the secession of Eastern Ukraine. Putin...
Fighting Climate Change Is Useless – Invest In Adaptation WASHINGTON – If you want a cogent and well explained argument about the complete uselessness of US carbon restriction laws...
America’s Systemic Economic And Fiscal Problems Undermine US Foreign Policy WASHINGTON – What’s the connection between President Obama not authorizing the construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline linking...
NYT Op-Ed Calls ISIS “A Militant Group” – Talk About Understatement WASHINGTON – Charles M. Blow, NYT columnist, in an article, (Obama and the Warmongers, August 31, 2014), points out...
Federica Mogherini Gets Top EU Foreign Policy Job – Inconsequential Position To A Rookie WASHINGTON – Federica Mogherini, age 41, since February 2014 Italy’s (youngest ever) Minister of Foreign Affairs, has just been appointed High...
UK Will Lead A New NATO Rapid Reaction Force – Should Putin Take Notice? WASHINGTON – As a response to Putin’s aggression in Ukraine, NATO will do…well, not much. Most of the reactions so...
Italy Is Slowly Sinking – Years Of Recession Or Zero Growth – Unemployment At 12.6% WASHINGTON – Mario Draghi, the President of the European Central Bank (ECB) deserves praise for his ability to save...
Ukraine Should Admit Defeat – Let The Russians Take Over The East WASHINGTON – The situation in Eastern Ukraine is getting worse. It is now clear that Putin’s Russia has intervened directly in the...
Germany’s Green Energy Revolution Based On Belief, Not Economics WASHINGTON – An interesting WSJ story, (Germany’s Expensive Energy Gamble, August 27, 2014), provides a good illustration of top-down...
Ukraine Cannot Win Against Russia – Give Up The East WASHINGTON – Despite its (surprising) military successes against the pro-Russia rebels, there is no way that Ukraine can “win” this Moscow-funded civil...