Samizdata quote of the day – either way, China wins
The reason Beijing seems so relaxed about the crisis is obvious: this is a situation in which China wins either way. Either the threat continues but shipping is safer for Chinese vessels than for...
View ArticleSamizdata quote of the day – sage geopolitical wisdom edition
Why we can’t leave the Houthi’s to shoot at us in peace is completely beyond me. – the indispensable Zarah Bukake MP echoing nice Mr. Corbyn.
View ArticleSamizdata quote of the day – Do we want Ukraine to Win?
Its in many ways the crucial question that needs to be answered honestly now. Do we want Ukraine to win the war and liberate all its territory? or Do we want Ukraine to be forced to accept a deal which...
View ArticleChina’s dilemma
As relations with the US deteriorate, China probably has little choice but to continue to strengthen its armed forces. But it should remember that its military advances to date have been underwritten...
View ArticleKaja Kallas sometimes seems like the only adult in the room
When people call for negotiations with Russia… Even before #Russia launched its attack on #Ukraine, Estonian Prime Minister @kajakallas warned Western leaders not to make any concessions to the...
View ArticleWords of comfort
The United Nations Human Rights Council: “On Monday afternoon, the @UN Human Rights Council observed a moment of silence for the loss of innocent lives in the occupied Palestinian territory and...
View ArticleSamizdata quote of the day – Putin is not a mystery
Putin’s objectives are not an enigma, a mystery, or a riddle. As McKew emphasizes, they have been spelled out again and again in speeches, books, editorial, official documents, journal articles,...
View ArticleHow Putin fooled the Western Left…& influenced some US Republicans
Well worth watching…
View ArticleEscalation Strategy & Aid in Ukraine – How the West manages Russian nuclear...
Another excellent presentation by Perun…
View ArticleWhy chocolate cake does not exist
I like the style of this guy Gaius: "Chocolate cake doesn't exist, because all the ingredients are used in other dishes as well." — Gaius (@GaiusLatine) June 5, 2023 Readers are invited to supply...
View ArticleChina calls in the loans
“‘In a lot of the world, the clock has hit midnight’: China is calling in loans to dozens of countries from Pakistan to Kenya” – Bernard Condon and the Associated Press in a major article for Fortune...
View ArticleUS Grand Strategy: NATO, Alliances, & Ukraine – how alliances underpin...
Another excellent presentation by Perun…
View ArticleBroken how, exactly?
Sweden has made its choice and must live with the consequences. Two years ago almost to the day, after a vote that attracted unprecedented public interest, Sweden introduced a new national flower. It...
View ArticleOne year on…
I posted this on the day of the invasion and I think it aged pretty well. Russia is not attacking Ukraine in response to actions of the USA since then, that’s an Americocentric delusion. This is not...
View ArticleSamizdata quote of the day – There is still nothing ‘realistic’ about ‘Russia...
The Ukraine conflict has merely demonstrated that Mearsheimer’s realism is as ineffective at understanding the present as it has been at predicting the future or explaining the past. Fitting Putin’s...
View ArticleSamizdata quote of the day –Росію необхідно перемогти edition
Putin’s insecurity might start with anxiety about his personal future, but he has extended this into a vision for Russia that involves a permanent struggle with the West and its liberalism. There is...
View ArticleThoughts on immigration
“What’s peculiar is that it is often those who have most faith the in ability of government to fix complex and deep-seated problems, like poverty, poor education or climate change, who seem most...
View ArticleThis is not satire. They believe that genocide and the collapse of human...
As we near 100K followers, we urge every single one of you to join us in taking vital action against this criminal government and their genocidal plans to issue over 100 new oil and gas licences,...
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