In response to the Ukraine invasion, multinational companies pledged to leave Russia. Nonetheless, only a tiny percentage of Western firms have actually ceased doing business in the aggressor country while showing themselves off as false heroes through “moralwashing” statements. A campaign group, … [Read more...]
Update on Situation in Ukraine and Moldova
James Jay Carafano Feb 11 Update 2/15/2023 We like to update our stories for folks. From Foreign Policy’s Morning Dispatch by Emily Tamkin “Russia Denies Moldovan Coup Claims” Russia has denied the Moldovan leadership’s allegations that the Kremlin … [Read more...]
Nord Stream: What Hersh Got Wrong
By Mike Whitney There’s something not-quite-right about Sy Hersh’s report on the destruction of Nord Stream 2. There is a number of inconsistencies in the piece that lead me to believe that Hersh was less interested in presenting ‘the unvarnished truth’ than relaying a version of events that … [Read more...]
Prediction of a Disenchanted World “Inside the Iron Cage”
By Edward Curtin “No one knows who will live in this [iron] cage in the future….” – Max Weber, The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism I would prefer not to relay the following very strange story given to me by a fellow sociologist, but he had done me a number of favors, and since he … [Read more...]
Russia’s Failed War Has Created an Opening in the Balkans. The West should remind Serbia not to hitch its wagon to a diminished Russia.
By Ivana Stradner, a research fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic—whose country is one of Russia’s closest allies in Europe—recently made a surprisingly strong statement in support of Ukraine. “We said from the beginning that we cannot support … [Read more...]
Russia buys US-made components for electronic warfare systems through Chinese, Turkish intermediaries – Russian media
Using its own subsidiaries, shell companies, and foreign intermediaries, Russia’s Rostec state-owned corporation purchases US-made components to produce electronic warfare equipment later used against Ukraine, according to an investigation by the Russian website Vazhnye Istorii. Rostec has been … [Read more...]
Forget the Spy Balloon-Meet China’s Monster Missile Force
James Jay Carafano The U.S. is openly reporting China surpassed U.S. in ICBM launchers. The news that China has surpassed the U.S. in its number of ICBM launchers comes as no surprise as China engages in a rapid nuclear buildup as part of its strategy to achieve regional if not global … [Read more...]
Russia’s Failed War Has Created an Opening in the Balkans
By Ivana Stradner, a research fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic—whose country is one of Russia’s closest allies in Europe—recently made a surprisingly strong statement in support of Ukraine. “We said from the beginning that we cannot support … [Read more...]
Forumul Securitatii Maritime
MS DAILY BRIEF – February 06st, 2023 Cupons Chinese balloon flying over the United States for days shot down by a missile fired by an F-22 Raptor (Photo/Video) 1 China resorts to threats after US shoots down metro balloon used for espionage: We reserve the right to respond 2 UK Ministry … [Read more...]
Russian massive missile attack damages nine power facilities, kills three, as Ukraine downs 60 of 76 missiles (updated)
On the morning of 16 December, air alerts were announced all across Ukraine at about 8 a.m. and canceled only 4-4.5 hours later. Russian troops launched 76 air- and sea-based missiles once again targeting primarily the Ukrainian energy infrastructure, and some 27 land-based S-300 air defense … [Read more...]