The Next Supply Shock Is Already Underway
The next inflation shock may not begin with oil. It may begin with diesel shortages in Russia, dry fields in Europe and a growing inability...
Tag: Ukraine
The Black Sea Is Becoming the World’s New Supply Chokepoint
For most of the war, the economic significance of the Black Sea was measured through energy. Oil terminals, pipelines, refineries and Russia’s ability to finance...
Holy Empire: Russia’s Quiet Conquest of Africa
At the edge of the South African wine country, near the town of Robertson, beyond rows of corrugated iron shacks and up a gravel track...
Peace by Dismemberment: The West’s New Ukraine Doctrine
A 28-point “peace plan” drafted by American and Russian envoys would require Ukraine to surrender vast swathes of territory currently occupied by Russia, cap the...
Trump’s Ukraine Flip: Europe Gets the War, Moscow Gets the Leverage
As Ukraine and its allies tried to digest Donald Trump’s latest volte-face, this time a sudden burst of optimism about Kyiv’s chances against Russia, it...
Putin Turns Up the Heat on Kyiv as Trump Sits on His Hands
Vladimir Putin has apparently decided that escalating the war is the surest way to force Ukraine to the negotiating table, on his terms, and that...
Trump, Zelenskiy and Europe’s Theatre of Capitulation
Volodymyr Zelenskiy has learned the art of survival in Washington: flattery, wardrobe adjustments, and a carefully rehearsed humility. Gone are the days of military fatigues...
Washington’s Generous Talk and Its Convenient Amnesia
Just as Ukraine faces its most intense wave of Russian missile and drone strikes to date, the Trump administration has—how timely—suspended deliveries of essential military...
The Great American Land Grab: How Washington Is Muscling Europe Out of Ukraine’s Future
The United States is ensuring it holds the reins over all future major infrastructure and mineral investments in Ukraine, potentially gaining a veto over any...