China”s New Normal | Peter Zeihan on Ukraine amd Shanghai Lockdown
"I don't think china is going to be a nation state by the end of the decade. I think that we're looking at disillusion."
New Podcast with Peter Zeihan. Recorded on April 21st, 2022. Listen to the full interview here...https://www.cgai.ca/peter_zeihan_on_shifting_global_energy_r...
Russia's Lavrov warns of 'real' danger of World War III
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Monday that peace talks with Ukraine would continue, while warning there was a "real" danger of a World War III.
Ex-Iranian MP: It was always Iran’s intention to build a nuclear bomb
'There is no need to beat around the bush,' former parliament member Ali Motahari says; he argues Iran's failure was not keeping its plans a secret for long enough
Russia’s war in Ukraine jolts Iran, Syria and Middle East security
According to Asharq Al-Awsat, the Arabic newspaper headquartered in London, “With Russia preoccupied with its war in Ukraine, Tehran is carrying out the process of filling the vacuum left by Moscow in Syria.” Just as Russia filled the vacuum that the U.S. left in the Middle East, Iran is filling the void that Russia is leaving by withdrawing from Syria. And this could portend a fundamental deterioration of regional stability.
Ukraine war drives sudden demand for bomb shelters in Switzerland
Companies that build and repair bomb shelters in Switzerland are being overwhelmed with enquiries since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Demand is so high that raw materials for the shelters are in short supply.
Bari Weiss on Post-Mainstream Media Life and Her Battles in the Culture Wars
The changes in my own life, your life over the past year reflected a country transforming at a velocity so fast it's difficult to capture. It will be up to historians to give it a proper name, but I think of it as a great unraveling.
What happened? What unraveled, and why now?
Recorded on February 15, 2022
Bari Weiss began her career as a mainstream media prodigy, landing coveted positions at the Wall Street Journal and the New York...
Ukraine Is Becoming a Dangerous Proxy War Between Russia and the West
Russia could be trapped in a full-fledged proxy war with a vastly wealthier, more productive opponent supplying a tough, local client.
Putin’s revisionism is, ideally, not just limited to Ukraine. He wants a different European security order – one with a much larger, semi-imperial role for Russia. Alas, no one besides Moscow wants that, so the West has swung dramatically behind Ukraine. The war is indeed a proxy war.
FBI chief says espionage threat posed by China ‘unprecedented in history’
FBI Director Christopher Wray said on Sunday that the current scale of espionage and cybersecurity threats from China were “unprecedented in history.” “The biggest threat we face as a c…
Putin to test nuclear missiles capable of hitting US by autumn
Russia plans to test nuclear missiles capable of hitting the United States and Europe by autumn, an official said.
“The prospect of nuclear conflict, once unthinkable, is now back within the realm of possibility,” United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said last month.
Russian officer: Missile to carry several hypersonic weapons
MOSCOW (AP) — A new Russian intercontinental ballistic missile is capable of carrying several hypersonic weapons, a senior Russian military officer said Sunday. Col. Gen. Sergei Karakayev, the commander of the Russian military's Strategic Missile Forces, said in televised remarks that the new Sarmat ICBM is designed to carry several Avangard hypersonic glide vehicles.
Vladimir Putin's Ukraine nuclear threats create dangerous guessing game
Putin and other Russian officials have repeatedly warned Russia could use nuclear weapons against NATO nations if they intervene in the Ukraine invasion.
The war between Russia and Ukraine is putting a massive strain on the global food supply. Food prices in the U.S. soared to record heights along with other c...
Curious Number Of Russian Oligarchs Have Died Since Invasion Of Ukraine
Ali Velshi reports on four separate instances of Kremlin-connected, extremely wealthy Russians with ties to the oil industry who have died by suicide since R...
The Termination of Russian Oil - Peter Zeihan Russia Ukraine War Update
The Termination of Russian Oil - Peter Zeihan Russia Ukraine War UpdateFirst, infrastructure. All of Russia’s oil flows first travel by pipe—in some cases fo...
Shanghai’s Long Covid Lockdown Poses a Threat To the Global Economy
Shanghai, an industrial center and home to the world’s largest port, has been under lockdown for nearly a month. That has an impact on global supply chains and inflation.
Starvation will push and pull human psychology in unusual directions—it is one of the few things that can overcome fear of the authorities. When famine came to China 400 years ago, it made Chinese peasants receptive to the preachers of class war. When the government failed to provide crucial
Why China isn't backing down on its zero-Covid strategy
Thanks to its zero tolerance for Covid-19 cases, China was the only major economy to grow in 2020.While the rest of the world battled wave after wave of coro...
North Korea's Kim observes missile test to boost nuclear capabilities
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un observed the test firing of a new type of tactical guided weapon aimed at boosting the country's nuclear capabilities, the North's KCNA state news agency reported on Sunday.