1. Quote On September 27, 2018, Yale's Program in Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies, and the Poynter Fellowship for Journalism hosted Vladimir Pozner, the acclaimed...


  2. Here's an interesting run down of geopolitical risks for global oil markets just posted by Platts Oil: Iran, Venezuela, Syria... https://www.platts.com/latest-news/oil/london/factbox-geopolitical-energy-risks-become-more-10397376?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_term=oil&utm_content=photo&utm_campaign=news&hootpostid=8d1e96b9164fbc834c18489f9fdf7ea7
      


  3. https://medium.com/@globaloilrisks/political-risks-arise-in-venezuela-after-maduro-reelection-4aec40186202 Feel free to read my recent post on Maduro reelection in Medium. 
      


  4. Cambridge Analytica whistleblower Christopher Wylie told House Democrats that Steve Bannon, President Donald Trump’s former adviser, was behind much of the company’s early focus...
      


  5. A confidential report allegedly leaked to Western media says malware targeted Aramco's computer systems designed to prevent a disaster at an industrial facility. Not...
      


  6. In many recent threads, the US national debt vs. GDP has been mentioned without any comparison to other nation's debt vs. GDP. I thought...
      


  7. It doesn't care if you live in a red state or a blue state. It's a fucking virus.   Geezus. Morons.


  8. https://www.thestar.com/opinion/star-columnists/2019/02/25/trump-eyes-nobel-peace-prize-with-north-korea-policy.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/23/opinion/sunday/north-korea-summit-trump.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/trump-should-get-the-nobel-peace-prize-for-north-korea-talks-says-souths-moon/2018/04/30/9f89798c-4c6d-11e8-b966-bfb0da2dad62_story.html?utm_term=.89afbeb5c18b  


  9. Quote   Russia and the United States have submitted to the UN General Assembly a joint resolution on the responsible behavior of states in cyberspace. The document...


  10. Astonishing.  Coming soon to a totalitarian state near you.  It's all about the State, and obedient citizens can go jump in a lake.*     *Only once Social...


  11. “You gotta remember, establishment, it’s just a name for evil. The monster doesn’t care whether it kills all the students or whether there’s a revolution....
      


  12. Nick Cunningham's article on Oilprice, "Did Trump’s ‘Plan B’ For Iran Just Fail?", suggests that Trump was trying to build a coalition.  I posit...


  13. So, I'm not sold on the idea that the Houthis hit a Saudi oil tanker. Why would they? If they start targeting oil transports...
      


  14. Organs of some who die after over a month in hospital sustain ‘complete disruption’, peers told Covid-19 can leave the lungs of people who died...


  15. There's a new oil sheriff in town called the IP man of oil. The IP man of oil customizes your behavioral preferences to oil,...


  16. Trudeau's Rival Pledges Energy Independence by 2030 by  Bloomberg   (Bloomberg) -- Canada’s opposition Conservatives, leading in the polls ahead of October elections, will seek to make...
      


  17. https://archive.fo/VRyrR China has sent planeloads of supplies and staff to various countries now, to benefit people of all races. Israel has sent a pittance to help...
      


  18. TOKYO (Reuters)  - China’s growing military might has replaced North Korean belligerence as the main security threat to Japan, Tokyo’s annual defence review indicated...
      


  19. The idea of forcing China to change its' laws to stop forced technology transfer is foolish. You cannot change their behavior. However, we CAN...


  20. A must-read: the culmination of an AP investigation, the most interesting part being the run-up to the Saudi-led blockade on Qatar (for those of...
      


  21. In yet another stunning defeat of Canada's Liberal Party, this time in Premier Justin Trudeau's own home province of French-speaking Quebec, the governing Liberals...
      


  22. President Duterte has bluntly threatened China with war if China tries to drill for oil and gas in its--the Philippines--section of the South China...
      


  23. https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-nw-nyt-coronavirus-hydroxychloroquine-trump-nih-20200620-2jd6ehftkrhgnjbbddxlkwdwmu-story.html#rt=chartbeat-flt Another Trump's irresponsible charade flops, but I am sure his friends over at Bauer have already made a pretty penny. 


  24. The Chinese dealings of the Bidens and Bloomberg should disqualify them as Presidential candidates. The NBA while disappointing could be tolerated as their dealings do...


  25. I have been since quite a long time studying and monitoring the ethno-religious dynamics in the Middle East region and its relationship and impact...
      


  26. One day they're Beijing's darling, ready to buy into Rosneft, now the CEO is missing, the company is in ruins and the Rosneft deal...
      


  27.   https://newrepublic.com/article/155273/state-siege   "White resentment politics are driving a reinvigorated interest in pseudo-intellectual theories about democratic institutions in service of the dawning realization among conservatives that they no...


  28. House and Senate lawmakers urged President Trump and his top trade officials to complete negotiations of an updated North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Several members of the Senate Finance...
      


  29. Lets called this movie "From Russiagate to Chinagate" As such, it’s now the Chinese taking over from the Russians paying Afghans to kill American soldiers in Afghanistan. It’s...


  30. After so many stories of NIger Delta militant groups shutting down wells and blowing up pipelines, the public gets a bit numb to more...