Next, an Iran nuclear deal with Chinese characteristics English original of article published in Italian this morning by La Stampa

How China will play a crucial role in any Iran-US peace deal

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High time for all republicans to realize that Trump & Vance and the whole leadership of the GOP supports Russia, Putin, autocracy, kleptocracy, lying and Russian imperialism.
No person who supports that can be considered decent.

Oh, the irony!

Should be part of his next test.

Completely agree. This is an appalling shirking of responsibility. George Robertson is right to make his criticism public

Blockade v blockade, and the world's wholly unnecessary energy crisis English original of article published this morning in Italian by La Stampa

Evaluating the new possibilities -- good and bad -- created by America's blockade of Hormuz

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I'd like to think their support is what pushed Magyar over the supermajority line

Indeed he is not

With God on his side? Provoked by an unPresidential post on Pravda Social

How NOT to handle the Pope

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Wow! Wonderful news, and not only because it is a slap in the face for the Trump-Vance-Putin axis

Lying from the White House Podium is now a family tradition.

The causes and consequences of Trump’s defeat The Islamabad negotiations were supposed to conclude the Iran War in such a way that the US and Israel would have something to show for the thousands of lives lost and ruined, the vast quantities of o...

Sober and therefore all the more devastating analysis by @ldfreedman.bsky.social

The causes and consequences of Trump’s defeat
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Hear hear

Time to give the Trump-Putin-Orban axis a slap in the face English original of article published in Italian this morning by La Stampa. [Additions in square brackets.]

Why Hungary's election tomorrow matters, for Europe and for the world

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Interfering American complains about foreign interference. Shameful but priceless

Five emerging themes for Japan and Asia from Trump's Iran war English original of article published today in Japanese and English by the Mainichi Shimbun

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The success of MAWA and the risks it poses English original of article published in Italian this morning by La Stampa. [Updates in square brackets].

My latest on Substack. In a world of three weak but dangerous superpowers, Europe and Japan need to build their own resilience, urgently open.substack.com/pub/billemmo...

Trump is showing Beijing how to seize Taiwan Great powers study each other closely, observing the strategies used, the resistance met, and the outcomes realized.

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The Vietnam lesson that America is yet to learn English original of article published in Italian by La Stampa this morning

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The Vietnam lesson that America is yet to learn English original of article published in Italian by La Stampa this morning

The Iran war has shown, yet again, that superpowers are not, in fact, super-powerful

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Quanto durerà questo conflitto lo può decidere soltanto Netanyahu L’obiettivo strategico della guerra con l’Iran è eliminare la minaccia a lungo termine per Israele

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Trapped in the middle of a new world disorder [FREE TO READ] From a capricious White House to chilling parallels with a previous global conflict, three books analyse this moment of churn and change in international affairs

“We are all Canadians now …”

FT Books essay by @billemmott.bsky.social on navigating a world churned upside down.

as.ft.com/r/0adad367-7... Trapped in the middle of a new world disorder

Netflix Backs Out of Bid for Warner Bros., Paving Way for an Ellison Takeover

The richest man owns X.

The second and third richest men control Google.

The fourth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

The fifth richest man owns The Washington Post.

And now the sixth richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros.

See the problem here?

"Ketchup dripping down the wall" The American president claims he is "absolutely ashamed of certain members" of the Supreme Court over their ruling on his tariffs. Well, plenty of Americans should be ashamed of his uncivil response

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The yen will tell us whether Japan's triumphant "Iron Lady" is rusting English original of article published today by the Mainichi Shimbun in both Japanese and English

The right benchmark for Japan's now powerful prime minister, Sanae Takaichi will be the value of the yen

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Europe needs lower costs, not protected companies English original of article published this morning in Italian by La Stampa, exploring an old bugbear of mine about "competitiveness"

Forget national "competitiveness". Get costs lower instead

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Four years on, Putin is showing no interest in peace. Only Ukraine can change this English original of article published in Italian by La Stampa this morning

Watch the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics by all means, but remember what happened four years ago during and after the Beijing games, between Putin, Xi and then Ukraine

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An utterly unseen tragedy.

Weekend Update #170: Russian Advances Are Slower Than The Battle Of The Somme Trump And Putin Together, Different Examples

Weekend Update #170: Russian Advances Are Slower Than The Battle Of The Somme
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