As well as massive cuts in social programmes, the president of the Kiel Institute for the World Economy is proposing an annual special fund of €150 billion for the military, financed through credit. Just as under the Nazis, such massive credits can only be repaid through the booty of imperialist wars of conquest.
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen ended her week-long trip to China on Tuesday, saying the US had been able to ‘move the ball’ on key issues, while analysts said the visit had focused on ‘practical short-term issues’.
As the United States appears unlikely to back down in its efforts to relocate manufacturing away from China, a recalibration of priorities has been suggested to accommodate the new status quo.
SOMETIME this summer, if President Vladimir Putin can be believed, Russia moved some of its short-range nuclear weapons into Belarus, closer to Ukraine and onto the North Atlantic Treaty Organization s (NATO) doorstep.
Sometime this summer, if President Vladimir Putin can be believed, Russia moved some of its short-range nuclear weapons into Belarus, closer to Ukraine and onto Nato’s doorstep. The declared deployment of the Russian weapons on the territory of its neighbor and loyal ally marks a new stage in the Kremlin’s…