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Tag: Ukraine War
The Post-Everything Energy Market
One of the most puzzling aspects of oil market analysis (and policy making more generally) concerns the frequent tendency to assume that short-term and transient developments represent the ‘new normal...
America’s Tough M2/M3 Bradley Mini-Tanks Are Perfect For Ukraine
U.S. Army Bradley fighting vehicles maneuver near the Iraqi border Getty Images A report from Bloomberg suggests the U.S. Government is “considering sending Bradley Fighting Vehicles to Ukraine” in a ...
How Ukraine Uses Old World War II Scrounging Tactics To Fight Russia
Captured Russian gear has kept Ukraine in the fight. Getty Images Ukraine is demonstrating that hard-won lessons from old, long-forgotten World War II playbooks remain relevant. Since Russia’s invasio...
Ukraine Converts $21.9 Billion In U.S. Military Surplus Into Fearsome Force
Few nations have put U.S. military aid to better use than Ukraine AFP via Getty Images The list of American security assistance to Ukraine since the beginning of Russia’s “unprovoked and brutal invasi...
Germany’s Formal Buy of F-35s Raises a Pressing Question; Can Lockheed Martin Deliver the Airplanes on Time?
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) stands in front of an F-35 stealth jet at the International … [+] Aerospace Exhibition (ILA). (Photo by Wolfgang Kumm/picture alliance via Getty Images) dpa/p...
U.S. Coal Exports To Europe Up 46% By Weight, 184% By Value
Coal was the nation’s fourth-ranked export by tonnage in the month of October, trailing three other … [+] energy sources: oil, refined petroleum and natural gases. ustradenumbers.com Europ...
Cost Of Thanksgiving Dinner Rises By 20 Percent In 2022 [Infographic]
Inflation has caused Americans’ grocery spending to significantly rise this year and now the increase in prices is also making one of the country’s favorite meals that much more expensive. According t...
Germany’s Dependence On Russian Gas Coincided With Drop In Wind Investment
Wind turbines are seen near the coal-fired power station Neurath of German energy giant RWE in … [+] Garzweiler, western Germany, on March 15, 2021. – On March 16, 2021, the group will pre...
U.S. Fretting Over Ukrainian Tactics Raises Risk Putin Will Go Nuclear
Short-range nuclear-armed ballistic missiles can be used as decapitation tools Russian Defense Ministry Press Service U.S. officials have leaked news that the U.S. had admonished Ukrainian officials b...
King Charles III Should Become A Climate Monarch
TETBURY, ENGLAND – JUNE 05: Prince Charles, Prince of Wales poses in the meadows at Highgrove House … [+] at the launch for the Coronation Meadows Initiative on June 5, 2013 in Tetbury, En...
‘Obligatory Rationing’—The Energy Nightmare Is Coming True
Natural gas NurPhoto via Getty Images The European energy fiasco is reaching a climax. As long feared, last Friday, the Kremlin-controlled gas giant Gazprom announced that it is shutting down Nord Str...
The New World Energy Order: A Battle Of Attrition
The First Siege of Rome during the Gothic War, 537-538 AD. Seen here Belisarius using the statues … [+] from Hadrian’s Tomb – now the Castle of St. Angelo – as missiles against...
Here’s How Russia Might Use Iranian Drones In Ukraine
With speculation rife that Russia will soon acquire “hundreds” of armed and unarmed drones from Iran, the inevitable question of how Moscow plans to use them in its grinding war in Ukraine arises. Whe...
BRICS In The New World Energy Order: Hedging In Oil Geopolitics
SAINT PETERSBURG, RUSSIA- APRIL 27: Russian President Vladimir Putin addresses a meeting of the … [+] Russian Geographical Society’s Board of Trustees on April 27, 2015 in St. Petersburg, ...
For Investors, EU Baltics Are Beating Europe. But Geopolitics Not In Their Favor
Map of Latvia Estonia Lithuania getty The three Baltic states of Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia have been part of the European Union for 18 years now. And for the last six years, investors have been be...
M60 And Leopard Tanks Offer A Strong Response To Russia’s Asymmetric Attacks
M60 battle tanks operate in Saudi Arabia Sygma via Getty Images As Russian strongman Vladimir Putin continues his illegal invasion of Ukraine, the Kremlin has branched out from the immediate battlefie...
There’s Been A Pause In The ‘Russia Exit’
Companies from the U.S. and Europe were quick to leave Russia at the start of the Ukraine war. Those … [+] that are there still might be staying for longer. getty Four months ago, leaving Russia...
Zelensky Says He Won’t Attack Russian Territory—But Russia Blasts U.S. For Sending Rockets To Ukraine
Topline Ukraine is “not interested” in attacking Russian territory and only intends to use foreign supplied weapons to drive out invading forces from its own land, the country’s president Volodymyr Ze...
Drone Ships Posed To Play Important Role In Russia-Ukraine War
The Russia-Ukraine war has featured more drone technology than any previous war. Indeed, part of Ukraine’s initial success is due to their effective usage of the Bayraktar TB2 aerial drones. Meanwhile...
Russian Victory Day Parade Cut By 35%, Emphasizing Ukraine’s Battlefield Prowess
TOS-1A Solntsepyok (Blazing Sun) multiple thermobaric rocket launchers are one of the many systems … [+] that won’t be present for Russia’s sadly diminished 2022 Victory Day Parade H...
UN Chief Says It’s Ready To ‘Fully Mobilize’ In Mariupol—But Russian Foreign Minister Says Evacuation Pleas Are Merely ‘Theatrical’
Topline The heavily besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol that became a focus of international attention for its humanitarian situation was a key subject of contention Tuesday during a joint press confe...
Don’t Underestimate Threat Of Nuclear War, Russian Foreign Minister Warns
Topline Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Monday said that the threat of a nuclear war “should not be underestimated” as he accused NATO of engaging in a proxy war with Russia in Ukraine, a wa...
Is There A More Climate-Friendly Way To Fertilize Crops? The Answer May Be Blowin’ In The Wind
Crops like corn need nitrogen fertilizer, but it may be now be increasingly logical to harness wind … [+] or solar energy to make it dpa/picture alliance via Getty Images Plants are naturally “s...
U.S. Will Resume Diplomatic Operations In Ukraine This Week, Reports Say
Topline The United States is set to resume diplomatic operations in Ukraine this week and President Joe Biden will soon announce his nominee for ambassador, according to several reports, in a strong s...
Ukraine’s Shift To A New NATO Arsenal Is Unprecedented-And Inevitable
Ukraine will need 155mm guns—like this M777 artillery piece. ASSOCIATED PRESS Defending your country is hard enough. Managing to defend yourself while shifting from Russian-derived heavy weaponry to a...
Top Comics Creators Team Up On Ukraine Benefit Anthology
Sunflower Seeds: Comics for Ukraine, a new anthology to benefit Ukranian refugees, announced April … [+] 18, 2022 Art by Alex Ross Like many people over the last few months, Scott Dunbier watche...
For Ukraine’s Tech Startups, Fighting The War Means Memes, Information Campaigns–And Keeping Their Businesses Going
Memes against the war: Reface’s Memomet app, coming soon. Couresy of Reface Technology companies proliferated in Ukraine before the war. Now the country’s 250,000 IT workers are looking at small...
Russia Now Has Little Hope Of Becoming A Major Middle East Arms Supplier
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine will likely prove to be the final nail in the coffin of Moscow’s goal of becoming a major supplier of military hardware to the Middle East and North Africa. On...
Inside The Ukrainian Government’s NFT Sale—And The 3 Young Entrepreneurs Who Helped Create It
One of the NFTs that’ll be sold in next week’s sale. It depicts a Belarussian missile attack on Ukraine last month. Courtesy Fair.xyz The plan came together a couple weeks ago over birthda...
With The Ukraine War, The Green Chickens Have Come Home To Roost
TOPSHOT – Ukrainian servicemen ride on tanks towards the front line with Russian forces in the … [+] Lugansk region of Ukraine on February 25, 2022. – Ukrainian forces fought off Rus...