Cold war 2.0

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Pro-Kurdish party rallies behind main opposition candidate in Turkish election

 

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Sudan updates: Heavy fighting erupts despite extended truce

 

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Bipartisanship on China Won’t Last: Matthew Continetti

Bipartisanship on China Won't Last

If there was one word used most often to describe the first hearing of the House Select Committee on Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party, it was “bipartisan.” Republican chairman Mike Gallagher of Wisconsin, who called the proceedings to order around 7...

www.aei.org

What happens, though, when the clapping dies down? House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and Representative Gallagher deserve credit for focusing congressional attention on the most important challenge to American primacy in the 21st century. But history suggests that the collegiality on display at the Select Committee’s debut will be temporary.

While both Republicans and Democrats say that they recognize the threat emanating from the Chinese Communist Party, acknowledging a danger is not the same thing as agreeing on what to do about it. Nor is it clear that Republicans and Democrats perceive China in a like manner. On the contrary: Each party’s view of the PRC is refracted through the prism of its own agenda. The differences between them will become clearer and sharper as Congress is forced to descend from the heights of abstraction to the earthbound nitty-gritty of policymaking.

 

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Russo-Ukrainian War detailed map


I didn't post this for a while so here is the current situation.
The icons are explained bellow the map.

 

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Crimea fuel depot ablaze following apparent drone attack

If you hit the fuel tanks you are destroying the fuel that should keep the defense lines supplied.

 

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US, EU must engage with 'global swing states' — report


Just as I said years ago: modern world is nothing more than giant game of electoral college.

 

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The new press map is out (2022 is for reference).

There are obvious changes: Turkey and India are now totally red. Around Central Africa things are more red. In Latin America some countries lost a level. Thailand is getting less red while central Asia is more red. The Green is completely limited to Northern Europe at this point. There are small changes in many corners.

 

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Drone Attack On The Kremlin In Moscow (Updated)

An attack on arguably the most symbolic target in Russia would be a victory for Ukraine, but it could be used by Putin to rally support too.

www.thedrive.com

I'm not sure what to make of this. I have a hard time taking it seriously as an assassination attempt. Harassing and symbolic perhaps, but it doesn't seem like it would be effective for targeting a specific individual. For all we know it could be a false flag that Russia will use as a pretext for ... something or other.

In response to this incident, Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council, Dmitry Medvedev called for the assassination of Zelensky and his cabinet.

"After today's terrorist attack, there are no options left except for the physical elimination of Zelensky and his cabal," he said on his Telegram channel. "It is not even needed to sign the act of unconditional surrender. Hitler, as you know, did not sign it either. There will always be some kind of changer like the Zitz President Admiral Dönitz."

 

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The whole drone attack on Kremlin isn't really worth mentioning when it comes to physical effects. Plus this is probably an inside job or improvised "fuck off" from the locals.



Speaking of drones ....

 

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Drone Attack On The Kremlin In Moscow (Updated)

An attack on arguably the most symbolic target in Russia would be a victory for Ukraine, but it could be used by Putin to rally support too.

www.thedrive.com

I'm not sure what to make of this. I have a hard time taking it seriously as an assassination attempt. Harassing and symbolic perhaps, but it doesn't seem like it would be effective for targeting a specific individual. For all we know it could be a false flag that Russia will use as a pretext for ... something or other.

Oh I don't think it was an assassination attempt. I think it was just a - see what we can do, we blew up your flag - sort of distraction.

 

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Germany — National parliament voting intention

The greens have fallen bellow the far right AfD.

 

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China’s club for talking to Central Europe is dead, Czechs say

This is really big news, even if this isn't too surprising. In other words this suggests that the club could erode further and lose more member states. What is something of a clear geopolitical significance.

 

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Plot twist.

 

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Plot twist.

Spoiler: In a later episode, they end up fighting for Ukraine.

 

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Spoiler: In a later episode, they end up fighting for Ukraine.

Technically by deciding to move away they made what is basically the pro Ukraine move. Plus there are Russians on Ukraine's side since these two nations are somewhat intermixed. Especially since some Russians truly dislike Putin.

However the odds are that the mercenary warlord simply realized that there will be a disaster on the battlefield once Ukraine starts the counter-attack (what should be pretty soon). Therefore this move is probably a certain "leaving with pride", because soon even that may collapse. What is especially since he ran out of convicts to just throw in the grinder. So now he has to start spending the more experienced troops and should quickly drain his political power.

Overall, if this allows Ukraine to recapture the rest of Bakhmut that will be a massive blow to Russia. Both in the sense of propaganda and by losing so many men for nothing. After all they needed this rural town just to be able to push towards bigger cities that actually matter. While Bakhmut on itself was irrelevant, fairly poor rural town with 70 000 people. Not exactly the place for which you want to die.