How China cornered the green market
December 1, 2023 No Comments
Going green, Sunak was told, would mean going Chinese.
OPEC+ agrees to deepen voluntary oil output cuts
December 1, 2023 No Comments
OPEC+ oil producers on Thursday agreed to voluntary output cuts totalling about 2.2 million barrels per day (bpd) for early next year led by Saudi Arabia rolling over its current voluntary cut.
The insidious powers lurking in the Criminal Justice Bill
November 30, 2023 No Comments
The Conservative party used to be the party of individual liberty. No longer, it seems – at least if the Criminal Justice Bill just introduced in the House of Commons is anything to go by.
6 new countries to join BRICS, including Iran and Saudi Arabia
November 29, 2023 No Comments
Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have all been invited to become members of BRICS, said South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, who hosted a three-day summit of the emerging markets group in Johannesburg this week.
Milei’s Task Ahead: Defeating the Administrators
November 28, 2023 No Comments
On Sunday 19 November 2023 the flamboyant–outré, actually–Javier Milei won the presidential election in woeful, tragic Argentina. “Won” does not really fully capture the result–he trounced his opponent, winning almost 56 percent of the vote.
Opec’s split is good for the West
November 26, 2023 No Comments
It largely slipped under the radar, but there was a rare bit of good news for hard-pressed consumers and businesses this week: the next meeting of Opec+, originally scheduled for today, has been pushed back almost a week amidst rumours of splits between its members.
Germany Faces the Green Fiscal Truth
November 24, 2023 No Comments
The political shell game around net zero is to claim that someone other than taxpayers will foot the bill. Germans are discovering otherwise, and the political uproar is a warning to other governments. If only the U.S. had such a mechanism to stop green boondoggles like the Inflation Reduction Act.
The ugly side of the European left
November 23, 2023 No Comments
….many people on the left long ago gave up protecting free speech and a growing number appear prepared to tolerate violence – provided it’s the right getting whacked.
The Ukraine war has been a ‘great bargain’ for US in the Black Sea
November 21, 2023 No Comments
U.S. officials view the war in Ukraine as a way of achieving geopolitical objectives in the Black Sea, an energy-rich region that connects Russia, Eastern Europe, and the Middle East.
In our lurch toward war in three places, who exactly will fight?
November 16, 2023 No Comments
In the Art of War, Chinese military strategist Sun Tzu said, “if you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.” This nugget of wisdom is as perceptive today as it was over 2,000 years ago. And it does not bode well for America.