U.S. foreign policy is toxic to most Germans, who point to the Iraq War, the overthrow of Libya’s Ghaddafi, and Afghanistan as examples of misguided American militarism that cost blood and treasure […]
Russia is a natural friend; China is not
Yes, Russia during its communist aberration over most of the 20th century was a Cold War adversary of the West, but as President Barack Obama correctly observed, those fixed on the Russia […]
Carbon credit rort has to stop
Turns out New Zealanders have been buying carbon credits from the Ukraine. In the wake of the country’s Climate Cheats scandal, Andrew Dickens, for New Zealand’s Newstalk ZB, calls out the Emissions Trading Scheme as “rortable”.
Cold War II? Nyet
Putin knows where Russia’s real threats lie.
Greece, the way out
The Greek government has only one sensible choice.
Russia’s Grentrance
If Greece leaves the eurozone, Russia will enter it, casting a chill over Europe.
Russia’s rise
Far from being marginalized, Russia is winning friends and trading partners around the world.
Ukraine’s odious debts
Ukraine’s national news agency, Ukrinform, asked Probe International’s Patricia Adams to weigh in on Ukraine’s multibillion-dollar debt to Russia and whether Ukraine could challenge the enforceability of the US$3 billion Eurobond using an odious debts argument.
A new cold war? Hardly
Talk of a new Cold War is not only overblown but counterproductive to the West’s security interests.
West not blameless in Flight 17 disaster over Ukraine
The EU and especially the U.S. gave Putin fertile ground with which to exploit the ensuing mayhem of months of orchestrated anarchy.


