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China's triangulation is going to be thing to watch. (View Post)

The US voting with Russia, urging everyone else to do as they have done, and getting no support for that position is, perhaps, an early indicator of how the world views Trump's administration. Ukrain… (View Post)

No, I agree. It seems that Trump sees an alliance with Putin as a way to simultaneously weaken the EU, and prize Russia away from China. Taking the mantle of 19th Century Duplicitous Albion from us, … (View Post)

Blackmailing Ukraine into signing an unfair mineral deal to stave off abandonment by a key ally (and the threatened immediate loss of key battlefield communications) is exactly what "those who s… (View Post)

I think attempting to block this could be the last straw for Orbán. So far, his blackmail-for-concessions has worked. In the new Trumpian climate, European leaders are more fearful of what is happeni… (View Post)