Russophrenia: the West’s Favorite Delusion about Russia

There’s a peculiar affliction that’s gripped the Western commentariat for decades now. I first diagnosed it in June 2015 and gave it a name: Russophrenia. The tell-tale sign? That deep-set conviction that Russia’s about to keel over economically—then somehow rise from...

The Secondary Sanctions Squeeze

US President Donald Trump is now largely following his predecessors hostile policy towards Russia. If the war in Ukraine continues on its current path Russia will end it with an outright victory. The US and its European vassals are trying to impose a ceasefire to...

A Further US Attack on Iran Would be Pointless Kabuki

A US President, beset by the Epstein story that refuses to lie down and die, and under pressure from domestic hawks because of a visibly collapsing Ukraine, has been letting off a blunderbuss of geo-political threats across the board: Firstly, and principally, at...