Showing posts with label infrastructure. Show all posts
Showing posts with label infrastructure. Show all posts

Sunday, December 1, 2024

Economic Front 2024

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24-3-21 Ukraine attacks Ruscian oil and gas sites to slash P00ti's war chest - Forces > .
24-9-8 Ruscian War Economy 2024: sanctions, inflation, mounting risks - Perun > .
24-7-25 +33,991,753 [orc] Deaths [& tanked economy] to Take Ukraine - Span > .
24-7-12 [Hung Parliament] France Plunged Into Political Uncertainty - Bloomberg > .
24-6-8 Ruscia-Xina Pipeline Dispute is Big Problem for Krumblin - Spaniel > .
24-6-3 [Unsurprising] US microchips in Ruscian weapons | WSJ > . 
24-4-28 New U$ Military Aid for Ukraine - content & impact? - Perun > .
24-4-28 [Orcine response] when Ukraine receives more weapons? - Anders > .
24-4-27 $115 Billion From US & Europe Gives Ukraine Hope - gtbt > .
24-4-19 Swedish factory working 24/7 to make shells for Ukraine - Kyiv Independent > .
24-4-19 Age of Wars:[Karaganov's Bellicose Ode to Axis of Envious Resentment - gtbt > .
24-4-18 [Biden Administration Suggests Tripled Tariffs on Xina] - Update > .
24-4-13 Ukraine's strategic bombing of Russian oil refineries - Anders > .
24-3-30 Ruscia's Declining Oil Capacity; Deeper Problems of Cartel Politics - Spaniel > .
24-3-23 Ukraine's drone campaign against Ruscian oil infrastructure | Kyiv Ind > .
22-11-24 Conflict in Ukraine's Donbas Region: Geology & Resources - E&SS > .


   Economic Front 2024 ..   
   Kharkiv Front 2024 ..
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Tuesday, September 19, 2023

War Economies

23-9-15 R-U War: Ukraine's Greatest Economic Catastrophe AND Opportunity - gtbt > .
24-9-8 Ruscian War Economy 2024: sanctions, inflation, mounting risks - Perun > .
24-8-13 Economics of War - CNBC I > .
24-7-28 [Brain Drain & Employment Statistics in Wartime Ruscia] | Researcher > .
24-6-3 [Unsurprising] US microchips in Ruscian weapons | WSJ > . 
24-6-1 Exposing Military Industrial Complex - Ryan McBeth > .
24-4-28 (Realistic) [Ruscian Demographics & Economy Imploding] - Inside R > .
24-4-14 US Arms Production - Strategy to Restore Arsenal of Democracy? - Perun > .
24-3-21 Ukraine attacks Ruscian oil and gas sites to slash P00ti's war chest - Forces > .
24-3-3 R-U War 2024 - Military & Economic Balance of Long War - Perun > .
24-1-20 Can Ruscia win the military production race? - Anders > .
23-12-19 Could Ruscia Rebuild And Threaten NATO by 2027? - gtbt > .
23-12-6 Shadow Fleet Fueling Ruscia’s War | Bloomberg > .
23-12-5 Most Dangerous [XIR] Moment: America’s Role in the Pacific | Hoover > . 
23-12-3 [Fatigue, Politics, Resources & R-U War - Public, Governments] - Perun > .
23-12-2 Huawei: [Subsidized Weapon in Chip War versus USA] - Update > . 
23-11-7 Scientific Progress & War - [Counterproductive for Ruscia] (subs) - Katz > .
23-10-8 West's Commitment to the Defeat of Ruscia? - K&G > .
23-10-6 Konstantin - MiC Kwap & Ruscia's Economy Rubbling - Silicon > .
23-10-2 [Ztupidity: Mobiks' Forever Fight, Convicts' Unleashed Terror] (subs) - Katz > .
23-9-18 South Korean Factory Churning Out Armaments for NATO | WSJ > .
23-9-17 Ruscian Defence Production 2023 vs R-U equipment attrition - Perun > .
> Brain Drain >> & Human Resources 
23-7-30 Skills Wars Are The New Trade Wars | EcEx > .
> Future Combat >>  >> Future >>>
> Krumblin >>  >> Krumblin >>> & Sanctions
23-8-1 Sanctioning Russia | Effects: Dodging Sanctions, Brain Drain (subs) - Katz > .23-2-21 Sanctions, 1 Year Later - M&M > . skip > .
Dodging Sanctions - Weighs 'n Means >> .
> EcWarfare >>
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Tuesday, August 8, 2023

Black Sea Front

> Front - Black Sea >>
24-3-8 Group 13: Ukraine's ship killer specialists vs R's Black Sea Fleet - Forces > .
24-2-16 Naval Drones Not Yet Dominant (Who Might Win?) - nwyt > .
24-1-1 Ukraine Puts Rocket Launchers on Sea Baby Marine Drones = attack > .
23-12-26 Ropucha-class Landing Ship Novocherkassk SUNK - Such > .
23-11-8 Life During Wartime: Israel’s Resolve; Ukraine's Victory? | Hoover > .
23-9-27 Marichka: Ukrainian engineers test underwater kamikaze drone - Forces > .
23-9-22 [Sevastopol Black Sea Fleet HQ Struck] - Reporting > .
23-9-14 Black Sea Attacks: 1st Russian Submarine Lost In War Since WW2 - HIS > .
23-9-7 Naval Kamikaze Drone 3D - Unmanned Surface Vessel - AiTelly > .
23-9-1 Impacts of Ruscia's Economic War in Black Sea | WSJ > .
23-8-31 P00ti’s Black Sea blockade is a sham | Defence in Depth - Telegraph > .
23-8-20 Naval Drones | New Unmanned Warfare Capabilities (subs) - Katz > .
23-8-16 Ukr releases video of 23-7-17 Sea Baby attack on Crimean bridge > .
23-8-15 SatIm: NATO Intelligence & Reconnaissance Flights Nr Ukr - Such > .
23-8-7 Ruscia's Largest Port Comes Under [Naval Drone] Fire | Peter Zeihan > .
23-8-7 Naval Drones; Ruscia's Oil Wells Endangered - M&H > .
23-8-6 SatIm: Olenegorsky Gornyk Repairs; SIG Tanker with Tugs - Such > .
23-8-5 Ruscia's Black Sea Blockade BACKFIRES Horribly [Delightfully] - Jake > .
23-8-5 Ukraine Reinvented Drone Warfare - Global Matters > .

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Friday, August 4, 2023

23-8-4 Drone Attacks

23-8-5 Marine Drone Attacks Ruscian Oil Tanker SIG -- BSF's Capabilities - Such > .
23-9-7 Pentagon announces Replicator cheap-AI-drone program vs Xina - Binkov > .
23-9-7 Naval Kamikaze Drone 3D - Unmanned Surface Vessel - AiTelly > .
23-9-1 Ukrainian Drones: New Issue for Ruscia and Xina || Peter Zeihan > .
23-8-31 P00ti’s Black Sea blockade is a sham | Defence in Depth - Telegraph > .
23-8-20 Naval Drones | New Unmanned Warfare Capabilities (subs) - Katz > .
23-8-16 Ukr releases video of 23-7-17 Sea Baby attack on Crimean bridge > .
23-8-10 AFU sea drones work - Physics & PsychOp vs Ruscian fleet | Tele > .
23-8-9 High-tech Warfare - Magura 5 & Naval Drone advances - UA > .
23-8-7 Ruscia's Largest Port Comes Under [Naval Drone] Fire | Peter Zeihan > .
23-8-7 Naval Drones; Ruscia's Oil Wells Endangered - M&H > .
23-8-6 SatIm: Olenegorsky Gornyk Repairs; SIG Tanker with Tugs - Such > .
Drones (UAVs) ..
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Sunday, January 1, 2023

Energy ➾ 2023

23-1-7 Pooti Tried to Blackmail Europe... it failed - TLDR > .


Energy ➾ 2023 ..
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Friday, February 25, 2022

22-2-24 Battle of Hostomel Airport 22-2-25 □

23-1-3 The Hidden Battle that Saved Ukraine - Spaniel > .
23-2-22 How Ukraine Saved Kyiv: Ruscian Missteps, Ukrainian Ingenuity - Spaniel > .

The Battle of Antonov Airport, also known as the Battle of Hostomel Airport, was a military engagement which occurred at the Antonov Airport in Hostomel (Гостомель), Kyiv Oblast, during the Kyiv offensive of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

On 24 February 2022, a few hours after President of Russia Vladimir Putin announced the beginning of a "special military operation" in Ukraine, Russian troops of the Russian Airborne Forces (VDV) made an air assault on Antonov Airport with the objective of capturing it. The airport held strategic value as it was located less than 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) outside of the capital Kyiv, which would allow Russian troops to airlift more troops and heavier equipment to directly threaten the city. However, the Ukrainian military responded with a counter-attack which encircled the unsupported Russian forces and repelled the initial assault. The attack resumed on the next day with another air assault by the VDV combined with a ground assault by armored reinforcements coming from the Belarusian border, breaking through the Ukrainian defenses. The airport was then captured by the Russian forces. Despite this, the unexpected Ukrainian resistance foiled the plans of a quick capitulation of Kyiv, and the airport was too damaged to be used as a functional airstrip.

The Antonov An-225 Mriya, the world's largest airplane, was destroyed in its hangar during the battle.
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Sunday, December 26, 2021

China-Iran Deal - Geopolitics of Indebtedness

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Tuesday, July 27, 2021

B3W - Build Back Better World

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23-12-6 Biden's Inflation Reduction Act: impact on world | FT > .
23-10-24 [PooXi, P00ti Secrets at BRI Forum: NoXious World Order - Insight > .
23-9-24 $6.5T Problem: BRI, Unproductive, Decaying Infrastructure | EcEx > .
23-9-16 "Belt & Road to Death" - [XiXiP targeted corrupt governments] - Obs > .
23-9-9 Rich vs Poor African Economies - Econ > . 
23-9-7 Kidnappings, ghost towns: 10 years of Xi’s BRI masterplan | Tele > .
23-8-29 Understanding the Limits of Innovation || Peter Zeihan >> .
23-5-2 America Spends $800 Billion on Vets & War Prep - T&P > . skip > .
23-4-19 [XiXiP whines about G7 2023] - Update > .
23-4-17 G7 2023 Japan - G7 Ministers vs Xinese, Ruscist threats - DW > .
23-4-16 R-U Hybrid Warfare: P00paganda, cyber, hybrid methods - Perun > .
23-1-11 Xinese Warships Spotted in South Pacific - Focus > .
22-11-11 Fortress Xina - Xi's Plans for World Domination - laowhy86 > .
22-10-25 Xina's Q3 details - Update > .
22-9-5 European Union Trust Fund for Africa vs Xina's BRI - IntoEu > . skip > .
22-7-31 How PGII & IPEF could checkmate BRI - CaspianReport > .
22-7-4 PGII/QUAD/NATO - Alliances -> XiXiP Fears | Insights > .
22-3-28 China's Economic Rise—End of the Road - cfr > .
22-1-22 America's New $1.2T Infrastructure Program - TDC > .


22-6-26 PGII (B3W) ..

Build Back Better World (B3W) is an initiative undertaken by G7 countries. Launched in June 2021, the initiative is designed to counter China's strategic influence of the BRI Project (Belt and Road Initiative) by providing an alternative to the Belt and Road Initiative for the infrastructure development of the low and middle income countries.

Led by the United States, the G7 countries will work to address the $40 trillion worth of infrastructure needed by developing countries by 2035. The initiative aims to catalyze funding for quality infrastructure from the private sector and will encourage private-sector investments that support "climate, health and health security, digital technology, and gender equity and equality". The initiative builds on the Blue Dot Network, a collaboration that aims to build a global network through lending-based financing to build roads, bridges, airports, ports, power plants.

The B3W efforts are in line with the standards and principles of the Blue Dot Network, relating to the environment and climate, labor and social safeguards, financing, construction, anticorruption, and other areas. On November 4, 2019, U.S. Under Secretary of State Keith Krach formally launched the Blue Dot Network with his Australian and Japanese counterparts with access to $60 billion (United States dollars) of capital from the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation ("DFC") at the Indo-Pacific Business Forum in Bangkok.


Krach announced the Blue Dot Network's global trust standards, which are based on "respect for transparency and accountability, sovereignty of property and resources, local labor and human rights, rule of law, the environment, and sound government practices in procurement and financing." Under Secretary Krach committed $2 million (USD) of U.S. State Department seed money for the steering committee and issued an invitation to other G7 members to join. On October 19, 2020, on behalf of the twelve Three Seas nations, President Kersti Kaljulaid endorsed the Blue Dot Network and the Three Seas Summit in Tallinn, Estonia.

On June 7, 2021, the OECD committed to support the Blue Dot Network at the meeting of the Executive Consultation Group in Paris, France. On June 16, 2021, Keith Krach was awarded the Westernization Award by StrategEast for his work as Under Secretary of State in the country of Georgia for leading the Clean Network and Clean Infrastructure initiatives which provides an alternative to the "One Belt One Road" for the countries of Eurasia and is supported by all G7 countries as the "Build Back a Better World".
Building Back Better (BBB) is a strategy aimed at reducing the risk to the people of nations and communities in the wake of future disasters and shocks. The BBB approach integrates disaster risk reduction measures into the restoration of physical infrastructure, social systems and shelter, and the revitalization of livelihoods, economies and the environment.

BBB was first officially described in the United Nations' Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction document, which was agreed on at the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction held on March 14–18, 2015, in Sendai, Japan. It was adopted by UN member states as one of four priorities in the Sendai Framework for disaster recovery, risk reduction and sustainable development. The UN General Assembly adopted this document on June 3, 2015.

21-11-18 House Votes To Pass Build Back Better Legislation (D for; R against) > .

The Build Back Better Plan, also known as the Build Back Better Agenda, plan is a projected $1.7 trillion COVID-19 relief, future economic, and infrastructure package proposed by President Joe Biden. If fully enacted, it would include investments in infrastructure, and is projected to create 10 million clean-energy jobs. Expenditures would also include government funds on housing, education, economic fairness and health care.

The plan is divided into three parts: the American Rescue Plan, a COVID-19 relief package, which passed in March 2021; the American Jobs Plan, a proposal to rebuild America’s infrastructure and create jobs; and the American Families Plan, a proposal to invest in areas related to childcare and education. As of October 27, 2021, the American Rescue Plan is the only plan that has been signed into law, though proposals featured in the American Jobs Plan have been passed in the Senate through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. Proposals featured in the American Families Plan are currently under negotiations through the Build Back Better Act.

Shortly before the inauguration of Joe Biden as the 46th president of the United States, Biden laid out the following goals for his "Build Back Better" agenda:
  1. "Build a Modern Infrastructure": The United States has consistently underinvest in the development of workers and millions of positions in rising industries, such as construction and healthcare, have not been fulfilled. President Biden's Build Back Better Plan would invest in training initiatives to help the millions of American workers to create high-quality employment in expanding fields through high-quality career and technical education paths and registered apprenticeships.
  2. "Position the U.S. Auto Industry to Win the 21st Century with technology invented in America"
  3. "Achieve a Carbon Pollution-Free Power Sector by 2035"
  4. "Make Dramatic Investments in Energy Efficiency in Buildings, including Completing 4 Million Retrofits and Building 1.5 Million New Affordable Homes": Schools were faced with an estimated shortage of 100,000 teachers before the pandemic, which undermined the education of children. President Biden's Build Back Better Plan will address the lack of teachers and enhance the education of teachers, including providing teacher residencies and by developing programs that provide greater results and generate more POC teachers. During the course of the school year, it would extend free school food to another 9.3 million students and assist families buy food in the summer. The plan includes investing in modernizing school infrastructure to ensure school buildings are up to date, energy efficient, robust, and have technology and laboratory equipment to educate children for the future.
  5. "Pursue a Historic Investment in Clean Energy Innovation"
  6. "Advance Sustainable Agriculture and Conservation"
  7. "Secure Environmental Justice and Equitable Economy Opportunity"
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Monday, July 26, 2021

CCP's String of Pearls

2020 China's String of Pearls Strategy | Geopolitics - Globe > .
24-4-12 India | [Modious's] Dying Democracy? - Prof J K-L > .
24-2-17 Taiwan Question & World Order | X Economy - Update > .
23-12-2 Xina’s Real Impact on Africa - Attempted Thought > .
23-10-25 Understanding NoXious World (Dis)Order - Kotkin | Hoover > .
23-10-24 [PooXi, P00ti Secrets at BRI Forum: NoXious World Order - Insight > .
23-10-21 [Bilk & Raid Imperialism 1: Xina Wants NoXious World Order] - Update > .  
23-10-20 Xina's PLAN Expansion vs USN's Hegemony - gtbt > . skip > .
23-10-17 [BRI Scam; Xina Using H-I War; MENA Policy] | Update > .
23-9-16 "Belt & Road to Death" - [XiXiP targeted corrupt governments] - Obs > .
23-9-7 Kidnappings, ghost towns: 10 years of Xi’s BRI masterplan | Tele > .
23-7-29 Ream, Hambantota, Tonga Naval Bases; Australia - Focus > .
23-7-24 Xina's Nine-Dash Line: [Illegal Claims in South China Sea] - Geoff > .
23-5-12 Pakistan is dying ⇒ global problem - Caspian > .
23-4-26 Why powerful nations want bases in tiny Djibouti - Real > .
23-3-13 Xina ~ Sri Lanka Debt Restructuring - Update > .
23-2-28 Xina & ROC war prep: martial law, nuclear emergency, wartime controls > .
23-2-22 US Bases & Philippine Fight Against Xina - T&P > .
23-2-15 India's Necklace of Diamonds Plan to Checkmate Xina - Caspian > .
23-1-13 US & Japan boost cooperation; Marines ready to counter Xina > .
23-1-11 Xinese Warships Spotted in South Pacific - Focus > .
22-12-28 Too many people? Challenges of demographic change | DW > .
22-11-27 Dragon's Claw: Xina's Next 10 Years - Kamome > . skip > .
22-11-19 G20 '22 Biden-Xi meeting = "start of a new Cold War" - Times > .
22-11-11 Fortress Xina - Xi's Plans for World Domination - laowhy86 > .
22-11-2 XiXiPee Said They Wouldn't Do It... THEY LIED! - cfc > .
22-10-20 XiXiPee Congress Day 3 - Update > .
22-10-11 Condeleeza Rice - Xina and Taiwan - Hoover > .
22-9-24 Xina's and Australia’s power plays in the Pacific - Caspian > .
22-8-31 Shocking Chinese Mercenary Groups Around the World - T&P > .
22-8-15 Taiwan could repel invasion; wargamed cost high to Taiwan and US > .
22-8-15 How worried is Japan about Xina-Taiwan tensions? - ABC Aus > .
22-8-4 What Killed Sri Lanka's Economy? - Patrick Boyle > . skip ad > .
22-7-31 How PGII & IPEF could checkmate BRI - CaspianReport > .
22-7-21 Xina losing international trust, 10 Pacific nations rebuff joint agreement - CR > .
22-7-6 IISS Special Lecture: Australia, ASEAN and Southeast Asia > . 
22-4-27 How China [BRI] is TRAPPING INDIA via Pakistan & Sri Lanka - Think > .
22-3-26 China has “Fully Militarized” the South China Sea - Uncensored > .
22-3-18 "Myth" of the Chinese Debt Trap in Africa - Bloomberg > .
22-1-31 Will Taiwan Spark a US-China Conflict? - Whatifalthist > .
2021 Taiwan vs. China - The rocky road to democracy | DW Doc > .
24-5-23 India and Xina preparing for war? | ABC > .
> Pakistan >>
Redshift - China's Geoeconomic Tactics - anf >> .

CCP's String of Pearls ..


The String of Pearls is a geopolitical hypothesis proposed by United States political researchers in 2004. The term refers to the network of Chinese military and commercial facilities and relationships along its sea lines of communication, which extend from the Chinese mainland to Port Sudan in the Horn of Africa. The sea lines run through several major maritime choke points such as the Strait of Mandeb, the Strait of Malacca, the Strait of Hormuz, and the Lombok Strait as well as other strategic maritime centres in Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, the Maldives, and Somalia.

The term as a geopolitical concept was first used in an internal US Department of Defense report, "Energy Futures in Asia" in 2005. The term is also widely used in India's geopolitical and foreign policy narratives to highlight India's concerns over massive Chinese Belt and Road Initiative projects across southern Asia. According to the EUISS, the formation of Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (consisting of United States, India, Australia and Japan) is a direct result of China's assertive foreign and security policy in the Indo-Pacific region.

The “Belt and Road Initiative” is a Chinese led infrastructure initiative designed to connect Chinese manufacturers and markets with markets across Eurasia. The Initiative is primarily based on the ancient “silk road” which stretched from Italy in the West, to Southern China in the East. The “Belt” element of the project consists of overland routes through what was the original Silk Road and Russia, and the “Road” element, a series of shipping routes through which China and other states can move goods.

Many commentators in India believe the String of Pearls ["Road"] plan, together with the China–Pakistan Economic Corridor and other parts of China's Belt and Road Initiative under Chinese Communist Party general secretary Xi Jinping, is a threat to India's national security. Such a system would encircle India and threaten its power projection, trade, and potentially territorial integrity. Furthermore, China's support for India's traditional enemy of Pakistan and its Gwadar Port is viewed as a threat, compounded by fears that China may develop an overseas naval military base in Gwadar, which could allow China to conduct expeditionary warfare in the Indian Ocean Region. From the east, the deep-water port of Kyaukpyu is also viewed with a similar concern. The first comprehensive academic analyses of Chinese plan and its security implications for New Delhi was undertaken in February 2008 by an active-duty Indian naval officer. Antedating China's anti-piracy naval deployment in the Indian Ocean beginning in December 2008, and the ensuing acquisition of its first overseas military in Djibouti in August 2017, his analysis predicting China's "permanent military presence" in the Indian Ocean is viewed by Indian policymakers as prescient. Accordingly, India has since been making moves of various types to counter the perceived threat.

The emergence of the String of Pearls is indicative of China's growing geopolitical influence through concerted efforts to increase access to ports and airfields, expand and modernise military forces, and foster stronger diplomatic relationships with trading partners. [Predictably] The Chinese government insists that China's burgeoning naval strategy is entirely peaceful and is only for the protection of regional trade interests. Chinese Communist Party general secretaries Hu Jintao and Xi Jinping have both asserted that China will never seek hegemony in foreign relations. A 2013 analysis by The Economist also found the Chinese moves to be commercial in nature. Although it has been claimed that China's actions are creating a security dilemma between China and India in the Indian Ocean, that has been questioned by some analysts, who point to China's fundamental strategic vulnerabilities.

The defence ministry said the aircraft, including nuclear-capable bombers, entered its air defence identification zone (ADIZ) in two waves. Taiwan responded by scrambling its jets and deploying missile systems. China sees democratic Taiwan as a breakaway province, but Taiwan sees itself as a sovereign state. Taiwan has been complaining for more than a year about repeated missions by China's air force near the island.
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