Attrition, Armaments, Mobilization 2024

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24-1-14 Demography & Armies - Recruitment, Retention and Manpower - Perun > .

24-10-31 Russia's Attrition Problem is Worse Than Thought - Warburg > .

24-9-8 Ruscian War Economy 2024: sanctions, inflation, mounting risks - Perun > .
24-9-6 [Military Doctrine: US Army's Radical Upgrade for WW3] - T&P > .

24-8-23 Why [and How] Europe is Preparing for War - nwyt > .

24-8-11 Air Defence In Ukraine (2024): Creativity, Shortage - Perun > .

24-8-9 Artillery: Mortars vs Howitzers - gtbt > .

24-8-5 List of Russia's Armored Fighting Vehicles in Storage - CoCa > .

24-8-1 [Ruscia Running Out of Tanks, Planes, People] - Icarus > .

24-7-28 Ukrainian Equipment Losses and Resupply (2024) - Perun > .

24-7-25 +33,991,753 [orc] Deaths [& tanked economy] to Take Ukraine - Span > .

24-7-23 [P00ti] running out of soldiers? - Economist > . 

24-4-16 Orcs Advance Despite Heavy Losses - P00's [Doomed] Invasion - K&G > .

24-2-14 Anders Nielsen on Ukraine's Strategy to Defeat Ruscia | Decoding Geopol > .

air shield 

24-8-11 Air Defence In Ukraine (2024): Creativity, Shortage - Perun > .

24-1-19 Patriots & Franken-SAMs vs R A-50 & I Shaheds. What Ukraine needs - U24 > .

> Armaments Industry >>  >> Armaments Industries >>>

24-10-31 Russia's Attrition Problem is Worse Than Thought - Warburg > .

24-8-23 Why [and How] Europe is Preparing for War - nwyt > .

24-4-28 New U$ Military Aid for Ukraine - content & impact? - Perun > .

24-4-26 ATACMS Army Tactical Missile System MLRS - AiTelly > .

24-4-22 How NATO & Russia are Preparing to Fight Total War - Real > .

24-4-19 Swedish factory working 24/7 to make shells for Ukraine - Kyiv Independent > .

24-4-17 Xina proven to provide direct assistance to Ruscia - Update > .

24-4-14 US Arms Production - Strategy to Restore Arsenal of Democracy? - Perun > .

24-3-31 Global Arms Exports - Winners, losers, trends in race to rearm - Perun > .

1861-2023 Military Budgets - 1861-WW1-WW2-Cold War-2023 | Stats > .

24-1-24 Importance of 155mm shells - WSJ > . 

> Budgets, Procurement >>

24-8-13 Economics of War - CNBC I > .

24-4-28 New U$ Military Aid for Ukraine - content & impact? - Perun > .

24-4-14 US Arms Production - Strategy to Restore Arsenal of Democracy? - Perun > .

Camouflage, Decoys 

24-5-10 Decoys: FAKE Tanks Making REAL Difference in R-U War - nwyt > .

> Conscription, Recruitment >>

24-7-23 [P00ti] running out of soldiers? - Economist > . 

24-4-27 $115 Billion & Ukrainian Conscription Law Gives Ukraine Hope - gtbt > .

24-4-22 How NATO & Russia are Preparing to Fight Total War - Real > .

24-4-17 Stealthy Mobilisation in Ruscia | Konstantin Samoilov - Silicon > . 

24-4-16 Is Mandatory Military Service Actually a Good Idea? - Context Matters > .

24-2-1 Could National Service fix British forces recruitment crisis? | Sitrep > .

> Drones >>   >> Drones >>>

24-4-15 New Weapon Of War: Armed Underwater Drones - UUV/AUV - HI Sutton > .

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 > .

> Economic Warfare >>  > Energy >>  

24-6-3 [Unsurprising] US microchips in Ruscian weapons | WSJ > . 

24-4-28 New U$ Military Aid for Ukraine - content & impact? - Perun > .

24-4-22 How Ukraine Is Exploiting Russia's Oil Bottleneck Problem - Spaniel > .

24-3-30 Ruscia's Declining Oil Capacity; Deeper Problems of Cartel Politics - Spaniel > .

24-3-24 Altai, Power of Siberia: Xina Outplayed Ruscia in Gas Negotiations - Res > .

24-3-24 Why We Can’t Just Stop Oil - EcEx > .

> EuM - European Defense >>  EU Army? 

24-7-27 Future of EU Defense: NATO or the EU? - Simple > .

24-3-6 EU Defense Union: How Far Should We Integrate? - Simple > . skip > .

24-2-28 EU Army Looks Increasingly Likely - TLDR > .

24-2-20 Why Europe is Reinstating Conscription - TLDR > .

23-12-23 Future of EU Defense: NATO or the EU? (ft. UEF) - Simple > .

23-9-5 Strategic Autonomy: Will Europe Ever Be Able to Defend Itself? | Waro > .

22-5-1 EU Army could challenge Xina and Ruscia - Simple > .

> Eu-UK-US-X Trade >>

24-10-19 [Xina Re X-Eu-UK Trade] - Update > .

> France Military >>  > France >>  > French Armed Forces >>>

24-3-22 France is Preparing for War - T&P > .

24-3-22 How a French Intervention in Ukraine Would Work - Spaniel > .

> Future Combat >>

24-4-24 Future of Warfare: Preparing US Military Forces | GSF 2024 - CSIS > .

> Georgia >>

24-5-18 [Georgians Try to Escape Ruscist Corruption] - gtbt > .

24-5-2 Sabanadze: Georgia's Maidan-Style Protests Against P00tinisation - Silicon > .

GMD - Ground-Based Midcourse Defense > Air Defense >>

24-4-19 GMD - America's Missile Defense - T&P > .

24-4-19 Over The Horizon Super Radars: Australia (JORN), US, Xina, Ruscia - S&AC > .

> Innovation, R&D >>

24-8-11 Air Defence In Ukraine (2024): Creativity, Shortage - Perun > .

24-5-12 Turtle Tanks, "Cope Cages" & Modified Vehicles in R-U - Perun > .

24-5-12 Russia's Turtle Tanks Are Evolving - Armourer's Bench > .

> Krumblin 2024 >>

24-10-31 Russia's Attrition Problem is Worse Than Thought - Warburg > .

24-9-8 Ruscian War Economy 2024: sanctions, inflation, mounting risks - Perun > .  

24-5-11 Харьков и другие планы | [Loyalty, Kharkiv, Offensive] (subs) - Katz > .

> NATO Membership >> > N Militaries >>> N Politics >> > NATO~R >>

24-4-4 NATO - Largest military alliance in world | DW Doc > .

24-4-2 NATO Free Riding; [DJT's Stupidity re] Collective Defense - Spaniel > .

24-3-8 Ukraine | Time for NATO Troops? - Prof J K-L > .

24-2-16 United States | No More NATO? - Prof J K-L > .

Orcine armaments / economy

24-10-31 Russia's Attrition Problem is Worse Than Thought - Warburg > .

24-9-8 Ruscian War Economy 2024: sanctions, inflation, mounting risks - Perun > .

24-7-6 [Ruscia's dwindling supply of 'decent' tanks] - CoCa > .

24-6-3 [Unsurprising] US microchips in Ruscian weapons | WSJ > . 

24-5-29 [Orcine vs AFU weaponry on R-U battlefield] - Times > .

24-4-28 (Realistic) [Ruscian Demographics & Economy Imploding] - Inside R > .

24-4-17 Xina proven to provide direct assistance to Ruscia - Update > .

24-2-22 Война 2024 | Ukraine's & P00's Plans for 2024 (subs) - Katz > .

24-2-14 Coup-Proofing USSR/Ruscist Orcine Military (subs) - Katz > .

24-2-4 New Russian Weapons: Harpoon, Python, "Dandelion". Effectiveness - U24 > .

24-2-2 Ruscia's Remaining Artillery Pieces - Feb 2024 Storage Bases - CoCa > .

R-U troops 

24-7-23 [P00ti] running out of soldiers? - Economist > . 

24-7-18 Extra Pay and Tricks: Assessing [ruZZian] Wartime Recruiting - Preston > .

24-5-29 [Orcine vs AFU weaponry on R-U battlefield] - Times > .

24-5-11 Харьков и другие планы | [Loyalty, Kharkiv, Offensive] (subs) - Katz > .

24-3-15 Inside Ruscia's Looming Demographics Crisis - Spaniel > .

24-3-11 Troop Losses - Ukraine, Ruscia - Kyiv Independent > .

24-2-22 Война 2024 | Ukraine's & P00's Plans for 2024 (subs) - Katz > .

24-2-14 Coup-Proofing USSR/Ruscist Orcine Military (subs) - Katz > .

24-2-2 Does Ukraine even need another big offensive in 2024? - Binkov > .

24-1-28 Pillars of Russia. On What Does Russian Success or Failure Rest? - gtbt > .

24-1-19 Ukraine or Russia: Who’s gonna have more troops in 2024? - Binkov > .

> Terrorism >>

24-4-8 Ruscia, America, & West: Security Concerns = Islamic Radicalism - TBN > .

24-2-9 Malcolm Nance | Israel-Hamas War - Visegrad24 > .

> UK Military >>

24-2-20 R-U's Vital Lessons for British Army - Forces > .

Ukraine 

24-8-11 Air Defence In Ukraine (2024): Creativity, Shortage - Perun > .

24-7-22 [Ukraine's Frontline 300K / 1M Troops] - Binkov > .

24-5-29 [Orcine vs AFU weaponry on R-U battlefield] - Times > .

24-4-28 New U$ Military Aid for Ukraine - content & impact? - Perun > .

24-4-28 [Orcine response] when Ukraine receives more weapons? - Anders > .

24-4-13 Ukraine has a mobilization problem | Kyiv Independent > .

24-4-11 Mobilization/Conscription: Is Ukraine running out of soldiers? | CBC > .

24-4-10 Anti-P00 Opposition & Ukraine: Vladimir Milov c HR McMaster > .

24-3-31 Syrskyi Discusses Goals, Personnel and Why Ukrainians Fight - Preston > .

24-3-19 Malcolm Nance: Ruscia Won't Look at Ukraine Twice After This War > .

24-3-3 Ukraine War 2024: Military & Economic Balance of the Long War - Perun > .

24-2-22 Война 2024 | Ukraine's & P00's Plans for 2024 (subs) - Katz > .

24-2-14 Role of Infantry and Technology in Modern Warfare - Azov - U24 > .

23-2-9 Who could be conscripted to fight in Ukraine? | BBC > .

23-1-13 No more doubts for the West | Ukraine weaponized (subs) - Katz > .

U$ Aid     

24-4-28 New U$ Military Aid for Ukraine - content & impact? - Perun > .

24-4-10 [XIR & R-U] Ruscia already at war with West/NATO - Kyiv I > .  

24-4-2 How world is preparing for Useless Idiot's possible return - Caspian > . skip > .

24-3-28 THE ART OF LIES: How Russia Manipulates the West - Ukraine Matters > .
ISW Denying Russia’s Only Strategy for Success - Institute for the Study of War ISW

24-1-29 Ukraine War Aid: US Funds, Political Support Games | WSJ > .

> Wartime Economies >>

24-6-3 [Unsurprising] US microchips in Ruscian weapons | WSJ > . 

24-4-28 New U$ Military Aid for Ukraine - content & impact? - Perun > .

24-4-22 How NATO & Russia are Preparing to Fight Total War - Real > .

24-4-17 Xina proven to provide direct assistance to Ruscia - Update > .

24-4-10 Anti-P00 Opposition & Ukraine: Vladimir Milov c HR McMaster > .

24-3-30 Ruscia's Declining Oil Capacity; Deeper Problems of Cartel Politics - Spaniel > .

24-1-20 Can Ruscia win the military production race? - Anders > .

> > Weaponry > > > Missiles >>

24-8-11 Air Defence In Ukraine (2024): Creativity, Shortage - Perun > .

24-6-3 [Unsurprising] US microchips in Ruscian weapons | WSJ > . 

24-4-26 ATACMS Army Tactical Missile System MLRS - AiTelly > .

X~T 

24-8-2 [Tensions & Policy Considerations: USA & West vs X~T] - Spaniel > .

> Economic Warfare >>

24-6-3 [Unsurprising] US microchips in Ruscian weapons | WSJ > . 

>> Military >>>

>> Military Costs >>>

>> R-U Fronts >>>

Defence Economics - Perun >> .

How Corruption, Lies & Politics Destroy Armies - Perun >> .

Russia Ukraine analysis - Perun >> .

Russia's Mistakes in Ukraine - The Icarus Project >> .

Will the EU create a European Army? - EU Made SIMPLE >> .

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Economic Front 2024 ..

LSCO - Large Scale Combat Operations ..

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Economies 2024

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24-1-16 What Does the WEF Really Want? - EcEx > .

Agriculture 

24-2-15 Europe’s Farmers Are Revolting, Here's Why - IntoEurope > .

24-2-15 Why Farmers Protests are Spreading to Spain, Italy and Greece - TLDR EU > .

> Armaments Industry >>  >> Armaments Industries >>>

24-4-28 New U$ Military Aid for Ukraine - content & impact? - Perun > .

24-4-27 $115 Billion From US & Europe Gives Ukraine Hope - gtbt > .

24-4-22 How NATO & Russia are Preparing to Fight Total War - Real > .

24-4-19 Swedish factory working 24/7 to make shells for Ukraine - Kyiv Independent > .

24-4-14 US Arms Production - Strategy to Restore Arsenal of Democracy? - Perun > .

24-3-31 Global Arms Exports - Winners, losers, trends in race to rearm - Perun > .

1861-2023 Military Budgets - 1861-WW1-WW2-Cold War-2023 | Stats > .

24-1-24 Importance of 155mm shells - WSJ > . 

> ASEAN >>

24-4-9 ASEAN 1967-2024 mapped; RCEP 2020-2024 - Tigerstar > .

> Balkans >> 

24-8-15 Tragic Economy of Bosnia & Herzegovina - EcEx > .

> Budgets, Procurement >>

24-8-13 Economics of War - CNBC I > .

24-4-28 New U$ Military Aid for Ukraine - content & impact? - Perun > .

24-4-27 $115 Billion From US & Europe Gives Ukraine Hope - gtbt > .

24-4-14 US Arms Production - Strategy to Restore Arsenal of Democracy? - Perun > .

> Bundeswehr - German Military >>

24-6-18 [Zeitenwende] Germany's Military Comeback - Context Matters > .

24-6-12 Why Germany's Army is Rebuilding (again) - T&P > .

> Capitalism >>

24-2-1 Why Capitalist Economies Prosper - EcEx > .

> Chip War >>  

24-6-3 [X's industrial policy, systemic weakness impair innovation] - Update > .

24-5-27 Taiwan Blockade Threat - Impact on Semiconductor Supply - Update > .

> Conscription, Recruitment >>

24-4-27 $115 Billion & Ukrainian Conscription Law Gives Ukraine Hope - gtbt > .

24-4-16 Is Mandatory Military Service Actually a Good Idea? - Context Matters > .

24-2-1 Could National Service fix British forces recruitment crisis? | Sitrep > .

Deflation ..

24-3-5 Xina’s Deflation Is More Dangerous Than High Inflation | WSJ > .

24-3-22 Things I (Do) Worry About: Deflation || Peter Zeihan > .

> Deglobalization >>

24-8-20 Can America and China [post-Xi] be Friends Again? - gtbt > .

24-7-5 Xina Shock: 5.7M US Jobs Lost Since 2K; Dumping Returns | WSJ > .

24-7-5 [Spreading Impact of Anti-Dumping Tariffs against Xina] - Update > .

24-6-19 Xina's Overcapacity Strategy: Global [Hybrid Economic War] - Digging > .   

24-5-25 [Xina Whines About US-Europe Economic Cooperation] - Update > .

24-5-15 Why Less Globalization Might Actually Be Beneficial - EcEx > .

24-4-12 West v X: Belated Warning of Xina's Imperialistic Threat - Update > .

24-4-3 Xinese Overcapacity, Western Decoupling, Chips, X-US relations - Update > .  

24-3-29 Hyperglobalisation Is Dead - gtbt > .

24-3-21 Elisabeth Braw: Globalization Failing; R-U ⇒ Unpredictable | Silicon > .

24-3-20 What a Deglobalized Economy Will Look Like - M&M > .

> Drones >>   >> Drones >>>

> Eastern Europe >>  > EU >> > > Europe > >  > EU Economy >> 

24-5-30 EU: Are New Eastern European Members Catching Up? | Into Europe >

24-2-1 Disgruntled Farmers Storm the EU - Simple > .

> > Econopolitics > >

> Energy >>   > Oil & Gas >>

24-8-14 History & Geopolitics of Oil - gtbt > .

24-6-27 Ruscia, Xina, Europe - Energy Problems || Peter Zeihan > .

24-4-24 Can Other Countries Replicate US Shale Revolution? || Zeihan > .

24-3-24 Altai, Power of Siberia: Xina Outplayed Ruscia in Gas Negotiations - Res > .

24-3-24 Why We Can’t Just Stop Oil - EcEx > .

22-11-24 Conflict in Ukraine's Donbas Region: Geology & Resources - E&SS > .

> EU >>   > EU Economy >> 

24-11-3 Deindustrialization in Europe? - Patrick Boyle > . skip > .

24-10-18 The EU Could Die (If It Fails To Reform) - gtbt > .

24-10-18 Should the EU become a Federation? - EUMS > .

24-9-16 Mario Draghi's Plan to Fix the EU's Economy - Into Europe > .

24-9-11 Draghi Report: Europe's Plan to Challenge Xina and USA - EUMS > . 

24-7-12 [Hung Parliament] France Plunged Into Political Uncertainty - Bloomberg > .

24-5-31 [Where EU European Parties Stand on Policy] - EU Made Simple > .

24-5-30 Why Vote (June 6-9) - EU Made Simple > . 

24-5-24 Why the Far Right is Surging in Europe - FT Film > .

24-5-25 [Xina Whines About US-Europe Economic Cooperation] - Update > .

24-3-31 Has The EU Actually Been Good For Europe? - EcEx > .

> EuM - European Defense >>  EU Army? 

24-7-27 Future of EU Defense: NATO or the EU? - Simple > .

> EU Migrant Crisis >>  Economic & Climate Migrants 

24-7-12 Why France no longer wants [Muslim] immigrants - VisPol > .

24-6-29 [Weakist-Biased Analysis of European Migrant Crisis] | Versed > .

24-6-2 EU Migration Challenge: Flow Chart - Simple > .

23-8-7 Migrant smuggling to Europe: Profit vs Prevention | DW > .

> Eu-UK-US-X Trade >>

24-10-19 [Xina Re X-Eu-UK Trade] - Update > .

> Europe & US vs XIR >>

24-10-12 [CSIS Report: Defining Success | US's Xina End Game] - Update > . 

24-5-25 [Xina Whines About US-Europe Economic Cooperation] - Update > .

> Germany Geoeconomics >> 

24-3-14 German-Polish Tensions - Modern > .

24-3-3 Germany's Biggest Crisis Post-WW2 - gtbt > . skip > .

24-3-3 Germany's Unexpected Economic Crisis - Ec Ex > . skip > .

> Georgia >>

24-5-18 [Georgians Try to Escape Ruscist Corruption] - gtbt > .

24-5-2 Sabanadze: Georgia's Maidan-Style Protests Against P00tinisation - Silicon > .

Global Geoeconomics 

24-6-28 Top 5 stories currently changing future of global economy - M&M > .

Haiti 

24-4-9 Haiti's Gang Politics Problem Is Not as Weird as It Seems - Spaniel > .

> India v Xina >> 

24-1-18 India v Xina: Comparative Analysis of Competitiveness - Lei > .

23-12-11 India Rising? Xina Reversing? Asian Tigers - gtbt > .

> Industry >>  > Industrial Espionage >>   >> Industrial, IP Espionage >>>

24-11-3 Deindustrialization in Europe? - Patrick Boyle > . skip > .

24-9-13 [Xina Wary of Technology Transfer to European Manufacturing] - Update > .

>> Iran, XIR >>> > Iran >> > Iran~ >> > Iran - Allies, Enemies >>

24-5-19 [Iranian Religionism]: How NOT to run a country - hoser > . skip > .

> Japan >>

24-6-4 Why Japan's Economy Is So Fiercely Inefficient | WSJ > .

24-3-27 What the End of Japan’s Negative Interest Rates Means - Boyle > . skip > . 

Liberal Democracies vs Totalitarianism vs Anarchic Chaos 

24-1-16 Democracy by Margaret Atwood | Democracy 2024 - FT > .

> MAGAtry >>

24-8-6 Anne Applebaum: XIR & Autocracy “Infecting US Politics” | A&Co > .

> Malaysia >>    

24-7-20 Malaysia [could become] next global chip giant - Caspian Report > .

> Oil & Gas >>

24-8-14 History & Geopolitics of Oil - gtbt > .

24-4-24 Can Other Countries Replicate US Shale Revolution? || Zeihan > .

> Poland >>

24-3-14 German-Polish Tensions - Modern > .

24-2-7 Poland, After America || Peter Zeihan > .

> Political Affiliation >> > Western Resistance >> 

24-6-7 Rise of the European Far-Right-Wrong || Peter Zeihan > . 

24-5-20 Geert Wilders "A Lot is Going to Change" (English Dubbed) | Rodaportal > . 

>> Putin ➾ Ukraine >>>

24-4-22 How NATO & Russia are Preparing to Fight Total War - Real > .
>> R-U Fronts >>>

Red Sea Crisis .. > Red Sea Crisis >>  > Red Sea, Persian Gulf >> 

>> Red Sea & Persian Gulf >>>

24-7-22 Red Sea & Black Sea - Shipping > .

24-5-30 Red Sea Chaos: Freight Rates Soar; Port Congestions; Houthi - Shipping > .

24-2-5 Red Sea Transits of Tankers, Bulkers & Gas Carriers Plunge - Shipping > .

24-1-9 Red Sea Crisis & Operation Prosperity Guardian: Response Options - Spaniel > .

24-1-8 [Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels harm global economy] - Caspian > . skip > .

23-12-10 Yemen Announces a Blockade of Shipping to Israel | Shipping > .

> > Resource Issues > >

24-5-1 How Xina Threatens Europe via EU's Green Deal - gtbt > .

Ruscia 

24-9-8 Ruscian War Economy 2024: sanctions, inflation, mounting risks - Perun > .

24-7-28 [Brain Drain & Employment Statistics in Wartime Ruscia] | Researcher > .

24-4-10 Anti-P00 Opposition & Ukraine: Vladimir Milov c HR McMaster > .

24-4-10 [XiR: Growing Xina-Ruscia Axis of Envious Resentment] - Update > .

24-2-29 Why Russia’s Economy is Pathetic - Icarus > .

24-2-11 Чудеса от Центробанка | Ruscia's Budget 2-years of R-U (subs) - Katz > .

24-1-28 Pillars of Russia. On What Does Russian Success or Failure Rest? - gtbt > .

Russia's Mistakes in Ukraine - The Icarus Project >> .

> Russo-Xina Axis >>

24-8-20 Can America and China [post-Xi] be Friends Again? - gtbt > .

24-7-15 Xina is 'masterful' at getting what they need from P00ti | Frontline > .

24-7-4 [P00pet+Xi + -Stans -Modious] SCO - Update > .

24-6-19 Ruscia Ceding Land to Xina (future of Siberia) | Warburg > . 

24-6-8 Ruscia-Xina Pipeline Dispute is Big Problem for Krumblin - Spaniel > .

24-5-10 [P00pet P00ti as PooXi's Useful Idiot] - DiD > . 

24-5-10 P00ti loses support; Ruscia becoming ‘vassal state of Xina’ | Steele > .

24-4-19 Age of Wars:[Karaganov's Bellicose Ode to Axis of Envious Resentment - gtbt > .

24-4-17 Xina proven to provide direct assistance to Ruscia - Update > .

24-4-10 [XiR: Growing Xina-Ruscia Axis of Envious Resentment] - Update > .

> Shipping >> > Trade War 2024 >>

24-7-5 [Spreading Impact of Anti-Dumping Tariffs against Xina] - Update > .
24-6-8 Fragmenting Order: Xina-Europe Trade & Strategic Tensions - Update > . 

24-2-25 Impact on Global Trade: Disruptions in Red Sea, Black Sea, Panama Canal > .

> Taiwan >> > Taiwan Defense >> vs > HuángXi >> > X-Mil Threat >>

24-8-2 [Tensions & Policy Considerations: USA & West vs X~T] - Spaniel > .

24-6-12 US "Hellscape" Plan to Dissuade Xi's Taiwan Lust - Update > . skip > .

24-5-21 Inauguration of President Lai - Update > .

24-5-22 XiXiP's Woof Whining about Lai's  Speech - Update > .

24-5-17 Tsai Ing-wen: legacy, Xina, future - BBC > .

24-2-17 Taiwan Question & World Order | X Economy - Update > .

24-1-22 Taiwan Strait: Ocean’s Most Contested Place - U.S. Naval Institute > .

> Trade War 2024 >>

24-7-29 [DJT's Threat] of Trade War: Game-Changer for US-X & ROC?]| Digging > .

UK 

Austerity, BrexTWIT, COVID - UK Slump | Weighs 'n Means >> .

Ukraine's Postwar Economy 

24-4-22 Ukraine Might Become Europe's New Economic Tiger - Dom > . skip > .

>> UK Economy >>>

Austerity, BrexTWIT, COVID - UK Slump | Weighs 'n Means >> .

> Unwanted Immigrants >>

24-7-12 Why France no longer wants [Muslim] immigrants - VisPol > .

USA 

24-7-5 Xina Shock: 5.7M US Jobs Lost Since 2K; Dumping Returns | WSJ > .

24-5-25 [Xina Whines About US-Europe Economic Cooperation] - Update > .

24-4-27 $115 Billion From US & Europe Gives Ukraine Hope - gtbt > .

24-4-18 [Biden Administration Suggests Tripled Tariffs on Xina] - Update > .

24-4-14 US Arms Production - Strategy to Restore Arsenal of Democracy? - Perun > .

24-3-28 Strong Fundamentals, but Low Consumer Sentiment - WSJ > .

> Wartime Economies >>

24-9-8 Ruscian War Economy 2024: sanctions, inflation, mounting risks - Perun > .

24-4-28 New U$ Military Aid for Ukraine - content & impact? - Perun > .

24-4-14 US Arms Production - Strategy to Restore Arsenal of Democracy? - Perun > .

24-1-20 Can Ruscia win the military production race? - Anders > .

> X-Mil Threat >>

24-6-12 US "Hellscape" Plan to Dissuade Xi's Taiwan Lust - Update > . skip > .

>> Xina >>>  > Xitting the Wall - Economic Decline >> > ImploXion 2024 >>

24-11-2 Michael Beckley: End of Xina’s Rise & [Risk to] Global Order | AEI > .

24-9-15 Lu Ting on Xina Stimulus Debate - Update > .

24-8-25 Xi Jinping's Leadership: [Impact on Xina’s Economy] - Researcher > .

24-8-9 Xina Under Xi: From Personal Struggle to Systemic Despair - Digging > .

24-7-5 [Spreading Impact of Anti-Dumping Tariffs against Xina] - Update > .

24-6-19 Xina's Overcapacity Strategy: Global [Hybrid Economic War] - Digging > .   

24-6-3 [X's industrial policy, systemic weakness impair innovation] - Update > .

24-5-29 [Xina Manipulating to Impose NoXious] World Order - gtbt >> .

24-5-20 Ultra-Long-Term [PonXi] Bond [Scam] - Digging > . 

24-5-8 George Magnus on Yuan Devaluation Risks - Update > .

24-4-18 [Biden Administration Suggests Tripled Tariffs on Xina] - Update > .

24-4-11 4 nuggets: Xina may have 7 times more gold than declared - Lei > .

24-3-27 Peter Hartcher - Xi tanking Xina's economy to prepare for war - SMH > .

24-3-22 Deleterious Subsidies: Xina is About to Start a Trade War - PolyMatter > .

24-2-16 Xina's Stumbling Economy -> Xina-US conflict - Lei > .

24-2-13 Sovereign Funds: How XiXiP Finances its Global Ambitions | Hoover > .

24-1-21 Top Xinese Economist: Shock Analysis of X’s Economic Outlook - Update > .

24-1-20 Xina’s Market Collapse Smashes Economy | Xina & HK Equities | Update > .

24-1-18 Xina's Stagnating Economy: How Rising Superpower [Xit Wall] - M&M > .

24-1-18 Xina at Davos: Beijing's Charm Offensive Failed to Win Investors | Palki > .
24-1-18 Demographic Crisis Accelerates, Stocks Slump, Taiwan's Snub - Update > .

Historic comparison 

Rather Pathetic Economy of the Roman Empire - EcEx > .

> XIR >>

24-11-2 Michael Beckley: End of Xina’s Rise & [Risk to] Global Order | AEI > .

24-8-20 Can America and China [post-Xi] be Friends Again? - gtbt > .

24-4-17 Xina proven to provide direct assistance to Ruscia - Update > .

24-4-10 [XiR: Growing Xina-Ruscia Axis of Envious Resentment] - Update > .

Austerity, BrexTWIT, COVID - UK Slump | Weighs 'n Means >> .

Tariffs, Trade War, Tech War, Sanctions, Blockade - Weighs 'n Means >> .

Trade Wars - West vs Autocracies - Buck Wagers >> . 

> > Economic Geopolitics > >

>> Economics >>>

➾ 2024 ..

Devaluation Risks - X ..

Economic Front 2024 ..

Political Shifts ..

➾ 2023 ..

➾ 2022 ..

Europe 2024

.

24-3-8 Is Europe Taking The Lead On Ukraine? - gtbt > .

> Armaments Industry >>  >> Armaments Industries >>>

24-8-23 Why [and How] Europe is Preparing for War - nwyt > .

24-5-14 USA+NATO: MIC & Strategic Power vs XIR - OBF > . 

24-4-28 New U$ Military Aid for Ukraine - content & impact? - Perun > .

24-4-19 Swedish factory working 24/7 to make shells for Ukraine - Kyiv Independent > .

24-3-31 Global Arms Exports - Winners, losers, trends in race to rearm - Perun > .

> Bundeswehr - German Military >>

24-6-18 [Zeitenwende] Germany's Military Comeback - Context Matters > .

24-6-12 Why Germany's Army is Rebuilding (again) - T&P > .

> Deglobalization >>

24-5-15 Why Less Globalization Might Actually Be Beneficial - EcEx > .

24-3-29 Hyperglobalisation Is Dead - gtbt > .

24-3-21 Elisabeth Braw: Globalization Failing; R-U ⇒ Unpredictable | Silicon > .

24-3-20 What a Deglobalized Economy Will Look Like - M&M > .

> Drones >>   >> Drones >>>

"Eastern Europe"

24-5-30 EU: Are New Eastern European Members Catching Up? | Into Europe >

24-4-25 [Innacurate Depictions of] "Eastern Europe" - Kraut > .

EU 2024 .. 

> Budgets, Procurement >>

> EU >>   > EU Economy >> > Elections 2024 >>

24-11-3 Deindustrialization in Europe? - Patrick Boyle > . skip > .

24-10-18 The EU Could Die (If It Fails To Reform) - gtbt > .

24-10-18 Should the EU become a Federation? - EUMS > .

24-9-16 Mario Draghi's Plan to Fix the EU's Economy - Into Europe > .

24-9-11 Draghi Report: Europe's Plan to Challenge Xina and USA - EUMS > . 

24-7-18 Von der Leyen Wins EU Presidency! Her Vision for Europe - Simple > .

24-7-12 [Hung Parliament] France Plunged Into Political Uncertainty - Bloomberg > .

24-7-1 French [Snap, Round 1] Election Results Explained - Simple > . comment .

24-6-15 France's Political Chaos [R-wing infighting] Could Affect Polls - TLDR > .

24-6-15 Macron vs Le Pen - Battle for Assemblée Nationale - Rodaportal  > .

24-6-14 Geopolitics forces EU to change (by shifting right) - gtbt > .

24-6-14 Why the Left Did Surprisingly Well in the Nordics - TLDR > .

24-6-13 [Europe's Unaffiliated Parties: Potential Alignments] - Simple > .

24-6-13 Major European Powers Lean Right in Recent Elections || Peter Zeihan > .

24-6-13 Orbán and Fico Lose Ground at the EU Elections - TLDR > .

24-6-11 French EU Election Result: Macron's National Assembly Ploy - Simple > .

24-6-9 EU Election Results Explained - EU Made Simple > .

24-5-31 [Where EU European Parties Stand on Policy] - EU Made Simple > .

24-5-30 Why Vote (June 6-9) - EU Made Simple > . 

24-5-24 Why the Far Right is Surging in Europe - FT Film > .

24-5-25 [Xina Whines About US-Europe Economic Cooperation] - Update > .

24-3-31 Has The EU Actually Been Good For Europe? - EcEx > .

...

24-6-5 What Happens After the EU Elections - Into Europe > . 

24-5-31 [Where EU European Parties Stand on Policy] - EU Made Simple > .

24-5-30 Why Vote (June 6-9) - EU Made Simple > . 

24-5-24 Why the Far Right is Surging in Europe - FT Film > .

24-3-31 Has The EU Actually Been Good For Europe? - EcEx > .

> EuM - European Defense >>  EU Army?  > Europe vs XIR >>

24-7-27 Future of EU Defense: NATO or the EU? - Simple > .

24-6-15 France's Political Chaos [R-wing infighting] Could Affect Polls - TLDR > .

24-5-27 Emmanuel Macron's Russia Strategy: 4D Chess or [Bluff]? > .

24-5-14 USA+NATO: MIC & Strategic Power vs XIR - OBF > . 

24-3-8 Is Europe Taking The Lead On Ukraine? - gtbt > .

24-3-8 Ukraine | Time for NATO Troops? - Prof J K-L > .

24-3-6 EU Defense Union: How Far Should We Integrate? - Simple > . skip > .

24-2-28 EU Army Looks Increasingly Likely - TLDR > .

24-2-23 Radoslaw Sikorski, Polish Foreign Minister re European Army - WSJ N > .

24-2-20 Why Europe is Reinstating Conscription - TLDR > .

23-12-23 Future of EU Defense: NATO or the EU? (ft. UEF) - Simple > .

23-9-5 Strategic Autonomy: Will Europe Ever Be Able to Defend Itself? | Waro > .

22-5-1 EU Army could challenge Xina and Ruscia - Simple > .

> EU Migrant Crisis >>  Economic & Climate Migrants 

24-6-29 [Weakist-Biased Analysis of European Migrant Crisis] | Versed > .

24-6-2 EU Migration Challenge: Flow Chart - Simple > .

23-8-7 Migrant smuggling to Europe: Profit vs Prevention | DW > .

> Eu-UK-US-X Trade >>

24-10-19 [Xina Re X-Eu-UK Trade] - Update > .

> Europe >>  > Europe v X >>  > Europe vs XIR >>

24-5-9 Europe is Pretty Great (Europe Day Special) - Into Europe > .

19-6-3 Death of Europe - "Madness of Crowds" [DEI] Douglas Murray - Hoover >> .

> Europe & US vs XIR >>

24-10-12 [CSIS Report: Defining Success | US's Xina End Game] - Update > . 

Farming, Agriculture 

24-2-15 Europe’s Farmers Are Revolting, Here's Why - IntoEurope > .

24-2-15 Why Farmers Protests are Spreading to Spain, Italy and Greece - TLDR EU > .

24-2-1 Disgruntled Farmers Storm the EU - Simple > .

Federal Europe? 

23-12-22 Federal European State. The Future or Utopia? - gtbt > .

23-11-3 BIG step towards a federal Europe? (ft. UEF) 1 - Simple > .

23-12-31 BIG step towards a federal Europe? (ft. UEF) 2 - Simple > .

> Finland >> 

24-4-26 How Finland Has Become [Almost] Impossible to Invade - Icarus > .

> France Military >>  > France >>  > French Armed Forces >>>

24-5-27 Emmanuel Macron's Russia Strategy: 4D Chess or [Bluff]? > .

24-3-22 France is Preparing for War - T&P > .

24-3-22 How a French Intervention in Ukraine Would Work - Spaniel > .

> Georgia >>

24-5-30 Caucasus Strife: Ruscia Might Invade Georgia Again - RealLifeLore > .

24-5-18 [Georgians Try to Escape Ruscist Corruption] - gtbt > .

24-5-2 Sabanadze: Georgia's Maidan-Style Protests Against P00tinisation - Silicon > .

> Germany Geoeconomics >> 

24-3-14 German-Polish Tensions - Modern > .

global 

23-11-19 Niall Ferguson: How Civilizations Collapse - Triggernometry > .

Industrial Fronts ..   > Industry >>  >> Industrial, IP Espionage >>>

24-9-13 [Xina Wary of Technology Transfer to European Manufacturing] - Update > .

> Islamist Threat >>  

Liberal Democracies 

24-1-16 Democracy by Margaret Atwood | Democracy 2024 - FT > .

> > NATO > >  > NATO Militaries >>

24-8-23 Why [and How] Europe is Preparing for War - nwyt > .

24-5-27 Emmanuel Macron's Russia Strategy: 4D Chess or [Bluff]? > .
24-5-14 USA+NATO: MIC & Strategic Power vs XIR - OBF > .
24-4-22 How NATO & Russia are Preparing to Fight Total War - Real > .

24-4-4 NATO - Largest military alliance in world | DW Doc > .

24-4-2 NATO Free Riding; [DJT's Stupidity re] Collective Defense - Spaniel > .

24-3-8 Ukraine | Time for NATO Troops? - Prof J K-L > .

24-2-16 United States | No More NATO? - Prof J K-L > .

> P00paganda >>

24-6-7 [Desperate P00paganda: Thugmouths Threaten West] Risk? | OSW > .

24-6-6 [Desperation behind Tsar Runt's Empty Threats: Cowardly Bully - Katz > .

24-5-22 [XIR DISinformation: NoXious Zociopathic Divisive Gambit] - Applebaum > .

24-5-18 [Ruscian P00paganda Controls Narrative & Manipulates West] - Waro > .

1983 Psychological Warfare Subversion & Control of Western Society > .

> Poland >>

24-5-17 Poland Preparing for War - T&P > .

24-3-14 German-Polish Tensions - Modern > .

24-2-25 Weak Polish PiS Could Impact EU's 2024 Elections - Simple > .

24-2-7 Poland, After America || Peter Zeihan > .

> Political Affiliation >> > Western Resistance >>

24-6-7 Rise of the European Far-Right-Wrong || Peter Zeihan > . 

24-5-20 Geert Wilders "A Lot is Going to Change" (English Dubbed) | Rodaportal > . 

R-U 

24-6-6 [Desperation behind Tsar Runt's Empty Threats: Cowardly Bully - Katz > .

24-4-28 [Orcine response] when Ukraine receives more weapons? - Anders > .

24-4-16 Orcs Advance Despite Heavy Losses - P00's [Doomed] Invasion - K&G > .

24-3-3 Ukraine War 2024: Military & Economic Balance of the Long War - Perun > .

> > Resource Issues > >

24-5-1 How Xina Threatens Europe via EU's Green Deal - gtbt > .

Ruscia 

24-1-28 Pillars of Russia. On What Does Russian Success or Failure Rest? - gtbt > .

Russia's Mistakes in Ukraine - The Icarus Project >> .

> Terrorism >>

24-4-8 Ruscia, America, & West: Security Concerns = Islamic Radicalism - TBN > .

> Trade War 2024 >>

24-6-8 Fragmenting Order: Xina-Europe Trade & Strategic Tensions - Update > .

>> UK Economy >>>

Austerity, BrexTWIT, COVID - UK Slump | Weighs 'n Means >> .

> Unwanted Immigrants >>

24-7-12 Why France no longer wants [Muslim] immigrants - VisPol > .

U$A/NATO 

24-5-14 USA+NATO: MIC & Strategic Power vs XIR - OBF > . 

24-4-28 New U$ Military Aid for Ukraine - content & impact? - Perun > .

24-4-22 How NATO & Russia are Preparing to Fight Total War - Real > .

24-4-10 [XIR & R-U] Ruscia already at war with West/NATO - Kyiv I > .  

24-4-2 How world is preparing for Useless Idiot's possible return - Caspian > . skip > .

24-3-28 THE ART OF LIES: How Russia Manipulates the West - Ukraine Matters > .
ISW Denying Russia’s Only Strategy for Success - Institute for the Study of War ISW

> Wartime Economies >>

24-5-14 USA+NATO: MIC & Strategic Power vs XIR - OBF > . 

24-4-28 New U$ Military Aid for Ukraine - content & impact? - Perun > .

24-1-20 Can Ruscia win the military production race? - Anders > .

> Western Resistance >>

> XIR >> risks 

24-5-10 [Xi SchmooZes Serbia & Hungary] - Update > .

24-5-9 [Xi SchmooZes France (Wooing Serbia & Hungary)] - Update > .

24-5-9 [Xi Targets Serbia & Hungary] - Focus > .

>> Economics >>>

>> Europe >>>

>> Geopolitics >>>

>> NATO >>>

2024 - Sutton Hoo >> .

⇒ 2024 ..

Axis ⇔ West 2024 ..

Elections 2024 ..

Political Shifts ..

➾ 2023 ..
➾ 2022 ..

Economic Front 2024

.

24-3-21 Ukraine attacks Ruscian oil and gas sites to slash P00ti's war chest - Forces > .

24-9-12 Reshoring of US Industry - gtbt > .

[24-9-12 History of Industry - gtbt > ]

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 > .

24-4-17 [Xina proven to provide direct assistance to Ruscia] - 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 > .

24-3-3 R-U War 2024 - Military & Economic Balance of Long War - Perun > .

24-2-29 Why Russia’s Economy is Pathetic - Icarus > .

24-2-11 Чудеса от Центробанка | Ruscia's Budget 2-years of R-U (subs) - Katz > .

24-1-28 Pillars of Russia. On What Does Russian Success or Failure Rest? - gtbt > .

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 > .

23-12-3 [Fatigue, Politics, Resources & R-U War - Public, Governments] - Perun > .

23-9-15 R-U War: Ukraine's Greatest Economic Catastrophe AND Opportunity - gtbt > .

22-11-24 Conflict in Ukraine's Donbas Region: Geology & Resources - E&SS > .

R-U Summer 2024 - αλλο >> .

> AFU >>

24-7-22 [Ukraine's Frontline 300K / 1M Troops] - Binkov > .

> Armaments Industry >>  >> Armaments Industries >>>

24-4-14 US Arms Production - Strategy to Restore Arsenal of Democracy? - Perun > .

24-3-31 Global Arms Exports - Winners, losers, trends in race to rearm - Perun > .

1861-2023 Military Budgets - 1861-WW1-WW2-Cold War-2023 | Stats > .

24-1-24 Importance of 155mm shells - WSJ > . 

> Budgets, Procurement >>

24-8-13 Economics of War - CNBC I > .

24-4-17 [Xina proven to provide direct assistance to Ruscia] - Update > .

24-4-14 US Arms Production - Strategy to Restore Arsenal of Democracy? - Perun > .

1861-2023 Military Budgets - 1861-WW1-WW2-Cold War-2023 | Stats > .

> Conscription, Recruitment >>

24-4-16 Is Mandatory Military Service Actually a Good Idea? - Context Matters > .

> Deglobalization >>

24-5-15 Why Less Globalization Might Actually Be Beneficial - EcEx > .

> > Economic Geopolitics > >

22-11-24 Conflict in Ukraine's Donbas Region: Geology & Resources - E&SS > .

>> Economics >>

24-4-14 US Arms Production - Strategy to Restore Arsenal of Democracy? - Perun > .

> Energy >>   > Oil & Gas >>

24-6-27 Ruscia, Xina, Europe - Energy Problems || Peter Zeihan > .

24-4-24 Can Other Countries Replicate US Shale Revolution? || Zeihan > .

24-3-24 Altai, Power of Siberia: Xina Outplayed Ruscia in Gas Negotiations - Res > .

24-3-24 Why We Can’t Just Stop Oil - EcEx > .

22-11-24 Conflict in Ukraine's Donbas Region: Geology & Resources - E&SS > .

> Fronts - 2023 >>

> Georgia >>

24-5-18 [Georgians Try to Escape Ruscist Corruption] - gtbt > .

24-5-2 Sabanadze: Georgia's Maidan-Style Protests Against P00tinisation - Silicon > .

>> Geostrategic Blunder = R-U >>>

Global Geoeconomics 

24-6-28 Top 5 stories currently changing future of global economy - M&M > .

Haiti 

24-4-9 Haiti's Gang Politics Problem Is Not as Weird as It Seems - Spaniel > .

Постукраїнська перемога - Postukrayinsʹka peremoha - Ukrainian victory 

24-4-22 Ukraine Might Become Europe's New Economic Tiger - Dom > . skip > .

22-11-24 Conflict in Ukraine's Donbas Region: Geology & Resources - E&SS > .

>> R-U Fronts >>>

24-4-16 Orcs Advance Despite Heavy Losses - P00's [Doomed] Invasion - K&G > .

24-4-10 [XIR & R-U] Ruscia already at war with West/NATO - Kyiv I > .  

Ukraine's Resources ..

22-11-24 Conflict in Ukraine's Donbas Region: Geology & Resources - E&SS > .

>> UK Economy >>>

Austerity, BrexTWIT, COVID - UK Slump | Weighs 'n Means >> .

➾ 2024 ..

Attrition, Armaments, Mobilization 2024 ..

Economies 2024 ..

Political Shifts ..

➾ 2023 ..

➾ 2022 ..

   Air Front 2024 ..
   Black Sea Front 2024 ..
   Dnipro Front 2024 ..

   Drone Front 2024 ..
   Eastern Front 2024 ..

   Economic Front 2024 ..   

   Kharkiv Front 2024 ..

   Kursk Front 2024 ..

   Northern Front 2024 ..
   Southern Front 2024 ..
   Western Front 2024 ..