Last week's posts on Moon of Alabama:
Ukraine:
- May 14 – Ukraine SitRep: An Army And Country At Their End
- May 18 – Ukraine SitRep: Kharkiv Incursion Forensics – Attacks On Russia And Russian Revenge
Related:
– In Ukraine, Russia is Beginning to Compound Advantages – RUSI
– Ukrainian conscript soldier breaks down during frontline training | Dispatch – Telegraph/MSN
– Ukrainian soldiers reveal how they were secretly moved ahead of new Russian invasion – Sky News
– Ukraine’s Zelenskyy rejects Macron’s Olympic truce proposal – Politico.eu
– Ukraine can still beat Russia. It just comes down to enough Western aid. – Yahoo
With 14 to 21 well-equipped brigades (and pink ponies), Ukraine could eject Russian forces from all Ukrainian territory, according to an American expert.
Palestine:
- May 16 – The Al-Aqsa Flood Operation Is – Despite All Damage – Effectual
Related:
– Israel on losing end in Gaza war: Former Mossad deputy chief – Anadolu
– The Unpunished: How Extremists Took Over Israel (archived) – New York Times Mag
– Hezbollah introduces new weapons and tactics against Israel as war in Gaza drags on – AP
– Why Israel is in deep trouble: John Mearsheimer with Tom Switzer (video, long) – Recommended
‘Why Are They Making Gaza Unlivable? It’s Very Simple, They Want To Drive the Palestinians Out’
– The way forward after strike vote by 48,000 California academic workers against police crackdowns – WSWS
Empire:
- May 17 – Russia, China Reveal Their Global Agenda
Related:
– The Drive for War – Craig Murray
– RAY McGOVERN: Russia & China — Two Against One – Consortiumnews
– Hegemonitis: Why The West Has Become So Dumb – with Professor Glenn Diesen (video)
– As American global hegemony ends, multi-alignment rises – The Hill
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Other issues:
Assassination:
- Slovak PM Fico no longer in immediate danger but condition serious, deputy says – Reuters/MSN
- Crosshairs (on Robert Fico) – New Left Review
Hindufascism:
- Controversy erupts over India’s electoral bonds, opposition calls it ‘world’s biggest scam’ – Channel News Asia
Georgia:
- Georgia's PM on the 'foreign agents' bill, sanctions, and the 'global party of war' – JAM News
- Is Georgia Turning into a New Ukraine? How Dangerous is it? | Scott Ritter & Larry C. Johnson (video)
- The Real Stakes of Georgia’s Foreign Agent Law – American Conservative
- Georgia On My Mind – Sonar21
Tradewar:
- China Has Gotten the Trade War It Deserves – Atlantic
- Prof. Zheng Yongnian on Chinese Overcapacity – Sinification
- The U.S. Should Stop Playing the Victim Over China Trade – Foreign Policy
- Using Comparative & Absolute Advantage To Explain China’s Rise – Ian Welsh
- The era of globalisation is about to come screeching to a halt (archived) – Telegraph
- The U.S. Must Offer a Substantive 5G Alternative to China’s Huawei – National Interest
- SHOCKING! SMIC to build 5nm chip for Huawei without EUV; foundry is third largest in the world – Phone Arena
- Will Biden's Chinese EV tariffs work? – High Capacity
- America’s 100% tariffs on Chinese EVs: bad policy, worse leadership (archived) – Ecomomist
U.S. launches Spacewar:
- New Star Wars Plan: Pentagon Rushes to Counter Threats in Orbit (archived) – New York Times
Citing rapid advances by China and Russia, the United States is building an extensive capacity to fight battles in space.
[T]he Defense Department is looking to acquire a new generation of ground- and space-based tools that will allow it to defend its satellite network from attack and, if necessary, to disrupt or disable enemy spacecraft in orbit, Pentagon officials have said in a series of interviews, speeches and recent statements.
Use as open (not related to the wars in Ukraine and Palestine) thread …
