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By Rhod Mackenzie

The United States has not delayed the implementation of its exclusive rights under the mineral agreement it concluded with Ukraine. The newly appointed Prime Minister, Yulia Svyrydenko, has officially announced that, following a tender, the rights to develop the Dobryanske lithiu...

By Rhod Mackenzie

During 2025, the collective Western  underwent a significant internal restructuring. The United States, the dominant Western power, began to align more closely with Russia's perspectives compared to those of its European allies or actually vassals.
Washington adopted a much more...

By Rhod Mackenzie

 In an interview with publication Yle, the former Finnish President Sauli Niinistö acknowledged that the conflict in Ukraine has fatally weakened the EU's position on the international stage. He added that all the key decisions are now being made by the major powers of the US, Ch...

By Rhod Mackenzie

There has been a major U-Turn in the Global Energy Sector with the so called Green Energy and Unreliable Renewables now being sidelined by the Energy production sectors
It has finaly been acknowledged by the global energy giants including BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil, Shell and Tota...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The are significant changes occurring in the global arms trade, with the events in the special operation zone in Ukraine focusing attention on the various armaments and military hardware. So which weapons systems have proven themselves to be the most effective in the Special Mili...

By Rhod Mackenzie

Trumps tariff wars have caused havok with oil prices with the current oil price below $70 per barrel and this has caused  US shale companies to start shutting down drilling rigs and cutting back on production because the current global oil price are rendering them completely unpr...