New Catallaxy

When I was a young child at school in the early 1960s we were warned of “reds under the beds” and “beware the yellow peril”.  I doubt these were the official policy of the Education Department in South Australia but I recall at least one teacher earnestly stating those maxims to our impressionable young minds.…

Over the past couple of days I’ve been canvassing relatives (in law) and numerous friends in Russia on their opinion of the invasion and local impact.  Whilst the results of my enquiries are really no more than a straw poll, they do provide some interesting insights.  In summary, approximately 75% of the sample (35 people…

Saw UK foreign secretary, and one of the pretenders to Boris’s throne, Liz Truss on the tele the other day. She was explaining to the British parliament that Russia couldn’t be allowed to win. She was obviously prepared to fight to the last drop of Ukrainian’s blood. She makes you want Boris to stay. Another…

I’ve always liked, and believed in, the phrase: follow the money.  Almost every good and bad thing that happens in geopolitics has a dollar sign behind it.  It isn’t always obvious but money, and people scheming how they can get it, or how to keep it, is usually lurking in the background.  Money is the…