AND THE KAISER WILHELM AWARD FOR THE MOST INEPT DIPLOMACY GOES ...
September 16, 2020Over the past few weeks I’ve been occasionally blogging about the emergence of a new geopolitical reality that I’ve been calling “The Quadruple Entente,” […]
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SPEAKING OF QUADRUPLE ENTENTE… JAPAN’S PIVOTAL ROLE
September 9, 2020Yesterday I blogged about Israel’s recent decision not to sell its AWACs system to Communist China, and to sell it to India, as a […]
MERKEL: GET READY FOR A NEW GEOPOLITICAL REALITY
July 2, 2020This week I’ve been blogging about stories that herald some significant geopolitical changes. Yesterday, for example, I argued that we’re watching a “Quadruple Entente” […]
SOME THOUGHTS PRESIDENT PUTIN’S ARTICLE
June 25, 2020Many, many people sent me copies of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s article on Russia’s role prior to and during World War Two. It’s an […]
MORE GOLD REPATRIATIONS, AND A NASTY QUESTION
December 5, 2019Today’s blog is about a relatively short article, which contains a relatively short statement that’s a bombshell, and as regular readers here know, when […]
NEWS AND VIEWS FROM THE NEFARIUM APRIL 25 2019
April 25, 2019Well, as I predicted about ten years ago, Germany is now pushing for a restructuring of the UN security council, and wants a permanent […]
NEWS AND VIEWS FROM THE NEFARIUM OCT 18 2018
October 18, 2018The Nefarium has been busy in Joseph’s absence: the CSU was handed its walking papers in the Bavarian state elections in Germany, the AfD […]
NEWS AND VIEWS FROM THE NEFARIUM MARCH 15 2018
March 15, 2018Now it’s Hungary that wants to repatriate its gold: Hungary’s Gold Repatriation Adds To Growing Protest Against US Dollar Hegemony
NEWS AND VIEWS FROM THE NEFARIUM JAN 18 2018
January 18, 2018China and Germany are set to close a deal for high heat tolerance jet turbines. But what does it mean? Mr. K.B. shared this […]
AN UNUSUAL “JOB OPPORTUNITY” IN GERMANY
April 5, 2017This article was shared with me, and I am foregoing my usual practice of thanking that individual by initials, the reasons for which I […]
NEWS AND VIEWS FROM THE NEFARIUM MARCH 9 2017
March 9, 2017Fallout (and I mean that literally) from the BREXIT: a common nuclear deterrent for the European Union? Fearing U.S. Withdrawal, Europe Considers Its Own […]
TIDBIT: GERMANY BOOSTING TROOP STRENGTH TO 200,000
February 27, 2017Germany is boosting troop strength to 200,000 allegedly over concerns about Mr. Trump and NATO… but I’m not buying the NATO-Trump explanation. Here’s the […]
TIDBIT: AND SPEAKING OF GERMANY AND NUCLEAR WEAPONS…
December 6, 2016By the way, if you can read German, this little piece about discussions in Germany for its own nuclear deterrent is interesting: Deutschland: “Eigene […]
CHINA, RUSSIA, AND SYRIA
October 5, 2016Forget about a unipolar solution to the mess in Syria. Not only has Mr. Putin intervened in the country, but China is now signalling […]
THE AFTERMATH OF BREXIT: GERMANY WANTS TO MOVE THE EU BANKING ...
July 7, 2016Now, unless you’re Jean-Claude Juncker and have been commiserating with extra-terrestrials over the BREXIT vote in a Luxembourg pub over shared martinis, you’ll have […]
TIDBITS: THE DAILY BELL SPECULATES ON A GERMAN MITTELEUROPA, AND ...
June 26, 2016In keeping with today’s main blog, it’s worth considering the following op-ed piece by Mr. Anthony Wile, formerly with our friends at The Daily […]
TIDBIT: GERMAN POLITICIAN WANTS GERMANY TO RECOGNIZE RUSSIAN ...
June 11, 2016And speaking of Germany, if you’ll recall the pattern under Frau Merkel, others are left to make controversial statements. Consider this one: First! German […]
THE SAKER ON THAT COMMON EU ARMY THING: A WAY TO LOOSEN THE GRIP OF ...
May 26, 2016Over the past few years I and other bloggers on the internet have been watching developments in Europe closely, and particularly in the big […]
ZERO HEDGE: EUROPE-WIDE BORDER CONTROLS ENACTED
December 12, 2015Well, this one didn’t take very long did it? Last week, you’ll recall, I blogged about the possibility that the border crisis was going […]
IN THE WAKE OF PARIS ATTACKS, FRANCE REASSESSING IT’S ...
November 22, 2015In the wake of the Paris attacks there’s some heavy moves taking place, moves which perhaps signal a re-alignment of France with Russia, according […]
NEWS AND VIEWS FROM THE NEFARIUM OCT 1 2015
October 1, 2015It’s been a busy week for the Nefarium after Mr. Putin’s speech at the UN, basically calling out the USA on its fake war […]
THE GMO SCRAPBOOK: GMO OPPOSITION IN GERMANY REACHING CRITICAL MASS?
September 4, 2015Yesterday I blogged about Mon(ster)santo’s termination of merger talks with Syngenta, another GMO giant. Of course, as I pointed out, the real details would […]
THE FOURTH INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION: GERMANY’S NEW INDUSTRIAL ...
August 3, 2015This is such a significant story I have to share it, and it came courtesy of Mr. D.W. who brought it to my attention. […]
THE G7 AND DECARBONIZATION: WHAT IS REALLY GOING ON?
June 13, 2015Many readers here have sent various articles about the recent G7 announcement out of Germany that the world’s largest economies and military powers want […]