The EU - which is badly lagging the rest of the world when it comes to AI development - is preparing sweeping emergency powers to intervene in Europe's semiconductor supply chains during shortages, including by forcing chipmakers to override existi
Europe risks a major gas storage shortfall if disruptions through the Strait of Hormuz continue for another 1–3 months, with inventories still far below normal seasonal levels.
• https://www.lewrockwell.com, By Martin Armstrong
Europe is now openly discussing restricting Microsoft, Amazon, and Google from handling some of its most sensitive government data, including financial records, judicial files, and healthcare information, and this marks a major turning point in the r
• https://www.lewrockwell.com, By Martin Armstrong
Europe is sleepwalking straight into another migration catastrophe, and the politicians responsible for destroying the continent still refuse to admit what they have done.
From July of this year, every vehicle registered in the European Union will be required to have driver-monitoring cameras in place. That's not every new car manufactured, but every car registered.
In a rare outbreak of sanity from the continent that perfected kicking the can, officials on NATO's eastern front are openly admitting what Brussels and Frankfurt have spent years denying: you can't fund a permanent war footing with infinite borr
British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said on May 4 that there needs to be a stronger European element in NATO, as the United States reconsiders its relationship with the defense alliance and pivots toward other security priorities domestically and
Russia has around 6,000 nuclear weapons, which is over 20 times more than the entire EU. Who in their right mind would plan (let alone go into) a fight against such odds, particularly if the said country is Russia?
Bulgarian ex-president Rumen Radev--an EU critic who has called for renewing ties with Russia-- hailed a "victory of hope" after his coalition topped the eighth parliamentary elections in five years.
• https://ronpaulinstitute.org, by Ashes of Pompeii
This line of argument that we shouldn't be afraid of Russia… Maybe someone also calls us a 'paper tiger', like Trump called NATO, but I would caution against such parallels.
In March I published an article titled "Global Energy Crisis Or Iranian Surrender In Five Weeks?" in which I outlined the "worst case" and "best case" scenarios for the war in Iran.
The EU, like a deer in the headlights, stares down shortages now intensely facing Germany. While in the UK, the British economy continues its race down the toilet according to the IMF.
The EU is sliding into a fuel crisis driven by a global supply shock caused by the US-Israeli attack on Iran. It has already triggered protests, early signs of shortages, and warnings of the wider economic impact.
As much as many centrists and libertarians are opposed to Donald Trump's ongoing strikes against Iran, I have to say, the downstream result might end up becoming one of the most libertarian results I have ever seen.
Iraq has restarted overland oil exports through Syria, marking a significant shift in regional energy logistics as the US-Israeli war on Iran continues to wreak havoc on traditional shipping routes through the Strait of Hormuz.