ELfR Podcast: China, a counterweight to Russia or a threat to the West?
A discussion with China expert Enrico Fode As China tries to maintain a balance between Russia and the west, what are the likely scenarios in…
Disruption games: why are libertarians lining up with autocrats to undermine democracy?
In the era of digital politics, an odd alliance has sprung up: anti-state campaigners and Moscow-backed nationalists are combining to disrupt liberal institutions Source: Disruption games: why are libertarians lining…
Scotland just broke the world record for tidal electricity generation
A tidal power station in the Pentland Firth between mainland Scotland and Orkney has broken the world record for electricity generation, the company behind it has announced. The tidal flows…
Rod Liddle: the nuclear option — why fusion is the key to unlimited energy
Source: Rod Liddle: the nuclear option — why fusion is the key to unlimited energy Liddle rather dramatises the scientific subject, but one can’t be picky with Murdoch’s press. Great…
“Fui tratante de mujeres durante más de veinte años. Las compré y vendí como si fueran ganado” |El País
En primavera de 2000 llegó al aeropuerto de Madrid la selección nacional femenina de Colombia de taekwondo. 19 chicas que salieron por la puerta en fila india, ataviadas con el…
Is This Defense Minister a Russian Double Agent? | The Daily Beast
In a world shaped by the conspiracies of the KGB, people learned that super patriots could be agents provocateurs, that those who attack traitors might be ones themselves. Source: Is…
Russia’s Brexit Subversion – The American Interest
A new wave of revelations strongly suggests that Russia interfered in last year’s Brexit referendum. Why is the UK government staying silent? Source: Russia’s Brexit Subversion – The American Interest
We Need To Talk About Nigel…
Flamboyant politician, media spokesperson, bad boy of Brexit. Kremlin asset. People are waiting for suitcases full of cash but the truth is what the truth is: something which has been…
How A Russian Troll Fooled America – DFRLab | Medium
Reconstructing the life of a covert Kremlin influence account Source: How A Russian Troll Fooled America – DFRLab – Medium
Poland’s Defense Minister Answers the Question: What Does Putin Want?
Antoni Macierewicz, Polish Defence Minister featured in a fawning interview by a John R. Schindler in observer.com. More than an interview, it’s a series of prompts so that Macierewicz can…
How Rupert Murdoch destroyed the Republican Party | The Washington Post
The Fox News audience is old, white and in a cane-stomping rage at the way America is going. Source: How Rupert Murdoch destroyed the Republican Party – The Washington Post