‘Today Ukraine, Tomorrow Taiwan’? Taipei looks over its shoulder as China stockpiles
According to US estimates, China currently produces domestically most of the corn and wheat it consumes. The focus on food security is not surprising for a country that…
Xi Jinping has one last chance to redeem himself over Ukraine
Nor could it without catastrophic consequence. It has been hard enough imposing meaningful sanctions on Russia; applying something similar to China would bring the entire global economy…
Jamie Oliver scrambles to pull out of Russia
Jamie Oliver is scrambling to shut his Jamie’s Italian restaurant in Russia as he joins a rush of Western companies fleeing the country in response to Vladimir…
How Gerhard Schröder led Germany into a love affair with Putin
Schröder’s last significant public appearance of note was a podcast at the end of January. In rhetoric akin to that emanating from the Kremlin, he said German…
Nuclear submarine supplier ordered to axe contract with Gazprom
Forgemasters makes specialist components for the Trident nuclear submarines and has also signed a £3.7m deal to supply Rolls Royce’s mini nuclear reactors. The company was taken over…