yo what blogs/sites do you all read about international affairs and foreign policy? not like just straight news reporting but more opinion/analysis type of stuff. i've been trawling through the sources that 72T ( ) uses to put together the briefings but the only one that scratches the itch is naked capitalism and i'm not tryna read the dang Ec*nomist or FT. y'all got anything else like NC? i'm especially interested in materialist analysis of geopolitical strategy. also any podcast recommendations would be welcome as well

Death to America

Why am I watching this?

Akira Toriyama died recently, DB is so popular in LatAm that Brazil's (Country with more Japanese people outside of Japan) VP tweeted about it

The Russian Ministry of Defense reported the downing of a MiG-29 of the UAF in its daily briefing. Nevertheless, some Ukrainian news sources said that the fighter jet was downed by Ukrainian air defenses in a friendly-fire incident.

Patriots not in control

The cringe of this deeply unserious nation I inhabit will never be purged but with blood. They're now "working on a big screen solution" for the funeral of the pompous fascist shitbag who was leader of the conservative party until comrade cerebral hemorrhage connected him to Satan's wifi a couple of days ago. The planners of the event are expecting people to be flocking outside the church like it was a football match just because they're so sad to see the local dollar store Mussolini go.

Here's a basic question that somehow still doesn't have a satisfactory answer: What is the Chinese public reaction to the anti-China blitz in the west during the last five years?

No seriously I cannot find an answer to this rudimentary question anywhere in English-based media

In case you needed a striking example of how First Nations are not a monolith, here are two stories from this past week about neighbouring communities in northern Alberta taking very different approaches to oil sands development and enviromental contamination

https://www.newsfilecorp.com/release/200867/Fort-McKay-First-Nation-and-Suncor-Energy-to-Partner-on-Prospective-Oil-Sands-Development-Opportunity-on-Reserve-Lands

Building on decades of collaboration, the announcement marks a significant milestone for FMFN, a leader in working with industry to create opportunities for its people while safeguarding the environment, and in Suncor's Journey of Reconciliation.

"With this agreement, we are creating the conditions for sustainable prosperity, growth and health for our Nation for generations to come, while leading the way on protecting our land and water," says Chief Raymond Powder of Fort McKay First Nation. "We will bring our values of stewardship and care to this opportunity. In doing so, we are charting a new path for economic development on our lands."

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/first-nation-sues-alberta-energy-regulator-over-tailings-leaks-from-oilsands-mine-1.7135069

In a news release issued Tuesday, the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation (ACFN) said the lawsuit, filed in the Alberta Court of Kings Bench, is based on two major leaks from the oilsands mine's tailings ponds, which took place between May 2022 and February 2023.

The ACFN claims the regulator failed to inform the First Nation about the leaks. The lawsuit alleges "negligence, nuisance, breach of the duty to consult, breach of the Honour of the Crown, breach of fiduciary duty and unjustified Treaty infringement," the news release states.

Documents filed by Imperial Oil Ltd. show the company and energy regulator knew the Kearl oilsands mine was seeping tailings into groundwater years before a pool of contaminated fluid was reported on the surface.

If that company didn't exist and lenin wrote about a company named imperial oil, people would say its made up

In any case, there is no finer example of regulatory capture in Canada than the Alberta oil sands

Who are other prominent American geopolitical thinkers who have gone against the neocon approach to ukraine and Russia? Mearshiemer is one, but as I recall he was just one of a handful of senior diplomat types that had different perspectives than the typical Raytheon think tankies. I feel like there were some open letters on this in 2022-2023.

Did west and east Europe switch positions on the Ukraine war in the past 2 years? I remember eastern euros being more belligerent in the early days but now they're more critical while the leftoids have gone the other way.

Large explosions in Detroit: https://twitter.com/TheWapplehouse/status/1764870864317600245

Hunter Biden court transcripts

The names of the oversight and accountabilty committee are

AP - Poland’s foreign minister says the presence of NATO troops in Ukraine is ‘not unthinkable’ [09/03/2024]

Poland’s foreign minister says the presence of NATO forces “is not unthinkable” and that he appreciates the French president for not ruling out that idea. Radek Sikorski made the observation during a discussion marking the 25th anniversary of Poland’s accession to NATO in the Polish parliament Friday, and the Foreign Ministry tweeted the comments later in English.

RTÉ.ie - We live in pre-war times, Tusk tells EPP delegates [07/03/2024]

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has told delegates at a congress of the centre-right European People's Party (EPP) that "we are living in new times, in a pre-war epoch". Speaking in Bucharest, Romania, and referencing the war in Ukraine, Mr Tusk said that "the times of blissful calm are over" and that the "post-war epoch is gone".

The event culminated in the election of European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen as the party’s lead nominee to retain the Commission's top job. As the EPP’s only candidate for the nomination, Ms von der Leyen was elected by 400 votes to 89.

TVP.info - Will Russia attack Poland? Almost half of the Polish people think so [04/03/2024]

Ipsos asked Polish people if they think Russia will attack Poland militarily in the coming years. As the TOK FM portal explains, the answer "definitely yes" was given by 12% of respondents, and the answer "rather yes" by 36%. A total of 48%.

32% of respondents believe that Russia will "rather not" attack Poland militarily, and 9% are of the "definitely not" opinion – a total of 41%. 11% of respondents have no opinion on the matter.

The study was conducted using the Mixed mode method on a nationwide sample of n=1000 adult Polish people on February 22-26, 2024.

Apparently the NY governor has ordered tbe National Guard to run security checkpoints on the NYC Subway.

New documents have been showing up at the ICJ page for Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip (South Africa v. Israel):

• 12 February 2024 : Request for additional measures under Article 75(1) of the Rules of Court submitted by South Africa

• 15 February 2024 : Observations of the State of Israel on the request for additional measures under Article 75 (1) of the Rules of Court

• 16 February 2024: Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip (South Africa v. Israel) - Decision of the Court on South Africa’s request for additional provisional measures

• 6 March 2024: Request for the indication of provisional measures and modification of the Court's prior provisional measures decisions

I do not know what to make of them. Is there coverage of this?

https://t.me/PalestineResist/31849

More aid drop parachutes fail injuring civillians on the ground.

This one's a real comedy of errors.

Haiti's Prime Minister, Ariel Henry, went to Kenya on March 2nd to beg them to hurry the police squadron over to Haiti like they promised. The problem is that Kenya's highest court found that this deal was unlawful, so I'm not entirely sure if they're just gonna ignore that and send them anyway or not, but regardless.

Henry couldn't immediately return to Port-au-Prince because there's been gunfire at their airport. This gunfire didn't really do any damage but I don't think it was mean to - it feels instead like a warning shot to Henry. Due to this, Henry asked the US to provide him a military plane and soldiers so he can return to Haiti. The US has, hilariously, denied him this request, due to some nonsense about not wanting to put US soldiers in Haiti, as if that's ever stopped them.

Henry then decided that he would just land in the Dominican Republic and cross the border from there, boarding a private jet to Santo Domingo for nearly $60,000. The got three hours into the four-hour flight but were then told by air traffic controllers that they did not have permission to land in the country, meaning they instead had to land in Puerto Rico.

At this point, the Haitian people are absolutely aware of the issue that Henry is having getting back into his country and are orienting their strategy around it, creating a new slogan which translates to "Out, Out for Good". Now, a local leader (they call him a "gang leader" which idk how much stock to put into), Jimmy Cherizier, has said that Haiti will be plunged into civil war and even genocide unless Henry resigns. Thousands of inmates from prisons have been freed recently by fighters and the entire country basically continues to descend into (very potentially revolutionary) mayhem.

The US just got caught in a little bind where they said that they want Henry to "expedite the transition to an empowered and inclusive governance structure that will help prepare for a multinational security support mission and pave the way for free and fair elections", which rapidly spread throughout Haiti as essentially "The US is pressuring Henry to resign." The US then had to come out and say "No, we aren't pressuring him to resign."

Global protected area policies sparks conflicts with Mexico Indigenous groups

The creation of the UNESCO-listed Calakmul Biosphere Reserve in Mexico’s Campeche region has led to a long-standing conflict with Indigenous residents who argue the government restricted their livelihoods, despite promises of support and land titles by Mexico’s Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources (SEMARNAT).

Culture and conservation thrive as Great Lakes tribes bring back native wild rice

Wild rice or manoomin is an ecologically important and culturally revered wetland species native to the Great Lakes region of the United States and Canada, which once covered thousands of acres and was a staple for Indigenous peoples.

In recent years, native tribes and First Nations, working with federal and state agencies, scientists and funding initiatives, have led wild rice restoration programs that have successfully revived the species in parts of the region and paved the way for education and outreach.

Martyr Izz El-Din Al-Qassam Brigades: 

— Al-Qassam fighters successfully sniped a zionist soldier with a Al-Qassam Ghoul rifle south of the Tal Al-Hawa neighborhood in Gaza City.

China Enhances it's Role in the UN

Final moments of Israeli capitives shot by .

It's mostly audio. No bodies shown. Gunfire heard. Shots were controlled, deliberate.

On the economy

https://sputnikglobe.com/20240306/israel-goes-on-first-bond-sale-spree-since-hamas-war-1117158909.html

ROOSTERTEETH IS DEAD 🐓🦷

https://deadline.com/2024/03/rooster-teeth-shut-down-warner-bros-discovery-roost-podcast-continue-1235847264/

Right before the release of the Red vs Blue finale

All series i.e Red vs Blue RWBY cancelled, everything except podcasts 🧐