#newcoldwar — Public Fediverse posts
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Here we go
"How Australia can prepare for war."
"New parliamentary committee to examine how Australia can prepare for war for first time since World War II." >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-06/new-plan-proposed-to-prepare-australia-for-impacts-of-war/107001286Electrostates, Petrostates and the New Cold War, Adam Tooze >>
https://mastodon.au/@Bellingen/117045391713748343
#war #FossilFuelMachismo #Electrostates #Petrostates #geopolitics #NewColdWar #FossilFuels #energy #transition #decarbonisation #climate #modernisation #TheWest #EU #failure #China #technology #AI #debt #bubble -
Electrostates, Petrostates and the New Cold War, Adam Tooze
London Review of Books lecture, Podcast, 5 Aug 2026"China is racing ahead in electrification, while the US turns its back on green energy in favour of a new era of fossil fuel machismo. An alignment between the three major petrostates – the US, Saudi Arabia and Russia – no longer looks implausible. The outlines of a new Cold War are becoming visible, one which will be determined by a novel mixture of ideology, critical technologies, supply chains and control of energy flows. How will these geopolitical dynamics play out – and what will it mean for global warming?" >>
https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/adam-tooze-electrostates-petrostates-and-the-new-cold-war/id510327102?i=1000779993413
#Electrostates #Petrostates #NewColdWar #FossilFuelMachismo #FossilFuels #energy #transition #decarbonisation #climate #modernisation #TheWest #failure #EU #China #geopolitics #technology #AI #debt #bubble #war -
Russophobic Intellectuals Breed Support For Death and Destruction
In a classic 1967 essay, “The Responsibility of Intellectuals,” Noam Chomsky argued that faculty at top U.S. universities had betrayed their calling of speaking truth to power by working on military counterinsurgency programs and providing ideological ...https://murica.website/2026/03/russophobic-intellectuals-breed-support-for-death-and-destruction/
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For First Time in More Than 50 Years, U.S. and Russia Have No Agreements for the Regulation of Nuclear Weapons
Expiry of New START is set to trigger dangerous new nuclear arms race On February 5, the Trump administration allowed the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) to expire, leaving the U.S and Russia with no agreements for the regulation of nuclear...