Blindspot 119 - Trump dodges Death, Orban only European 4 peace? SA GNU clueless foreign policy

Blindspot 119 - Trump dodges death? US Gaza pier shut down.
Nato navigates Asia. While in South Africa: GNU political animal is foreign policy-less

Buiteboer // From Bunker 42
www.buiteboer.co.za
20/7/24

We kick off today with but one of the conclusions we are about to draw below, which is -

“If peace was a kind of animal, it would most certainly have been included on the world’s most critically endangered species list by now, if western logic is anything to go by.”

This also in a week where Windows updates caused millions of computers around the world to, well, crash - downing banks, planes, trains, and well, life in general for all the millions completely reliant on the digital domains that keep real life moving.

Trump assassination questions

Links

Salman Sheikh. 2024. On the death of the petrodollar. New Eastern Outlook, 10 July, 2024. https://journal-neo.su/2024/07/10/on-the-death-of-the-petrodollar-system/

TASS. 2024. Hungary believes intensity ion conflict in Ukraine will soon escalate radically - Orban. 18 July, 2024. https://tass.com/world/1818709

Sophie Hurwitz. 2024. The Gaza pier is a $320 million symbol of the Biden administration’s ‘ineffectiveness. Mother Jones, 16 July, 2024. https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/07/the-gaza-pier-is-a-320-million-symbol-of-the-biden-administrations-ineffectiveness/

Thai Shomolekae. 2024. New DIRCO minister Ronald Lamola punts opportunities in Africa to stimulate economic growth. Polity, 11 July, 2024. https://www.polity.org.za/article/new-dirco-minister-ronald-lamola-punts-opportunities-in-africa-to-stimulate-economic-growth-2024-07-11

Chatham House. 2024. The future of South Africa’s foreign policy. 16 July, 2024. https://www.chathamhouse.org/events/all/open-event/future-south-africas-foreign-policy

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/russia-says-lets-be-realistic-about-chances-trump-ending-ukraine-war