These three words do not leave my lips because, really, “Happy New Year”? How can we wish each other a happy year after such a start in Brazil and when we all know that 2023 will be the continuation of the war in Ukraine, the hangings in Iran, the ravages of Covid in China and the rest, all the rest, let alone the acceleration of climate change?
Read MoreSo many unknowns are adding up that the next year is unpredictable. Will there be a Brutus to change the deal in Moscow? Could a defeat for Recep Erdogan in the June elections usher in a new era in the Middle East and across the Mediterranean? Will the Iranians overcome their theocracy, whose support would then be lacking for both Vladimir Putin and Bashar al-Assad? Could inflation spiral out of control in Europe and cause enough social unrest to weaken the EU states?
Read MoreFreedom leads 3-0 against dictatorships and how can we not rejoice over this? How can we not think of the Iranians, the Ukrainians, the Chinese, the Russians themselves and so many other victims of so many other satraps who were already rejoicing to see their friend Putin push the democracy into retreat?
Read MoreEverything is making Vladimir Putin the “public enemy number one”. He has become such because, in addition to having attacked Ukraine, destroying it and martyring its population by depriving them of electricity, water and heating, this man is also guilty of two other crimes, both of which threaten world peace.
Read MoreIt is now official. Russia is in recession while the rouble is once again plummeting, but none of those who were explaining with a great certainty that sanctions only hit those who imposed them will have admitted that they have been wrong.
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