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16/09/2026

The argument for energy diversity is well-known: no single energy source should hold an economy in thrall. But given what we Europeans know about the historic volatility of fossil fuels and our dependence on imports from often unreliable friends, many will argue that the classic argument for diversity is obsolete, and that for reasons geopolitical and environmental, the time has come for a radical decarbonisation and democratisation of energy.

But it insists on expanding electricity from gas as well, so prices won’t fall as much as they might, and autonomy will be undermined

15/09/2026

Greece’s New Democracy government is trying to balance an expansion in renewable energy with a buildout of gas-fired generation. But the twin strategies pull in opposite directions.

But it insists on expanding electricity from gas as well, so prices won’t fall as much as they might, and autonomy will be undermined

12/09/2026

Ukraine’s counteroffensives continue to roll back Russian-occupied territory, in contrast to the fawning diplomacy of Witkoff and Kushner, who appear to see the question of sovereignty and the survival of a nation as a business deal.

The Witkoff-Kushner visit to Moscow was followed by Russian assassination attempts and attacks on Kyiv

09/09/2026

Greece’s governing conservatives have fired the starting gun on a general election next spring, with a distribution of €2.2bn in tax cuts and benefits. Their sound economic management brought Greece from bankruptcy to respectability, but they failed to realise that the Greeks’ tolerance for corruption is at an end.

Achievements in the economy over seven years are offset by transparency and rule-of-law failures

05/09/2026

Russia suffered 124,000 casualties in the three summer months for a net gain of 158 sq km of Ukrainian land. That’s a 26 percent increase on spring casualties, for a 90 percent drop in performance compared to summer 2025. The direction of the war is clear. With Ukrainian solidarity holding firm despite strikes on civilians and European and Ukrainian arms manufacturing constantly coming online, Russia is faring increasingly poorly.

Ukraine inflicted 26 percent higher casualties in summer than spring, and limited Moscow’s territorial gains to a fraction of last year’s

01/09/2026

After observing the Ukraine war, Greece is implementing a new defence doctrine. It is also re-equipping its armed forces with weapons it will be able to affordably replenish through domestic manufacturers, and which won’t be sold to its adversaries. These are some of the main reasons for its strategic partnership with Israel.

Greece is replacing multilateralism with hand-picked bilateral defence relationships and implementing the lessons of the Ukraine war in a new defence doctrine

29/08/2026

Trump’s unwillingness to share Patriot technology with Ukraine has led to a complete change of strategy from air defence against individual ballistic missiles to offence against their means of production and launch - using European Storm Shadow/SCALP.

After repeated disappointments over US Patriot, Ukraine switches to attacking Russian ballistic production using European weapons

25/08/2026

104 years ago this week, the Greeks launched their final offensive in the Asia Minor campaign, to seize Ankara and deal Kemal’s nationalists a knockout blow. It failed, and allowed Kemal to torch Smyrna and ethnically cleanse Asia Minor of Christians. Yet Greece secured Western Thrace and the east Aegean.

104 years ago this week, Greece launched its final offensive in Asia Minor to seize Ankara and carve out an empire in the Near East. It very nearly succeeded.

22/08/2026

Ukraine continues its successful long-range strikes targeting the Russian economy and military industry. By one count, only 28 percent of Russian petrol stations can now supply fuel. A leading state economist who foresaw social unrest was promptly fired for saying so.

Russia continues to punish Ukraine’s unarmed population as Ukraine decimates its refineries and factories

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