Seriously, what are we waiting for? This war is unsustainable for Russia. If the EU was to spend 4% of its GDP on defense, Russia would have to spend 40% of its GDP on defense simply to match EU spending. Bottom line: Russia must spend ten times more of its GDP to match the EU.(Source: FRED)

C’est officiel. Pour l’Europe, les Etats-Unis sous Trump sont désormais une nation hostile.

Interdisciplinary workshop at Numata Center: Biographies of Chinese Buddhists in Past and Present.
The conveners’s welcome