Daily Archives: February 13, 2025

Economics, Foreign Affairs, Magazines, Opinion, Politics, Reviews

The Economist Magazine – February 15, 2025 Preview

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THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE (February 13, 2025): The latest issue features ‘Battle for the Pentagon‘ – Can Donald Trump remake American defense?

Will Donald Trump and Elon Musk wreck or reform the Pentagon?

America’s security depends upon their success

After DeepSeek, America and the EU are getting AI wrong

Europe has a chance to catch up, whereas America should ease up

Countering China’s diplomatic coup

China has turned much of the global south against Taiwan. That could be laying the ground for forced unification

Can Friedrich Merz save Germany—and Europe?

He is on track to win the election, but to fix Europe he will have to fix his country first

Culture, Magazines, Opinion, Politics, Reviews

The Guardian Weekly – February 14, 2025 Preview

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THE GUARDIAN WEEKLY (February 13, 2025): The latest issue features The Orbánisation of America…

We’re just over three weeks into the second Donald Trump administration, and the pace of events both inside and outside the US has been dizzying and unprecedented.

Many of us have been alarmed by Trump’s shocking pronouncements on the Israel-Gaza war, trade tariffs and territorial claims on Greenland and Panama. But inside America, an equally startling transformation has been taking place.

Aided by the tech billionaire Elon Musk, Trump has moved swiftly to fire critics, reward allies, punish media, gut the federal government and exploit presidential immunity. Yet much of the blueprint comes not from Trump’s own policy team, but from a power-consolidation playbook established over the past decade by the Hungarian authoritarian leader Viktor Orbán.

News, Newspapers, Opinion, Politics

The New York Times – Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025

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Trump Says Call With Putin Is Beginning of Ukraine Peace Negotiations

Among the topics the leaders discussed in their first confirmed conversation of President Trump’s second term was ending the war in Ukraine, he said.

The Fiercest Fighting of the Ukraine War May Be in Russia

The Times interviewed Russian soldiers who said they face a brutal fight to dislodge determined Ukrainian forces from a sliver of Russian land. Trapped civilians fear catastrophe.

Elon Musk’s Business Empire Scores Benefits Under Trump Shake-Up

Government investigations into Mr. Musk’s companies are stalling amid President Trump’s firings and Biden administration resignations.

Many Groups Promised Federal Aid Still Have No Funds and No Answers

Judicial rulings have unfrozen some grants awaited by nonprofits, states and companies, but the reprieve has been uneven and many fear the relief is only temporary.