Winnie the pooh and Vlad the Impaler

together forever to what end?

Dr. Bill Hill will discuss Russia and Ukraine on 3 April at 3 pm eastern. The zoom link went out yesterday but I will circulate again before the event. Please feel free to invite your interested friends. I send the recordings of the events to the generous paid subscribers as well as a small token of my thanks for their support.

Vlad the Impaler hosted Xi Jinping earlier this week. These two professed allies, for the smiles and tea, evidenced an unhealthy balance for several reasons. Both demonstrated authoritarians, their regimes expect unquestioned loyalty from those over whom they rule. Each has a cadre of special supporters benefitting financially from the current structures. Each has aspirations for a global prominence to challenge