Christian Thwaites

Life is cheap

In Russia a human life costs around $190,000. In the U.S., it's around $13 million.

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August 2025

Ukraine: How do you see our prospects?

A good friend in Lviv asked, after the flurry of photo-ops in Anchorage and Washington, what are the prospects for Ukraine. Here’s what I replied.

Aug 26 • 

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Japan will invest much more in the U.S. than the White House thinks.

Japan's agreement with the White House demanded $550 billion in investments. Japan already does four times that.

Aug 21 • 

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Why is the U.S. trading with Russia?

It's inexplicable and immoral. Saying we don’t trade is a lie. Calling it just “fertilizer” ignores that it's $3 billion a year of hard currency heading…

Aug 15 • 

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EU to Russia: “We’re open.”

The EU issued 607,000 visas to Russian tourists in 2024. The culprits? Italy, France and Spain. They all seemed happy to issue visas so Russians can…

Aug 7 • 

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July 2025

The war beyond the grave: How Russia tortures parents and families

“Why are you taking pictures?” A woman called over as I walked through Krasnopilske cemetery in Dnipro.

Jul 18 • 

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June 2025

JP Morgan Gets Ukraine Wrong

A recent report from JP Morgan gave Ukraine only a 15% chance of a “best case” scenario. The four on offer used the South Korea, Israel, Georgia and…

Jun 9 • 

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We don’t need no ejucassion.

America runs a very large trade surplus for services. It was $235 billion in 2022 and nearly $300 billion in 2024.

Jun 5 • 

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May 2025

“Has all this stuff passed through customs? No, this is a Bonded Area”

Import prices in April rose 0.1% for the last 12 months. You may expect those to head up given the utter fiasco of recent tariff negotiations. But they…

May 22 • 

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Skin that Smoke Wagon…see what happens.

On Tuesday, the House tried to clean up the “One Big Beautiful Bill”. There are some holdouts and a President who apparently said, “Don’t fork with…

May 20 • 

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When they Kick you Out of the Club

Moody’s lowered the U.S.’ credit rating on Friday down from AAA to AA1. What took them so long? S&P and Fitch, the other two big rating companies did it…

May 19 • 

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One Big Beautiful Bill

Yes, it's really called that. And says it will launch: “a new golden age of prosperity to benefit workers, families, farmers, and small businesses…

May 14 • 

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