US President Donald Trump’s phone call with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, didn’t take a tangible step towards ending the hostilities in Ukraine, let alone finding an enduring peace. Rather,…
The ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict has resulted in nearly $300 billion in expenditures, over 150,000 lives lost, and the displacement of more than 10 million people, as reported by The Washington…
Sufficiently gruesome to learn of the casualties in the Ukraine/Russo war. More gruesome to learn that the statistics don’t reflect actuality and are only another weapon ─ humiliate the opponent…
Ukraine and the US recently proposed a ceasefire agreement, but Russia has rejected it and offered an alternative proposal. Russian President Vladimir Putin stated that while he agrees with the…
As the Trump administration engages in tentative peace talks with Russia and Ukraine, the Peace In Ukraine Coalition, comprising many and various U.S. peace groups, issued the following statement this week,…
Rational, evidence-based decision-making is the most basic quality that leaders of any country must possess and use, particularly in very important and sensitive times. Unfortunately in very important times some…
At the time of the break-up of the Soviet Union and unification of Germany a promise was made at very high levels by representatives of the USA, Germany and others…
by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies Woman at rally supporting peace negotiations between Russia and Ukraine in Berlin, Germany (Photo: Reuters) When European Union leaders met in Brussels…
There should be little doubt about how a lasting peace can be established in Ukraine. In April 2022, Russia and Ukraine were on the verge of signing a peace agreement…
The ongoing Ukraine-Russia War has been among the most tragic conflicts of recent times, in terms of the huge loss of life and other extreme human distress this has caused.…
The whole thing is a fiasco. The theatrical drama in the White House’s Oval Office triggered a series of predictable responses around the world. Outrage at US President Donald Trump…
There is something deeply moving about the ignorance and scatty nature of politicians. At points, it can even be endearing. In the apparently wide wake left by the mauling of…
There was a revolting tabloid quality to the Oval Office reception given to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on February 28, but then again, President Donald Trump is a tabloid brute,…
We are witnessing the very end of the so-called Ruled Based Order, or rather the end of the Non-Rules Based Disorder. The Empire of Chaos and Wars is now facing…
Normally there is a lot of stress in times of war, and even panic when things are going the wrong way. However recently what we have seen is a very…
In his sudden haste to see Ukraine repay the US for the billions of dollars appropriated by Congress to the country in its war against Russian aggression, Donald Trump, aka…
There is history worth remembering as Trump is lauded in certain circles on the so-called “right” and “left” as a peacemaker with Russia over the US/NATO proxy war against Russia…
“The (Ukraine) war is all about money. People don’t talk much about it. But you know, the richest country in all of Europe for rare earth minerals is Ukraine. Two…
Due to a number of circumstances the prospects of ending the Ukraine war very soon appear to have brightened rather suddenly. This moment should be seized. Once lost it may…
by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies As we approach the third anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, a monumental shift is taking place that might just lead…
Now men will go content with what we spoiled.Or, discontent, boil bloody, and be spilled. Wilfred Owen, “Strange Meeting” (1919) There have been politicians who have fancied themselves as poets. …
by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies President-elect Trump said on January 9th that he is planning a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin about the war in Ukraine. He said…
Putin told the media after the talks, “Regardless of the war, our supplies were regular and we paid, and still pay… money for transit.” Actually, Ukraine gets $1 billion annually…
The Russian President Vladimir Putin issued a statement on Thursday regarding the two attacks by Western long-range weapons on Russian territory on November 19 and 21 and Moscow’s reactive strike on a facility…
President Biden has never wavered from approving huge arms shipments to Israel during more than 13 months of mass murder and deliberate starvation of Palestinian civilians in Gaza. Biden’s crucial…
62 years back a truly great President of the USA John Kennedy made a never-to-be-forgotten contribution to saving the world from nuclear war. Today an outgoing US President Joe Biden…
President Joe Biden hardly appears inclined to consider any diplomatic solution to what may be viewed as perhaps the conflicts being in essence only being escalated further by role played…
Storm Shadow missiles supplied by the UK were reported to have been used to target Russian territory for the first time on Wednesday. The strike took place just 24 hours…
Imagine that a presidential candidate and his team work very hard to win an election at least partially on the promise of ending a very dangerous war. They succeed, but…
A year before Yevgeny Prigozhin led his Wagner group of mercenaries in a mutiny against his patron President Putin in June 2023, a book came out in London revealing the …
In an attack piece worthy of a sensational tabloid, the New York Times is training its fire on Tulsi Gabbard, president-elect Trump’s nominee to be Director of National Intelligence. Notably, the…
The authorization by the Biden administration for Ukraine to use US long-range weapons to strike deep inside Russian territory marks a new and dangerous escalation in the US-NATO war against…
The US election results have been widely seen to have improved the prospects for ending the Ukraine war sooner rather than later. Whatever happens ultimately—and we should not exaggerate the…
With less than two months remaining in his term, US President Joe Biden has authorized Ukraine to use US long-range missiles to strike deep inside Russia, crossing a “red line”…
Ukraine’s people have experienced the most extreme distress in recent times, the kind of extreme distress that had not been since the Second World War. What is more, the future…
If a country is entangled in a destructive and messy war what is its leader most likely to say? In most cases the answer would be that the leader would…
Diplomacy of several countries is placed at strange crossroads by continuity of wars in two regions- one is the Israel-Gaza-Lebanon war and the other is Ukraine conflict with Russia. Chances…
Here he goes again, cap in hand, begging for the alms of war. Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy has been touring the United States, continuing his lengthy salesmanship for Ukraine’s ongoing military…
The fact that some of the top Western diplomats and leaders and the overwhelming majority of people of Ukraine had opposed NATO membership should be better known As the Ukraine…
Amid ongoing high-level meetings between NATO leaders and Ukrainian officials at the United Nations over plans to allow Kiev to strike Russian cities with NATO weapons, Russian President Vladimir Putin…
The war in Ukraine has been going on for 2.5 years with no end on sight. Not only that, but we are now close to a nuclear war, according to…
A sprawling, highly fortified Russian arms depot located north of Moscow exploded in a giant fireball Wednesday night, against the backdrop of an escalating media and political campaign demanding that…
In recent days the chances of a direct war between Russia and NATO/USA have increased like never before since the Cuban missile crisis of 1962. This has happened due to…
If anyone wants to identify the most aggressive country during the 21st century so far, then this can be done most easily by finding out which country’s wars have been…
Over the weekend, the military committee of the NATO alliance met to plot the next stage in its war against Russia, with the alliance’s top military policy-maker calling for Ukraine…
The United States and the UK are preparing to announce imminently that they will facilitate Ukraine firing NATO weapons deep into Russian territory, in the greatest escalation of the war…
The United States and United Kingdom will imminently announce a major expansion of Ukrainian strikes deep inside Russia using NATO weapons, the Guardian and Politico reported on Wednesday. The announcement will come just days…
Relitigating these details two years later cannot be dismissed as an exercise in political archeology. More than two years later, the war drags on with no end in sight. Victoria…
Invention is the mother of necessity, and Russia’s response to largely Western-imposed economic and trade sanctions has shown the extent of that inventiveness. While enduring attritive punishment in its Ukraine…
Big powers have often tried to use smaller countries to fight their wars against other countries, particularly against other big powers. The widespread prevalence of such proxy wars is well-recognized.…
The seven-hour visit to Kiev by Prime Minister Narendra Modi last week turned out to be an anti-climactic event. The euphoric build-up by India’s corporate media was unprecedented — perhaps, taking their…
When two brothers are fighting and hurting each other very badly just to advance the ambitions of a third party, what is the best possible advice for them? Clearly it…
Geopolitics is an approach to politics that stresses the features imposed on foreign policy by geographical location, environment, and natural resources. Geopolitics as a discipline contributes to the emphasis on…
Following the visit of India’s Prime Minister to Ukraine, there is ongoing discussion about whether India will be involved more actively in peace efforts, perhaps even in a peace summit.…
In August 1945, the US atom bombed the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Since then, nuclear weapons have never been used in conflict. That may soon change as Ukraine…
The Ukrainian offensive into the Russian border regions of Kursk and Belgorod has prompted open discussion in British ruling circles on giving permission for the Zelensky regime to use long-range…
At a time of very serious and increasing environmental problems calling for increasing international cooperation to resolve them, unfortunately the reverse is happening and there are about 56 ongoing conflicts…
As the Ukrainian incursion into Russia’s Kursk Region rolls on, war conditions have appeared in Russia for the first time since the Second World War. It is a stunning experience…
The news that there is fire in the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in Ukraine has sent ripples in the minds of people around the globe. Even though no radiation leak has…
US, German and EU officials publicly endorsed Ukraine’s ongoing military ground offensive inside Russia’s Kursk region Thursday, as Ukrainian forces appeared to continue to gain ground. On Tuesday, highly-trained Ukrainian…
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