Geopolitics
NBC News: U.S., European officials broach topic of peace negotiations with Ukraine, sources say
The conversations have included very broad outlines of what Ukraine might need to give up to reach a deal with Russia. Read HERE
Geopolitics
Geopolitics
Richard Falk – Amid Genocidal Fury in Gaza, Israel’s Zionist Ambitions Unleashed in the Occupied West Bank
This ongoing war is not primarily about security in Gaza or security threats posed by Hamas, but rather about something much more sinister and absurdly cynical. Richard Falk is an international law and international relations […]
Geopolitics
C. J. Polychroniou – Israel’s Current Government Cannot Envisage Peace
A dangerous new phase in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is currently under way. Following Hamas’s vicious October 7 attacks inside Israeli territory, the Netanyahu government vowed to destroy the militant group and ordered a “complete siege” […]
Climate Crisis
Robin McAlpine – A way to skip the world war ahead
Confronted with a climate and geopolitical disaster what now? Robin McAlpine is founder of the Scottish think-and-do tank Common Weal Cross-posted from Commom Weal Elsewhere I have described what is happening in Israel/Palestine as an […]
Geopolitics
John Mearsheimer – Israel-Gaza, US Support for Ukraine, & the Role of “America First” Foreign Policy
“The Israelis are in a no win situation”. This interview is a week old. Watch HERE (Starts at 5:15)
Geopolitics
Michael von der Schulenburg, Hajo Funke, Harald Kujat – Frieden für Ukraine
Das folgenschwere Scheitern der ukrainisch-russischen Friedensverhandlungen im März/April 2022 Michael von der Schulenburg, ehemaliger UN Assistant Secretary General, war über 34 Jahre lang für die Vereinten Nationen und kurz für die OSZE in vielen Ländern […]
Geopolitics
Statement by Ireland’s President Michael Higgins on ongoing violence in the Middle East
“The ongoing horrific loss of civilian life in Gaza and Israel has to be addressed. It should concern us all. Violence by non-State as well as State actors must be described for what it is […]
Geopolitics
Jeffrey Sachs – Israel’s Chance to Turn Carnage into Peace
Israel is running out of time to save itself — not from Hamas, which lacks the means to defeat Israel militarily, but from itself. Jeffrey Sachs is Professor at Columbia University, is Director of the […]
EU politics
Tarik Cyril Amar – The New German Ideology: The Rise of the Master Values
Not a master race this time, true. Just a master “value” society. Tarik Cyril Amar (@TarikCyrilAmar) is a historian from Germany, currently at Koç University, Istanbul, expert on Ukraine, Russia, and Europe, and the author […]
Geopolitics
Craig Mokhiber – “A Textbook Case of Genocide”
The resignation letter of Craig Mokhiber, Director of the New York Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights We have begun our Fundraiser for 2024 If not you and us, who then? We […]