EU politics
Al Jazeera: Turkey’s Erdogan defies pressure over Sweden’s NATO application
Erdogan continues to play hardball even after his election victory. Read the article HERE.
NATO
EU politics
Geoffrey Roberts: Putin’s invasion of Ukraine was a war of choice, not necessity
It’s possible to oppose both Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the western proxy war on Russia Geoffrey Roberts is Emeritus Professor of History at University College Cork and a member of the Royal Irish Academy […]
National Politics
Conor Gallagher: What does Erdogan’s re-election mean for the new cold war?
The Turkish President won the election run-off on Sunday and now the US and EU will have to work out what to do with Nato’s disobedient member. Cross-posted from Other News Turkish President Recep Tayyip […]
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Ashik Siddique: The US Still Spends More on Its Military Than 144 Nations Combined
New data from the Stockholm Peace Research Institute on military spending shows a predictable picture Ashik Siddique is a research analyst for the National Priorities Project, working on analysis of the federal budget and military […]
EU politics
Dominique Soguel: Will exiled Kurds pay the price of Sweden’s NATO entry?
Exiled Kurds in Sweden fear the government may sacrifice them in a grubby deal with Turkey for NATO entry. Dominique Soguel is a Swiss-based freelance journalist currently filing for the Christian Science Monitor. Cross-posted from […]
EU politics
Branko Marcetic: Diplomatic Cables Prove Top U.S. Officials Knew They Were Crossing Russia’s Red Lines on NATO Expansion
A long article but important background to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine that too many want to erase from history Branko Marcetic is Jacobin staff writer and author of ‘Yesterday’s Man: The case against Joe Biden’. […]
EU politics
Lily Lynch: Looking East
Europe lining up squarely behind the United States against China is one of the more important, but less commented upon, fallouts from the Ukraine war Read the article HERE
EU politics
Medya News – View from the Swedish Left: Sarah Glynn talks politics with Daniel Riazat MP
At least there are some Swedish MPs who have not abandoned the Kurds. Listen here.