EU politics
Daniel Davis – The Hard Reality: Ukraine’s Last-Gasp Offensive Has Failed
A former Lieutenant Colonel in the US army explains why Ukraine’s ‘spring offensive’ was a suicide mission. Published in ‘1945’. Read the article HERE.
Russia
EU politics
Kyiv Independent: NATO Official retracts controversial suggestion about Ukraine exchanging territory for NATO membership
If this doesn’t open the dam to a bit more honesty in western media reporting about the reality of the situation in Ukraine and the need to consider diplomatic solutions, what will? Read the article […]
EU politics
Ralph Nader: Develop an Exit Strategy for the Endless War in Ukraine
Whether Ukraine becomes another forever war will to a large extent be dictated by US policy. Ralph Nader is a consumer advocate, lawyer and author of Only the Super-Rich Can Save Us! Cross-posted from Counterpunch […]
EU politics
Stephen Bryen: Saudi Arabia’s Ukraine peace talks agree on nothing
With Ukraine’s counter-offensive going nowhere fast, it may not be long before the cracks in the US-led NATO alliance begin to show. Cross-posted from Other News The Saudi Arabia-sponsored “peace talks” failed to accomplish anything. […]
EU politics
Anatol Lieven: Why the NATO summit in Vilnius matters
The “ironclad” commitment to Ukraine joining Nato makes peace talks with Russia harder. Anatol Lieven is Director of the Eurasia Program at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. He is the author of ‘Pakistan: A […]
Energy
Euronews: Austria imports of Russian gas hit pre-war levels, exceeding aid to Ukraine
Austria is one of four EU countries not in NATO. Read the article HERE.
EU politics
Boris Kagarlitsky: My Peace Plan
Russian leftist outlines a proposal to end the Ukraine war. Boris Kagarlitsky is a historian and sociologist who lives in Moscow. He is a prolific author of books on the history and current politics of […]
Globalisation
US-China relations and the decline of US dominance: Interview with Jeffrey D. Sachs
Sachs talks about Ukraine, de-dollarisation, Taiwan, the Middle East and more in this transcript from an interview with ‘The Creative Process – One Planet podcast / Pearls and Irritations’. Jeffrey D. Sachs, Professor of Sustainable Development and […]
EU politics
No Cold War – Briefing: Europe Needs an Independent Foreign Policy
An entirely sensible proposal to end the militarisation of Europe, stop the continent’s growing dependence on US energy, and oppose the US-led agenda to decouple from China. Read the article HERE.
National Politics
Jeffrey Sommers: Russia, the Wagner Insurrection and the Perils of Overwrought Punditry
Comparisons are being drawn between Russia’s internal conflict in WW1 and the present situation – the crisis was far more severe then than now Jeffrey Sommers is Professor of Political Economy & Public Policy in […]