Geopolitics
The Kyiv Independent – Suspect detained in Trump assassination attempt claimed to support Ukraine
Ryan Wesley Routh had attended demonstrations in Ukraine of the far-right Azov military brigade. Read the article HERE.
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Mark Curtis – ‘Let’s just fight’: How Britain prefers war over peace in Ukraine
“Boris Johnson avoided promoting a compromise peace in Ukraine after Russia invaded. Now, Labour continues to help prolong the conflict to secure British interests.” In ‘Declassified UK’. Read the article HERE.
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Anatol Lieven – When Oh When—and How—Will the War in Ukraine End?
Kursk hasn’t helped Ukraine’s cause but it’s still possible to negotiate a peace deal which would leave Putin with less than he aimed for at the start of the war. Anatol Lieven is a Professor […]
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Euronews – German Chancellor says any future Ukraine peace conference must include Russia
If Olaf Scholz is saying it, then it won’t be long before all EU governments decide that it’s time to give peace a chance. Read the article HERE.
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Mahir Ali – Ukraine, Russia and the West
There are no clean hands in the Ukraine war. Mahir Ali has worked as a journalist in Pakistan, the UAE and Australia across four decades. Cross-posted from Pearls & Irritations It would be fairly uncontroversial […]
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Thomas Palley – Ukraine’s Hiroshima moment is drawing closer
What if Russia nuked Ukraine using the same logic as when the United States nuked Hiroshima and Nagasaki? Thomas Palley is an American economist who has served as the chief economist for the United States-China […]
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Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies – The DNC Fiddles While the World Burns
The United States is on the verge of fighting a war with Iran and/or Russia, conflicts that could easily spiral into WWIII, but you wouldn’t know it from the Democratic Party’s National Convention. Medea Benjamin […]
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Al Jazeera – Germany seeks arrest of Ukrainian diver for Nord Stream sabotage
It seems convenient that Poland were unable to detain the Ukrainian diver who has already fled into Ukraine, probably never to be found, but the truth will out sooner or later. Read the article HERE.
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Anatol Lieven – What a platypus can teach Europe about Ukraine
European elites refuse to accept the inevitable on Ukraine. At least, not until Washington decides to reverse course. Anatol Lieven is Director of the Eurasia Program at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. He was […]
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John Mearsheimer – Who caused the Ukraine war?
A question that won’t go away. Posted on John Mearsheimer’s Substack. Read the article HERE.