Geopolitics
Politico – Scholz campaigns on refusal to send long-range missiles to Ukraine
An indication of how the political winds are changing: politician in Germany campaigning on NOT sending weapons for Ukraine. Read the article HERE.
Ukraine
Geopolitics
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.
EU politics
Indrabati Lahiri – European defence companies cash in as military budgets increase
It’s boom time for the merchants of death. In ‘Euronews’. Read the article HERE.
Geopolitics
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.
Geopolitics
Craig Murray – We are the Bad Guys
We resist our own governing systems, or we are complicit. Craig Murray is a British former diplomat, political activist, human rights campaigner, blogger, and whistleblower. Cross-posted from Craig Murray’s blog In Murder in Samarkand I describe how […]
Geopolitics
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 […]
Corruption
Veronika Melkozerova – Ukrainian authorities face accusations of using the draft as a political weapon
‘Journalists, watchdogs and people involved with NGOs working on issues critical of the government are also warning that the administration (or senior officials) is using the power to conscript people to silence them.’ In Politico. […]
Geopolitics
Ian Proud – The ticking time bomb of Ukrainian debt (that the West will have to pay)
Ukraine is rapidly accumulating a debt that it will never be able to afford to pay off. Ian Proud was a member of HM Diplomatic Service from 1999 to 2023. From July 2014 to 2019 […]
Geopolitics
Jeffrey D. Sachs – Why Won’t the US Help Negotiate a Peaceful End to the War in Ukraine?
The quicker the neocon fantasy of defeating Russia and getting Ukraine in NATO is binned, the quicker negotiations with Russia can take place on the terms of peace and this awful war can be brought […]
Geopolitics
Ian Proud – Zelensky’s peace formula is dead: My takeaways from the Swiss summit
The Swiss Summit was not designed to end the Ukraine war. Ian Proud was a member of HM Diplomatic Service from 1999 to 2023. From July 2014 to 2019 he was posted to the British […]