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.
Ukraine
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. […]
Finance
Branko Milanović interview: On global inequality, China’s rise, the war in Ukraine
An exploration of inequality from many angles. Cross-posted from Branko Milanović’s blog (originally published in French in ‘Atlantico’ here). What is your take on the riots that are going on in France at the moment? […]
EU politics
Patrick Maynard: Germany’s Support for Ukraine Faces Doubts on the Home Front
NATO’s Vilnius summit is placing fresh demands on Germany to increase its military aid to Ukraine. Foreign Minister Anne Baerbock speaks stridently of the West’s role in the war — but Germans are increasingly reticent […]
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 […]
EU politics
Medea Benjamin, Marcy Winograd: We Must Stop Biden From Sending Cluster Bombs to Ukraine
For the first time there are some rumblings among Democrats about the latest red-line Biden is crossing on arms to Ukraine. Medea Benjamin is co-founder of Global Exchange and CODEPINK: Women for Peace. She is […]
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 […]