Russia’s third quarter growth hits 5.5%, outpacing estimates. Recovery shows limits of sanctions to punish Moscow over war

Avoiding repetition of the errors that marred US policy in the recent past will require more than money

Now in the twilight of his life, Bill Clinton remains a towering figure in modern American politics and an elder statesman who commands respect in certain political and intellectual circles despite all the baggage that he brings forth.

It should take a long time before America can again strut the world stage and lecture us all about the values of democracy and human rights, poking its finger in the eye of every authoritarian or dictatorial government it has the desire to show up. A former president, no less, has used every occasion to tell the world that the election of 2020 was illegally hijacked. I’m sure Israel prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, has such doubting thoughts, even if he keeps them to himself.

The Israeli government allows its settler movement to go on and on claiming more of the West Bank. Is there nothing that can be done? The might of America, combined with the influence of the European Union and the Arab world, have not been able to halt the territorial growth of Israel.

For more than 30 years, Washington has failed to build a just order, which is why we are now experiencing unprecedented crises

In August 2022, Ukrainian security service (SBU) operatives hid explosives in a crate intended for a cat in a car driven by a woman and her twelve year old daughter. After the car passed through the Russian border, the SBU planted the bomb in the SUV of Russian journalist Darya Dugina, the daughter of well known philosopher Alexander Dugin, who was tragically killed.[1]

The harrowing 44-minute montage of HAMAS atrocities has been shown at the UN and many world capitals.

It is worth keeping an eye upon Daugavpils and its somewhat feisty mayor

The next act in the sad trilogy of global wars will be a scattered but long conflict