Foreign Policy

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The Guns of August

“World Wars begin in Europe in August, when the harvest is being gathered and the granaries are full.”

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The CIA Director Should Not be Part of the Policy Process

Presidents typically announce controversial personnel and policy decisions on a Friday to ensure that the Saturday papers, which are not widely read, are charged with informing the general public. This was the case this past Friday, when President Joe Biden appointed CIA director William Burns to the Cabinet. President Harry S. Truman, who created the CIA in 1947, favored the depoliticization of the agency and its directors, which is why he initially chose professional military officers to be the director of central intelligence. No CIA director was appointed to the cabinet until the Reagan administration several decades later.

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Putin’s pivot to Africa reaps geopolitical dividends, thwarts NATO’s ambitions

The West is losing influence in Africa as more countries gravitate towards Moscow, which offers mutual respect and development. NATO’s claim that Russia is “isolated” now rings hollow.

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Dmitry Trenin: Russia is making its biggest geopolitical shift for 300 years. Here’s how it’s playing out.

The choice of St. Petersburg to host last weeks Russia-Africa summit was no accident. It was a symbolic move.

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Ukraine’s Illiberalism, and Ours

The incoherent nattering about religious liberty in Ukraine shows that “liberal values” are beside the point.

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Standing at the Pinnacle of Russian Science: Vladimir Vernadsky at 160

March 12, 2023 is the 160th anniversary of the birth of the great Russian-Ukrainian scientist, Vladimir Ivanovich Vernadsky.

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‘Why are we tempting nuclear annihilation?’ Watch Max Blumenthal address UN Security Council

The Grayzone’s Max Blumenthal addressed the UN Security Council on the role of US military aid to Ukraine in escalating the conflict with Russia and the real motives behind Washington’s support for Kiev’s proxy war.

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Battle for Africa

Presently we see many battles on this planet, including military, economic, ideological, climate, hunger, etc. Add to this “Battle for Africa”, the continent of 54 states that is getting more and more influential on the world stage, and where East-West competition is heating up.

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Takeover of Ukraine’s agricultural land

The war in Ukraine has been at the center stage of foreign policy and media reports since February 2022. Little attention, however, has been given to a major issue, which is at the core of the conflict – who controls the agricultural land in the country known as the “breadbasket of Europe?”

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Col. Douglas Macgregor: NATO is an Appendage of Globalist Foreign Policy

Col. Douglas Macgregor discusses the threat of globalism and how NATO has become instrumentalized to work as an appendage of globalist foreign policy run out of Washington and London. He provides his view on the current state of the war in Ukraine, how America is staring at armageddon financially, and multipolarity.