German-French plan for talks with Putin shot down mainly by Eastern European members allied with the US By K Bhadrakumar viaA thoughtful, farsighted proposal by German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron calling for a resumption of the […]

By Peter Hitchens viaPeople often accuse me of being a ‘Populist’ because some of the things I say are popular. Well, today I am going to be an Unpopulist. I think the Royal Navy’s antics in the Black Sea last […]

By Paul Robinson viaIt’s said that, when asked why he had escalated America’s military campaign in Vietnam, US president Lyndon Johnson pulled down his trousers, whipped out his male member, and said “That’s why!’I have no idea if this is […]

By Edward Lozansky viaThere were many voices in U.S. political circles and the media that this summit is a huge mistake because it will allow President Putin to appear on the world stage as an equal partner of the U.S. […]

By Craig Murray viaThe pre-positioning of the BBC correspondent on HMS Defender shatters the pretence that the BBC is something different to a state propaganda broadcaster. It also makes plain that this propaganda exercise to provoke the Russian military was […]

Details are still unclear but the episode highlights the danger in using warships to make diplomatic or legalistic points.By Anatol Lieven via “Believe me, my young friend, there is nothing —absolutely nothing — half so much worth doing as simply […]

By Paul Robinson via In a new article for RT, I discuss the adventures of the British warship HMS Defender off the coast of Crimea. In essence, I argue that while the British action was probably in accordance with the […]

By Pascal Najadi via Soon, Mr. Biden, our country will be hosting your meeting with President Putin of Russia. Geneva is an excellent venue for it. We are a neutral country and take much pride in that. Both important guests […]

No one ever asks: Mr Expert, you’ve been wrong for twenty years, why should anybody take you seriously now? By Patrick Armstrong via One of the favourite delusions of the people Scott Ritter calls the “Putin whisperers” is that Russia […]

viaA TV documentary of the bomb threat against a Ryanair plan (vid) has confirmed our analysis of a false narrative which had been constructed by Belorussian regime change activists.They had alleged that on May 23 a Ryanair plane had been […]