Foreign Policy

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The real ‘malign influence’?

How America helped destroy democracy & turn Ukraine’s Maidan dream into a nightmare for its people By Glenn Diesen via The arrest of Viktor Medvedchuk, the leader of Kiev’s largest opposition party, shows US interference in Ukraine is all about […]

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Want a Green Future? Let Nord Stream Go.

Sanctions would undermine climate diplomacy. By Stephen G. Gross via In March, the Biden administration announced it was considering sanctions on companies involved in the construction of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline—even mulling a special diplomatic envoy to navigate the […]

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It doesn’t matter if it isn’t true: No matter how many times it’s debunked, Western anti-Russian propaganda is immune to facts

By Glenn Diesel via For most people, propaganda has simply come to mean deception and lies. However, throughout history, the dark arts of media manipulation have long been known to be a far more powerful tool than falsehoods and dishonesty […]

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ACURA Viewpoint: Parsing Putin’s Red Lines

by Lyle J. Goldstein of the Naval War College via Many observers of President Vladimir Putin’s 2021 “State of the Nation” speech have focused on his statements with regards to “red lines,” since he let it be known that Russia’s […]

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Uncharted Waters

By Israel Shamir viaThe US has been fighting two wars: with Ukraine against Russia, and with Russia against Climate. Both are very costly, both bring no profit to Americans, both are entirely unnecessary, but both are essential for the Biden […]

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How to avoid WWIII

By Edward Lozansky via When President Biden called Russian President Vladimir Putin and invited him for a summit, I felt a relief almost like back in 1962 when I heard on the news that John Kennedy and Nikita Khrushchev had made a deal to resolve the Cuban missile […]

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The Real Lessons of the Cuban Missile Crisis

Newly uncovered Soviet sources show that the 1962 confrontation could easily have spiralled into nuclear war—a useful warning as we face a new arms race today By Serhii Plokhy viaThe world is at the start of a new, undeclared nuclear […]

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How Russia ‘Weaponized’ 111 Times

via Last night Bryan MacDonald, an Irish journalist currently working for RT, picked up on a theme we previously noted here.Bryan MacDonald @27khv – 19:21 UTC · Apr 4, 2021 With the US/UK press in full Russia hysteria mode, right now, it’s time […]

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Russia Optimistic About Rising Demand As OPEC+ Agrees To Increase Oil Output

April 2, 2021 viaThe OPEC+ group of oil producing countries, led by Saudi Arabia and Russia, has agreed to increase oil output gradually over the next months.Signaling expectations of rising post-pandemic demand for oil, ministers noted in an April 1 […]

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Moscow ready for joint work with Washington on int’l stability issues, not looking for confrontation – Lavrov

viaRussia is not looking for confrontation with the United States, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.“We’re not looking for any sort of confrontation. President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin has said on multiple occasions, including after the regretful […]