ACURA president Katrina vanden Heuvel (of The Nation magazine) talks about the election results and what’s next in US foreign policy.

Trump has expressed misgivings about continuing to support Ukraine in its war with Russia. Ukrainian officials recognize they need to win him over.

The majority of the world does not want or accept U.S. hegemony and is prepared to face it down rather than submit to its dictates, writes Jeffrey D. Sachs.

It’s a pity when a 760-page history of the Russian leadership’s thinking during the Cold War period, 1945 to 2022, earns consignment to the waste bin within the first nineteen pages, and in just three sentences. This ratio of toxicity to prolixity – 1 to 40 — is exceptional, although the price asked for it by the publisher, Cambridge University Press — £30, $34.95 — isn’t so exorbitant as to exclude using the book as a doorstopper.

Robert Amsterdam has practised international human rights law for over 40 years. Since 2003, He has served as legal counsel to figures from Russia’s political opposition and he was recipient of The American Lawyer’s Global Pro Bono Dispute of the Year award in 2013.

MOSCOW, Nov 6 (Reuters) – The Kremlin reacted cautiously on Wednesday after Donald Trump was elected U.S. president, saying the U.S. was still a hostile state and that only time would tell if Trump’s rhetoric on ending the Ukraine war translated into reality.

Experts: Kyiv is losing no matter who takes the White House. The question is, who will end it before time runs out?

Less Reliance on America Would Yield a Stronger Alliance and a Safer Europe

Below is a link to a recent online conference sponsored by East-West Connections, a Minnesota-based not-for-profit dedicated to fostering citizen diplomacy, understanding and connections between people of the United States, Russia and the independent states of the former Soviet Union.

There is a one in 14 million chance we can save ourselves—if Ironman and Dr. Strange can be believed. It all comes down to who we vote for today.