The Republican House speaker, Mike Johnson, has brought a glimmer of hope to supporters of the Ukrainian war effort. He suggested to Fox News on March 31 that he would try to rally his divided party behind the so-called REPO Act. That piece of legislation would allow President Biden, working with European allies, to seize Russian currency reserves frozen in the West and use them to aid Ukraine.

The new data, given to Sen. Vance and other conservatives in Congress, reveals previous OMB valuations of Ukraine aid were at least $14 billion short.

A new YouGov survey asked Americans about the possibility of another world war, the role that other countries might play, the roles they themselves might play, and how the U.S. should respond to hypothetical nuclear attacks abroad and at home. The majority of Americans believe that another world war is at least somewhat likely to happen in the next five to 10 years, but most don’t think they would volunteer to serve in military roles or non-combatant roles if the U.S. were to be involved.

This is a reprint of a letter to the editor written by an New Kontinent reader and published in a local American newspaper almost ten years ago.

For decades, liberals have been shilling for the US war-state and collaborated with the worst neocons in the name of a self-righteous value discourse. In this tragedy, the media-industrial-think-tank-complex has been playing a crucial role.

At a recent seminar sponsored by the two primary Washington think tanks, one American and another European, the subject of the war in Ukraine was discussed, as was how two upcoming significant elections in the European Parliament in June and the U.S. President in November might affect Western support for Ukraine and thus the course of the war.

In the second part of the interview we discuss the the changes in the military situation, which apparently are leading to a change in the western narrative about Russian capabilities.

An interview with Dr. Pascal Lottaz (Tokyo University, Japan) for Neutrality Studies, March 18, 2024

The Institute for Peace & Diplomacy hosted a panel webinar titled ‘After Nuland: A Turning Point for U.S. Involvement in Ukraine?‘ on March 29, 2024.

At a recent seminar sponsored by the two primary Washington think tanks, one American and another European, the subject of the war in Ukraine was discussed, as was how two upcoming significant elections in the European Parliament in June and the U.S. President in November might affect Western support for Ukraine and thus the course of the war.