In which America continues to pointlessly escalate a hopeless catastrophe for poor Ukraine; and joins Russia in flirting with the end of civilization itself.

Today we mark the 75th anniversary of NATO. In March, we convened a panel of experts, graciously hosted by the popular YouTube channel Neutrality Studies, featuring John Mearsheimer, Jack Matlock, and Anatol Lieven. It was moderated by Pascal Lottaz, with an introduction by ACURA president Katrina vanden Heuvel.

The CIA head’s vision for the future of America’s ongoing confrontation with Russia is depressingly shortsighted

A new proposal in Foreign Affairs offers us just more of the same failed policies towards Russia.

Whatever is wrong with U.S. foreign policy, it isn’t going to be fixed by giving more funds to the Pentagon and killing “crows.”

Out of the throng of dark-suited and (yes, still) somewhat grim-faced Soviet officials in the lobby of the Madison Hotel yesterday morning there suddenly emerged a smiling, peppy Yuri A. Ossipyan, member of Mikhail Gorbachev’s inner circle and his top science adviser. With outstretched hand, Ossipyan greeted Edward D. Lozansky, the physicist emigre living in Washington who made national headlines in 1982 with the success of his six-year effort to force Soviet authorities to allow his wife, Tatiana, to join him here.

Cowardice asks – is it safe? Prudence asks – is it wise? Vanity asks – is it popular? But conscience asks – is it right? And there comes a time when one must take a stand… — Martin Luther King

Ukraine’s humiliation and Gaza’s shame accelerating estrangement of West and the rest at a crucial turning point in global power relations

The CIA is working overtime to push the lie that they warned the Russians about the 22 March terrorist attack and the Russians ignored that warning. Simply not true. As I noted in my previous article, the USG warning issued on March 7 only specified 48 hours. I have no idea when that “clock” started but let’s assume it was Friday the 7th and ended on Sunday the 9th. Since the “predicted” action did not take place there are at least two possible explanations — 1) the intel was bogus or 2) the stepped up Russian security at the Crocus City Hall on March 8 thwarted the attack.

Russian claims of direct Ukrainian-US complicity lack evidence. Yet the role of Washington’s proxy wars in Ukraine and Syria cannot be overlooked.