An interview with Nima R. Alkhorshid (Federal University of Itajuba, Brazil) for Dialogue Works, January 25, 2024.

An Internet search shows journalist Sidney Blumenthal and historian James Chace as the first to coin the term “indispensable nation,” which is appropriate for describing the United States. This happened in 1996 during Bill Clinton’s presidency and Madeleine Albright’s term as Secretary of State.

The sabotage in the Baltic Sea was the result of a long-standing US policy of driving a wedge between Russia and Western Europe

Grabbing Russian wealth would set a dangerous precedent and, worse, prolong the war in Ukraine.

Old adversaries, when they meet again, Are as familiar as two old friends… Wide Mouth Mason, from “Sugarcane”.

In a blow to Ukraine, the World Court ruled Russia didn’t finance terrorism in Donbass and the court refused to blame Moscow for the downing of Flight MH17.

According to a Pew survey, “Americans have a gloomy view of the nation’s future and look more positively at the past.” The overwhelming majority are dissatisfied with the situation in the country. And evaluating the near future, they see a country that will be in even more difficult conditions than today.

US President Joe Biden, advised by National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and – at least theoretically – by Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin last week authorized air and missile strikes against 86 targets associated with Iran in Iraq and Syria. 86 targets are a lot.

On December 24, 1989, Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Ivan Aboimov informed me on behalf of the Soviet government, ‘We have given the Brezhnev Doctrine to you with our compliments. Consider it a Christmas gift.”

A revealing discussion about the connection between neutral states and various forms of propaganda.