Seventeen months ago the US State Department officially declared the US will “NEVER” recognize Crimea as part of Russia. Three months ago Ukrainian President Zelensky vowed to “take back” Crimea. Is this possible?

In late March, the United Nations issued a new report on war crimes being committed by both Russian and Ukrainian forces. The document provides a shocking litany of brutal behavior on the part of both militaries, although the investigators concluded that Russian units have committed the majority of offenses. Given the extent of Western pressure and the UN’s own biases, it is hard to determine the accuracy of that conclusion. However, the evidence cited of Ukrainian abuses is far from trivial.

On the occasion of the first anniversary of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine on February 24, and in view of the daily growing numbers of death, pain and destruction, historian Prof. Dr. Peter Brandt, son of German Chancellor Willy Brandt, the creator of Ostpolitik, together with Reiner Hoffmann (former chairman of the German Trade Union Confederation ), Michael Müller (Federal Chairman of Naturefriends) and Reiner Braun (International Peace Bureau) took the initiative to formulate an appeal to Chancellor Scholz, to apply the successes and lessons learned from the European policy of détente, to join together with France in order to stop the war and “to win Brazil, China, India and Indonesia in particular for mediation in order to quickly achieve a ceasefire. This would be a necessary step to stop the killing and explore peace possibilities.”

Here’s how the war could play out in the 2024 presidential campaign.

Before the participants stumble into nuclear conflict, Russia & the US should work out nuclear-arms agreements

From producing reports and analysis for U.S. policy-makers, to enlisting representatives to write op-eds in corporate media, to providing talking heads for corporate media to interview and give quotes, think tanks play a fundamental role in shaping both U.S. foreign policy and public perception around that foreign policy. Leaders at top think tanks like the Atlantic Council and Hudson Institute have even been called upon to set focus priorities for the House Intelligence Committee. However, one look at the funding sources of the most influential think tanks reveals whose interests they really serve: that of the U.S. military and its defense contractors.

A true story censored by the media bubble

People who would not be allowed anywhere near the battlefield in a U.S.-led war are active on the Ukrainian front, with ready access to American weapons.

Professor Francis Boyle returns discussing US involvement in gain of function research and bioweapons in Wuhan and Ukraine. We discussed the reckless provocations against Russia and China that have humanity on the brink of annihilation. Francis thinks China’s 12 Point Peace Plan is a good starting place for negotiations, but the US rejected them out of hand. He also explained why he drafted articles of impeachment against Joe Biden for his war crimes and violation of Congressional approval for making war.

The geopolitical logic of confrontation has no prospects