Kiev’s democratic image is thoroughly tarnished, and no amount of polish that Ukraine’s passionate lobbyists in the West try to apply can alter that reality. by Ted Galen Carpenter via The Atlantic Council, the de facto headquarters of the pro-Ukraine […]

As their summit approaches, some serious thoughts on how Biden and Putin can pursue a negotiated peace in a fractured land. By Anatol LievenviaAt the summit between presidents Biden and Putin in Moscow, the conflict in the Donbas region of […]

viaThe US and EU governments are accusing Belarus of “state terrorism” for forcing a RyanAir flight containing Roman Protasevich, an anti-Lukashenko activist, to make an emergency landing after a bomb hoax.He participated in the Euromaidan, although other reports that he […]

By William Smith via Russia is massing tanks and troops on the Ukrainian border. Inevitably, we are about to hear many ‘Putin is Hitler’ media stories. What will go unsaid is that the seven-year crisis in the Ukraine was largely […]

President Biden can bring stability to U.S.-Russian relations if he doesn’t make the usual mistakes By Douglas Macgregor via The trouble with leading a great power is that, from time to time, the president is obliged to act like the […]

viaSome two months ago we discussed how the U.S. focus on narratives will let it collide with reality. It is certainly not only the U.S. government that creates narratives, comes to believe in them, and then fails when it is […]

by Ray McGovern viaRussian President Vladimir Putin’s stern warning earlier today not to cross what he called Russia’s “red line” needs to be taken seriously. The more so, as Russia builds up its military capability to respond to any provocations […]

viaYesterday CNN said that the US is considering sending warships to the Black Sea amid Russia-Ukraine tensions. That the U.S. is ‘considering’ this is however disinformation:“The United States has notified Turkey that it intends to deploy two warships to the […]

By Glenn Diesen viaThe military build-up in Ukraine is creating the possibility for a major war. However, conflict remains unlikely for the simple reason that it is not in the self-interest of any protagonist. Nevertheless, that may not be enough.All […]

viaThe indulgence and interference in Ukraine by the Americans and their NATO allies has been criminally reckless and is leading to a slow, agonizing scorched-earth conflict. The arsonists need to leave. Or Russia will have to act.Before entering politics to […]