In view of the upcoming summit in Washington between President Biden and Ukrainian President Zelensky, it is important to analyze the U.S. geopolitical strategy toward that country and see if it serves the best interests of the American people — […]

When the seven-year war in Ukraine began, it was primarily an interregional conflict. By choosing sides at its outset, however, Russia and the West have made it international. With the domestic and international aspects of this conflict now so thoroughly […]

By Scott Ritter viaNATO and Ukraine have carried out joint naval exercises for 24 years, but the current drill comes at a time when NATO expansion and Russian pushback looks like it might escalate.The question is: do some elements within […]

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 […]