Dr. Anatol Lieven of The Quincy Institute and ACURA, talks with Professor Glenn Diesen on the latest developments in the Ukraine War.

Boris Johnson finally says out loud what many already knew about the Minsk agreement

Will Russia go from adversary to business partner?

It doesn’t really pay for a liberal to see through propaganda because you either alienate yourself from all your liberal friends who are wallowing in it, or you sit in crushing silence out of fear of being ostracized.

For the record, it was the U.S., starting with Clinton and continuing through Biden, that provoked the Ukrainian tragedy through NATO eastern expansion, the bloodiest military conflict after WWII that could escalate into nuclear WWIII.

The Trump Admin is sounding very optimistic about an end to the war in Ukraine, with Middle East Envoy Steve Witkoff claiming there’s a “relatively short distance to a full ceasefire” ahead of plans for US-Russia talks in Saudi Arabia on Monday.

The whole damn thing penetrated and perverted the western politics for the last eleven years, counting from 2014 Crimea.

Tuesday, 18 March, is being presented in many quarters as a setback, if not a disaster,, for Donald Trump’s swashbuckling brand of diplomacy. It could be argued that he had made a promising start, reviving the Israel-Hamas ceasefire, persuading President Zelenskiy to sign up to an unconditional ceasefire in Ukraine, and cajoling Russia’s President Putin to do the same.

The much anticipated phone conversation between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin took place on Tuesday, as expected. There was quite a bit of propaganda flack flying about prior to the call… for example, the Ukrainians told the NY Times that Trump was going to concede Russia’s right to control Odessa. It was also rumored that Putin might relinquish control of the Zaporhyzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP). That didn’t happen.

Seven things for Zelensky to keep in mind as cease-fire negotiations start.