Undoing 40 years of U.S. Neo-Containment policy and building global diplomacy for sustainable peace

The great flaw in ex-president Barack Obama’s record was his policy towards Russia. Going against everything he had said and written about before he became president, one action after another antagonised the Russians- his early proclamation that he wanted Georgia and Ukraine in Nato, his de facto coalition of convenience for a crucial couple of days with the anti-democratic, anti-Russian, neo-fascist, demonstrators in Ukraine, the further expansion of Nato, despite an earlier promise not to, made by President H.W. Bush, to the Soviet president, Mikhail Gorbachev, and his inability to cooperate with the Russians and Iranians over Syria.

The whole world anxiously awaits the meeting between Trump and Putin, which will determine peace in Ukraine, Europe and the world as a whole.

There may be a battle looming, not just between the Trump administration and Ukraine over the conscription of men between the ages of 18 and 25, but also within the Trump administration.

“The Hard Way” — Special Envoy Keith Kellogg’s proposed oil-price manipulations targeting Russia would actually devastate U.S. oil production and the U.S. economy.

As Donald Trump says he wants to end the war in Ukraine, Edward Lozansky recommends some background reading on the roots of the conflict.

While the US president cannot end the Ukraine war on terms that will satisfy Putin, some believe Washington’s willingness to upend international norms will help Moscow

DAVOS, Switzerland — President Trump told the World Economic Forum that he wants to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin soon in order to discuss a possible peace agreement to end the war in Ukraine.

I am stealing the title of Alastair Crooke’s recent post on Trump and Russia because that was the starting point of my interview with him this week. It is now up on Counter Currents and is embedded in this piece.

Goods and services can be sanctioned, or they can receive a tariff, but it makes no sense to do both in succession. While Donald Trump is liberal with threats of tariffs, there are fresh reports that the US is planning further sanctions on Russia unless it comes to the negotiating table. The Kremlin has dismissed this as “nothing new”.