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Putin Says the West Is Taking Russia’s ‘Red Lines’ Too Lightly
Putin Says the West Is Taking Russia’s ‘Red Lines’ Too Lightly The Russian leader says relations with US are ‘unsatisfactory’ and is open to more talks On Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Western powers are taking Moscow’s “red lines” too lightly. “We’re constantly voicing our concerns about this, talking about red lines, but we understand […]
NATO Sliding Towards War Against Russia in Ukraine
NATO Sliding Towards War Against Russia in Ukraine As far as Ukraine goes, Ankara seems to be setting the pace for NATO’s deepening involvement in the country’s war. Russia is investigating reports of Turkish attack drones being deployed for the first time in Ukraine’s eight-year civil war. The Ukrainian Armed Forces (UAF) under the command […]
There is No Getting off Europe’s Elevator to Hell
There is No Getting off Europe’s Elevator to Hell The European Union has been, in the immortal words of Private Hudson from Aliens, “… on an express elevator to hell, going down,” for a long time now. From the day of then ECB President Mario Draghi’s “We will do whatever it takes” speech in July 2012 to […]
The Hidden Costs of Solar Photovoltaic Power
The Hidden Costs of Solar Photovoltaic Power Introduction Despite many optimistic predictions, solar photovoltaic (solar PV) power still represents only a small fraction of the global electricity supply as of 2020. More than two decades of nearexponential growth and investment in solar PV development have taken place, yet the amount of fossil fuels being burned […]
The Great Game moves on
The Great Game moves on Following America’s withdrawal from Afghanistan, her focus has switched to the Pacific with the establishment of a joint Australian and UK naval partnership. The founder of modern geopolitical theory, Halford Mackinder, had something to say about this in his last paper, written for the Council on Foreign Relations in 1943. […]
Black Sea Turning Into “Zone of Dangerous Military Confrontation”: Russian Foreign Ministry
BLACK SEA TURNING INTO “ZONE OF DANGEROUS MILITARY CONFRONTATION”: RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY The Black Sea is turning into a zone of dangerous military confrontation, Yuri Pilipson, director of the Fourth European Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry, said in an interview with RIA Novosti. This was the diplomat’s answer to a question of how NATO […]
Defund the Canadian Military
Defund the Canadian Military Progressives should be pushing to defund or abolish the Canadian military. But, first we need to stop bolstering its capacity to kill in US and NATO lead wars. Wednesday the Canadian Foreign Policy Institute and Canadian Voice of Women for Peace released a public letter opposing Canada’s plan “to spend tens […]
Craig Murray: The Decline of Western Power
Craig Murray: The Decline of Western Power The really interesting thing about the G7 summit is that it wasn’t interesting. Nobody expected it to change the world, and it won’t. U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson and other leaders of the G7 watch the Red Arrows fly over in Carbis Bay, June 12. (Simon Dawson, No […]
HMS Defender Versus The Russian Military: The Danger of Believing Your Own Propaganda
HMS Defender Versus The Russian Military: The Danger of Believing Your Own Propaganda Less than two weeks after NATO members reaffirmed allegiance to Article 5 – that an attack on one member was an attack on all members – the UK nearly put that pledge to the test. In a shockingly provocative move, the UK’s […]
Russia Voices Concern Over Increased US and NATO Military Activity in Arctic
Russia Voices Concern Over Increased US and NATO Military Activity in Arctic Russia’s FM called for military meetings between Arctic states On Thursday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov voiced concern over the uptick in US and NATO military activity in the Arctic. The comments were made in a speech at a meeting of the Arctic Council […]
Worse Than the Dreyfuss Affair: the Persecution of Julian Assange
Worse Than the Dreyfuss Affair: the Persecution of Julian Assange It may appear unnecessary to repeat the truism that democracy depends on transparency and accountability, and yet, how often has the democratic order been betrayed by our leaders in the recent past? How often have the media abandoned their watchdog function, how often have they […]
Warheads
Warheads Mark Chagall I and the village 1911Joe Biden declares a “national emergency”, calls Putin a killer, slaps more sanctions on Russia, for which he has his Foreign Secretary Antony Blinken declare that “Today, we announced actions to hold the Russian Government to account for the SolarWinds intrusion, reports of bounties on U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan, and attempts […]
Germany’s Political Crisis and the Future of Nord Stream 2
GERMANY’S POLITICAL CRISIS AND THE FUTURE OF NORD STREAM 2 In a Blinken of an Eye The Biden Administration entered the White House accompanied by hopes that it would return to some kind of normal in its relations with the European Union. While Biden, unlike Obama, would not score a Nobel Peace Prize solely for […]
