Paul Craig Roberts, March 06, 2023 As I have explained correctly in a number of articles, there was NO RUSSIAN INVASION OF UKRAINE.  It was, as Putin said, an operation limited to ejecting Ukrainian and neo-Nazi forces out of Donbass, historically, like Crimea, a part of Russia herself and populated with ethnic Russians.  These historically Russian territories […]

Twaalf politieke partijen hebben een steunverklaring aan Oekraïne opgesteld. “Wij zullen zij-aan-zij met de Oekraïners blijven staan. Politiek, economisch en militair. Nu, en voor zo lang als nodig,” schrijven Volt, Partij voor de Dieren, GroenLinks, ChristenUnie, SP, CDA, JA21, Denk, PvdA, SGP, D66 en VVD. Debat over de Nederlandse steun aan Oekraïne, dinsdag 21 februari […]

Strategic Culture Foundation, February 24, 2023 Most people realize that the United States and its capitalist impoverishing-war-system must be defeated if the world is to ever live in peace. The war in Ukraine is now entering its second year, having reached its first anniversary this week. On February 24 last year, Russian forces entered Ukrainian […]

Dmitry Trenin, RT, February 24, 2023. Dmitry Trenin is a research professor at the Higher School of Economics and a lead research fellow at the Institute of World Economy and International Relations. He is also a member of the Russian International Affairs Council.    The West’s failed Ukraine strategy has empowered the Global Majority to reject […]

Paul Craig Roberts, February 24, 2023 The Kremlin’s demonstrated inability to take proactive and decisive action has convinced Washington there is nothing to fear from Putin and that Russia can be defeated in Ukraine.  Indeed, the UK media takes for granted that Ukraine will defeat Russia.  Here is the latest headline: “The West Needs a […]

Global Research, February 24, 2023 On Tuesday, February 21st President Putin gave a speech that was expected to be very significant. After it was delivered, however, most pundits said he didn’t say anything we didn’t already know. Most of them focused on his announcement of the withdrawal from the START II treaty. However, he said […]

Ahmed Adel, Cairo-based geopolitics and political economy researcher, February 06, 2023 There is a strong possibility of Moldova becoming a conflict hotspot and the “next Ukraine” so that the West can maintain maximum pressure on Russia’s periphery and bog the country down in more war. This comes as Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told the […]

Strategic Culture Foundation, February 10, 2023 This war is an existential one: it is all about preserving American hegemony and propping up the floundering Western imperial global order. “Unipolar world domination,” as Roger Waters put it. Pink Floyd rock legend Roger Waters made an impressive and impassioned plea for peace at the UN Security Council […]

The Saker, February 09, 2023 BACKGROUND Slightly over a year ago, in December 2021, Russia published a proposal for setting up a new security architecture for Europe. Russia also warned of unspecified serious consequences if this proposal was not acted upon. The United States and other Western countries either ignored the Russian offer, or more […]