Diplomacy

Trump and Putin are Ready to Talk. What’s Different?
Trump and Putin are Ready to Talk. What’s Different?
On August 6, U.S. President Donald Trump posted that special envoy Steve Witkoff had just returned from “a highly productive meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.” Trump said that “Great progress was made!”
12.08.2025
Trump Meets Putin in Alaska
Trump Meets Putin in Alaska
Donald Trump stays true to his line and asserts dominance over the geopolitical chessboard -- symbolically as well as practically.
12.08.2025
Russia Says Israel Has Forgotten Lessons of the Holocaust
Russia Says Israel Has Forgotten Lessons of the Holocaust
Russia’s deputy representative to the United Nations told the Security Council on Sunday that Israel is putting “Palestinians in ghettos” and seeks their “complete annihilation.”
11.08.2025
With Five Eyes on China, FBI Bulks Up in New Zealand
With Five Eyes on China, FBI Bulks Up in New Zealand
Mick Hall covers the upgrade of the U.S. intelligence agency’s Wellington operation to “counter the CCP” as another milestone of U.S. meddling in the Asia-Pacific.
08.08.2025
Will Obama's Coup d'état Bring Consequences to the Deep State?
Will Obama's Coup d'état Bring Consequences to the Deep State?
Any street magician will tell you that the key to any trick is drawing attention to one hand, while you masquerade with the other.
07.08.2025
Eighty Years of Nuclear Terror
Eighty Years of Nuclear Terror
Ever since the atomic bombings of Japanese cities in August 1945, the world has been living on borrowed time.
06.08.2025
Cold War 2.0 Heats Up
Cold War 2.0 Heats Up
Last week the nuclear rhetoric between the US and Russia made some of us feel like we were transported back to 1962.
05.08.2025
Clapper’s Claptrap
Clapper’s Claptrap
The former U.S. director of national intelligence told CNN new Russiagate revelations were “nonsense” and “absurd” but he wasn’t challenged on any details the way Ray McGovern once did back in 2018.
04.08.2025
Rising Sovereignty of the Global South
Rising Sovereignty of the Global South
Though still weighed down by debt and austerity, developing countries are beginning to chart alternative paths as a new mood takes hold in the Global South.
01.08.2025
Details Buried In Recently Declassified Docs Further Implicate Obama In Russia Hoax
Details Buried In Recently Declassified Docs Further Implicate Obama In Russia Hoax
The HPSCI report proves indispensable for understanding what supposed intel Obama withheld from the intelligence community under the guise of executive privilege.
30.07.2025
Washington Takes on the BRICS
Washington Takes on the BRICS
Trump’s lashing out at the group of non-Western nations is so clumsy, so off the mark, so utterly unaware of where the hands are on history’s clock.
23.07.2025
American Authoritarianism
American Authoritarianism
Torture, rotating judges and prosecutors and incarceration for a generation without charges or trial are all hallmarks of an authoritarian government, writes Andrew P. Napolitano.
18.07.2025
The Very Sad Ending to Ukraine’s War
The Very Sad Ending to Ukraine’s War
More weapons for Kiev will only prolong inevitable defeat.
17.07.2025
Is BRICS the Way Forward?
Is BRICS the Way Forward?
After witnessing Cuba’s ailing economy in a recent visit, Asoka Bandarage looks beyond BRICS for an alternative to both authoritarian socialism and neoliberal capitalism.
11.07.2025
Making ‘Terrorism’ a Meaningless Word
Making ‘Terrorism’ a Meaningless Word
“Terrorism” is just a label that means whatever the Western empire needs it to mean at a given time and place.
10.07.2025
Trump Dead-Ends Putin
Trump Dead-Ends Putin
For a good long time what’s been happening in Ukraine is nothing more than postwar gore. If you have lost a war but cannot admit it, you are playing the old game of pretend.
08.07.2025
A Different Revolution
A Different Revolution
There were two other original sins, rarely mentioned, that drove the colonial ruling class to separate from their country and support a war for independence, writes Ace Thelin.
07.07.2025
Battling for Dominance: Board Games and Bottlenecks
Battling for Dominance: Board Games and Bottlenecks
Steve Bannon declared China to be Donald Trump’s “real threat,” invoking what he called the “Edwardian view of geopolitics as a “world island”
07.07.2025
Britain’s Long History of Spying on Iran
Britain’s Long History of Spying on Iran
The U.K. has spent decades trying to subvert Iran’s government, but also secretly sold them chemical weapons and spied on opposition activists, reports Martin Williams.
03.07.2025
The Genocide Profiteers
The Genocide Profiteers
In her latest report, Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese demands that more than 1,000 corporate entities sever ties with Israel or be held accountable for complicity in war crimes.
03.07.2025
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Airports of Control
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Top US General Warns Israel’s Killing of Civilians Will Create More Hamas Members
Top US General Warns Israel’s Killing of Civilians Will Create More Hamas Members
Sen. Graham Says "No Limit" on How Many Civilians Israel Can Kill
Sen. Graham Says "No Limit" on How Many Civilians Israel Can Kill
Atrocity Propaganda
Atrocity Propaganda
A Year of Lying About Nord Stream
A Year of Lying About Nord Stream
Japan's increasing military expansion poses significant challenges to regional and global peace: Chinese Defense Ministry
Japan's increasing military expansion poses significant challenges to regional and global peace: Chinese Defense Ministry
Turkey, Hungary Expected to Ratify Sweden’s NATO Bid This Fall
Turkey, Hungary Expected to Ratify Sweden’s NATO Bid This Fall
US Accuses Chinese Warship of "Unsaf" Maneuver in Taiwan Strait
US Accuses Chinese Warship of "Unsaf" Maneuver in Taiwan Strait
The Decline and Fall of the American Empire
The Decline and Fall of the American Empire
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