Diplomacy

SCO Tianjin Summit showcases the charm of genuine multilateralism
SCO Tianjin Summit showcases the charm of genuine multilateralism
Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit 2025 is being held in Tianjin from August 31 to September 1.
01.09.2025
The Decline of American Diplomacy
The Decline of American Diplomacy
From Galbraith and Moynihan to... whatever this is.
29.08.2025
When the Russia ‘Experts’ Get It Wrong
When the Russia ‘Experts’ Get It Wrong
The Western punditariat’s commentary on Russia is spectacularly ill-informed.
27.08.2025
Is Venezuela the Next Target of the US Empire?
Is Venezuela the Next Target of the US Empire?
Caracas has already mobilized millions of soldiers and militiamen in response to Washington’s “outlandish threats”
22.08.2025
Giving Ukraine a US Security Guarantee Risks National Suicide
Giving Ukraine a US Security Guarantee Risks National Suicide
Too much of the talk about the recent Alaska summit meeting between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin focuses on the wrong issue.
22.08.2025
Trump & the Seven Dwarfs
Trump & the Seven Dwarfs
The Dwarfs had to slink away. Will they, at long last, tell Zelensky they cannot back up their rhetoric with the needed arms and financial support?
20.08.2025
How Decades of Folly Led to War in Ukraine
How Decades of Folly Led to War in Ukraine
In February 2016, Donald Trump scandalized Republican Party elites at a CNN town hall event in Columbus, Ohio.
20.08.2025
Sixty-Three Years, Nothing Has Changed
Sixty-Three Years, Nothing Has Changed
Exactly 63 years ago, on a summer afternoon in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the Kennedy White House adviser, Arthur Schlesinger, returned to Harvard where he had, until recently, been a professor of history.
20.08.2025
US-Russia Talks: the Choice Between Peace and Escalation
US-Russia Talks: the Choice Between Peace and Escalation
Donald Trump came into office promising to end the war in Ukraine in 24 hours.
18.08.2025
Applying the Lost Art of Kremlinology
Applying the Lost Art of Kremlinology
If Moscow wants to avoid its own Vietnam in Ukraine, Putin may accept a “negotiated solution” that applies copious lipstick to the pig of actual defeat for the U.S., NATO and Ukraine.
15.08.2025
Presidents Trump and Putin Must Seize the Moment in Alaska
Presidents Trump and Putin Must Seize the Moment in Alaska
This week’s summit between Presidents Trump and Putin in Alaska is an opportunity for Russia and the West to negotiate a peaceful settlement in Ukraine.
15.08.2025
Prospects for Trump & Putin in Alaska
Prospects for Trump & Putin in Alaska
Those who hope for progress when the two leaders meet for their “feeling-out” summit are gloomy and anxious, writes Tony Kevin. But the warmongers are gloomy and anxious too.
14.08.2025
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
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Out of Their Minds on Georgia
Out of Their Minds on Georgia
Springtime for US-Russia Relations
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Raising the Stakes in Ukraine
Raising the Stakes in Ukraine
France Losing Grip on Another Colonial Possession
France Losing Grip on Another Colonial Possession
The Missiles of April
The Missiles of April
US Looks to Help Ukraine Increase Its Own Weapons Production
US Looks to Help Ukraine Increase Its Own Weapons Production
It’s Happening Here — A US Version of Fascism
It’s Happening Here — A US Version of Fascism
US Discussing Mutual Defense Treaty With Saudi Arabia Similar to Japan, South Korea
US Discussing Mutual Defense Treaty With Saudi Arabia Similar to Japan, South Korea
Yellen’s trip likely motivated by US debt issue
Yellen’s trip likely motivated by US debt issue
Suspended for Providing Balanced News on Ukraine
Suspended for Providing Balanced News on Ukraine
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