Diplomacy

Trump’s Board of Peace Is a Dystopia in Motion
Trump’s Board of Peace Is a Dystopia in Motion
While the sheer pomposity, Trumpian megalomania, and painfully paradoxical context surrounding the so-called “Board of Peace” (BoP) might tempt some to dismiss it as mere spectacle or farce, its criminal, inhumane, and hegemonic nature makes it far too dangerous to ignore.
06.02.2026
START Is Finished
START Is Finished
As the arms treaty ends today, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists advanced its Doomsday Clock to 85 seconds to midnight, the closest it’s ever been to global thermonuclear annihilation.
05.02.2026
Trump’s Doubling Down on Imperialism in Latin America Is a Formula for Decline
Trump’s Doubling Down on Imperialism in Latin America Is a Formula for Decline
Give Donald Trump credit. He’s added new meaning to that ancient phrase “gunboat diplomacy.”
29.01.2026
Trump’s First Year: A Report Card
Trump’s First Year: A Report Card
There are many metrics by which U.S. President Donald Trump’s first year back in office can be measured. Some will measure it by tariffs and the economy, some by ICE and immigration, and some by civility and democracy.
26.01.2026
Getting it Wrong on Russia
Getting it Wrong on Russia
Sy Hersh’s new article “Putin’s Long War,” is bad for peace. When a reporter becomes hostage to his sources, the results are little more than weaponized propaganda.
26.01.2026
Two Centuries of Russophobia & Rejection of Peace
Two Centuries of Russophobia & Rejection of Peace
While other powers are presumed to have legitimate security interests that must be balanced and accommodated, Russia’s interests are presumed illegitimate. Russophobia functions less as a sentiment than as a systemic distortion — one that repeatedly undermines Europe’s own security.
25.12.2025
Marco Rubio, Forever-War Maker
Marco Rubio, Forever-War Maker
The U.S. secretary of state has consistently undercut Trump’s professed goals of diplomacy, negotiated settlements and “America First” priorities, write Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies.
11.12.2025
Trump Ukraine Plan AOA (Alive on Arrival)
Trump Ukraine Plan AOA (Alive on Arrival)
Yury Ushakov, Putin’s man on Ukraine, said there’s no firm plan for Ukraine yet and some American ideas are acceptable to Russia, some not. But the plan is not dead.
05.12.2025
Europe Before the New War
Europe Before the New War
Whose interests are served by predictions of a third general European war in little more than a century? The answer is clear: politicians who have led Europe into this nearly hopeless situation, says Uros Lipuscek.
02.12.2025
Intrigue — and Confusion — Reign Over Ukraine
Intrigue — and Confusion — Reign Over Ukraine
U.S. President Donald Trump aired frustrations that his efforts to end the Ukraine war are not working with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The matrix is getting complicated, writes M.K. Bhadradumar.
06.10.2025
Israel is the main source of instability in the Middle East
Israel is the main source of instability in the Middle East
The West is finally starting to catch on, as evidenced by Israeli officials' increasing isolation at the UN last week
30.09.2025
Europe Surrenders to Trump
Europe Surrenders to Trump
The dependence of the old continent on America is bad for both.
26.09.2025
Can the UN GA End Israel’s Occupation?
Can the UN GA End Israel’s Occupation?
The General Assembly is not powerless in the face of genocide. It can recommend one or more of six concrete measures based on the GA’s own precedents, writes Mona Ali Khalil.
16.09.2025
So Much for the Nobel Peace Prize
So Much for the Nobel Peace Prize
The first seven months of Donald Trump’s second term as president has seen a remarkable transformation.
16.09.2025
Charlie Kirk’s Death
Charlie Kirk’s Death
Discourse following the Charlie Kirk assassination has left little to be hopeful about, writes Nolan Higdon.
15.09.2025
Europe Ukraine Is Europe deliberately sabotaging Ukraine War negotiations?
Europe Ukraine Is Europe deliberately sabotaging Ukraine War negotiations?
Plans for postwar troop deployments raise questions about whether the 'coalition of the willing' really wants peace
15.09.2025
A Nation of Narcissists
A Nation of Narcissists
Narcissism is the open-and-shut condition of the elites who fashion and execute American foreign policy. And they are utterly incapable of seeing their country as it is.
10.09.2025
The Feds Defend Their Tortures Again
The Feds Defend Their Tortures Again
While the public’s attention this summer has been drawn to masked ICE agents arresting folks without warrants.
04.09.2025
Why Is There Still No Peace in Ukraine? The Unusual Suspects.
Why Is There Still No Peace in Ukraine? The Unusual Suspects.
While on the campaign trail, Donald Trump promised he could end the war in Ukraine within 24 hours of being elected and before he even arrives in office.
04.09.2025
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
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