Geopolitics

Shooting Down Russian Drones Over Poland: Who Is Trying To Start World War 3?
Shooting Down Russian Drones Over Poland: Who Is Trying To Start World War 3?
The world is now closer to a full-scale war between NATO and Russia than at any time since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis.
17.09.2025
The Martyrdom of Charlie Kirk
The Martyrdom of Charlie Kirk
Martyrs are used by messianic movements to sanctify violence. To show any mercy or understanding toward the enemy is to betray the martyr and the cause the martyr died defending.
15.09.2025
When Australia Defied US Nuclear Plans
When Australia Defied US Nuclear Plans
Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser, in 1981, established a high-water mark for Australian sovereignty over U.S. nuclear-capable bomber operations, write Richard Tanter and Vince Scappatura.
12.09.2025
The Decline of American Diplomacy
The Decline of American Diplomacy
From Galbraith and Moynihan to... whatever this is.
29.08.2025
Ending the Genocide Now
Ending the Genocide Now
A U.N. Security Council vote to grant Palestine permanent U.N. membership would end Israel’s zealous delusions of permanent control over Palestine, write Jeffrey Sachs and Sybil Fares. But the U.S. stands in the way.
28.08.2025
Europe’s Final Descent
Europe’s Final Descent
European elites, who have lived under U.S. shelter throughout the post-war period, are in no way capable of becoming independent. So-called EU strategic autonomy is an empty world. This is a new form of Stockholm Syndrome, writes Uroš Lipušcek.
28.08.2025
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
Trump’s military grip tightens on Washington
Trump’s military grip tightens on Washington
White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Vice President JD Vance, greet members of the National Guard, at Union Station in Washington
21.08.2025
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
The West is in panic as Israel’s plan for ‘full control’ of Gaza heralds a new Nakba
The West is in panic as Israel’s plan for ‘full control’ of Gaza heralds a new Nakba
Netanyahu's mass ethnic cleansing strategy pulls the rug out from under the West's cherished pretext for supporting Israeli criminality: the fabled two-state solution
15.08.2025
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
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
Zelensky’s Lack of Democratic Credibility Stymies Ukraine’s EU Hopes
Zelensky’s Lack of Democratic Credibility Stymies Ukraine’s EU Hopes
The champion of “democracy” is acting awfully autocratically.
31.07.2025
Entering a Golden Age for War Profiteers
Entering a Golden Age for War Profiteers
Trump's Washington Breathes New Life into the Military-Industrial Complex
30.07.2025
The Sleazy Origins of Russiagate
The Sleazy Origins of Russiagate
CN‘s founding editor already wrote in March 2017 that Christopher Steele’s “investigative dossier suggests that we can’t really think for ourselves. We are all Putin’s puppets.” Russiagate adherents clearly stopped thinking for themselves.
28.07.2025
Sun Valley vs. Queensbridge
Sun Valley vs. Queensbridge
In New York City, the battle has been joined between Democratic Party elites and the voters they are increasingly committed to suppressing, between money and democratic process, between power and the forces for change.
22.07.2025
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US Navy Spy Plane Flies Over Taiwan Strait
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US operations in the Philippines threaten war with China
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