International relations

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
Between Conciliation and Coercion in Ukraine Policy
Between Conciliation and Coercion in Ukraine Policy
Is there an actually existing Ukraine policy? Probably not.
23.01.2026
The US-Israel Hybrid War Against Iran
The US-Israel Hybrid War Against Iran
Understanding hybrid war tactics helps to explain why Trump’s rhetoric oscillates between threats of war and phony offers of peace.
21.01.2026
Trump’s Threats to Intervene in Iran Carry Big Risks
Trump’s Threats to Intervene in Iran Carry Big Risks
The protests in Iran began in the bazaars on December 28 as a demand for economic reform in the face of a cost-of-living crisis highlighted by the Iranian rial’s plunge to an all-time low against the U.S. dollar.
16.01.2026
A Century of American Imperialism, Culminating in Venezuela
A Century of American Imperialism, Culminating in Venezuela
Trump is the bold exclamation point on a century-long sentence of US imperialism, penned by presidents from both major parties
14.01.2026
The Ukraine Snare Still Beckons
The Ukraine Snare Still Beckons
Despite the widespread expectation that President Donald Trump would end Washington’s entanglement in NATO’s proxy war using Ukraine against Russia, it is increasingly evident that the fundamental features of U.S. policy remain unaltered.
13.01.2026
MSM Bias on Russian Tanker & US Sanctions
MSM Bias on Russian Tanker & US Sanctions
In a conversation with CN, X’s AI Grok ultimately admits why it gets geopolitical stories so wrong.
09.01.2026
4 Observations on Maduro Kidnap
4 Observations on Maduro Kidnap
A unipolar world leaves all of us prey to Trump’s destabilizing gangsterism and a rapacious, destructive, U.S. corporate capitalism.
08.01.2026
White House Can’t Make Venezuela Attack Legal
White House Can’t Make Venezuela Attack Legal
Marjorie Cohn rebuts the efforts by the Trump administration — including the president’s claim that the U.S. owns Venezuela’s oil — to justify its illegal aggression.
07.01.2026
Jeffrey Sachs Briefs UN on US Aggression in Venezuela
Jeffrey Sachs Briefs UN on US Aggression in Venezuela
The author advises the Security Council to fulfill its responsibilities by immediately affirming a series of actions in response to the U.S. attacks on Venezuela.
06.01.2026
New Year’s Notes on Purported Leaders
New Year’s Notes on Purported Leaders
It is no use hoping for any alteration in the collective West’s course so long as today’s “purported leaders” remain in office.
02.01.2026
A War No American Needs: Confrontation with Venezuela Brings Neither Security nor Benefit
A War No American Needs: Confrontation with Venezuela Brings Neither Security nor Benefit
The United States finds itself at a moment when the gap between power and prudence has rarely been more visible.
22.12.2025
The Russian-US “New Détente” Could Revolutionize The Global Economic Architecture
The Russian-US “New Détente” Could Revolutionize The Global Economic Architecture
China would no longer occupy the central role therein, which would help the US and its Asian allies better compete with it, while Russia would move from the periphery of the existing architecture towards its core due to the importance of its strategic resources in this new paradigm.
17.12.2025
War With China Lurks Beneath US-Australia Talks
War With China Lurks Beneath US-Australia Talks
Nuclear-powered submarines and critical-mineral investments under AUKUS tie Australia ever closer to U.S. conflict with China, writes Julia Norman.
17.12.2025
The Death of Ukraine’s Dream of NATO Membership
The Death of Ukraine’s Dream of NATO Membership
Ukraine’s dream of NATO membership is dead. It died, surprisingly, not on the battlefields of Ukraine nor at the negotiating table with Russia.
15.12.2025
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
Europe in Panic Over US Strategy for Stability With Russia
Europe in Panic Over US Strategy for Stability With Russia
Alastair Crooke on the Trump administration’s most recent National Security Strategy, which critiques U.S. pursuit of global primacy as a failure.
09.12.2025
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
A Thermonuclear Hair Trigger
A Thermonuclear Hair Trigger
Apocalypse Soon? Returning a Final Time to Cheyenne Mountain
04.12.2025
Gaza Reveals How Britain Is Run
Gaza Reveals How Britain Is Run
The horror of Israel’s genocide exposes the illusion that the U.K. is a democracy. A mass movement is needed to address ten major issues, write Mark Curtis and Laura Pidcock.
02.12.2025
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