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Year 4: Why the US Needed Russia to Invade

Year 4: Why the US Needed Russia to Invade

In a moment of candor in March 2022, Joe Biden revealed why the U.S. needed the Russian invasion to launch its three-pronged, pre-meditated war on Russia, writes Joe Lauria.
02.03.2026

Marco Rubio’s Cecil Rhodes Moment

Marco Rubio’s Cecil Rhodes Moment

The U.S. secretary of state is reviving the language and intent of 19th century colonialism to deter what he sees as “the forces of civilizational erasure that today menace both America and Europe alike,” writes Joe Lauria.
24.02.2026

Senator Tom Cotton’s Ode to US Nuclear Weapons

Senator Tom Cotton’s Ode to US Nuclear Weapons

Hawkish Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) has never been a big fan of arms control agreements. His new op-ed in the Wall Street Journal confirms that his attitude has not softened in the slightest.
19.02.2026

Eight Decades Later, It Remains One World or None

Eight Decades Later, It Remains One World or None

Consider me an A-bomb baby. I was just a year old when, in the war my father had been part of, my country dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, devastating those two cities and killing more than 200,000 people, including an estimated 38,000 children.
12.02.2026

Dreaming of Ending Trump’s $1.5 Trn ‘Dream Military’

Dreaming of Ending Trump’s $1.5 Trn ‘Dream Military’

Not only is Donald Trump’s colossal military spending bad for the country, but it’s bad for the military and may well wreck what’s left of U.S. democracy, writes William J. Astore.
09.02.2026

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

Turning the Epstein Story into Russiagate

Turning the Epstein Story into Russiagate

At least part of the mainstream media is admitting that Jeffrey Epstein was a spy gathering kompromat. They just have the wrong country he was serving.
04.02.2026

Not a Trump Anomaly: The Board of Peace and America’s Crisis-Driven Power Plays

Not a Trump Anomaly: The Board of Peace and America’s Crisis-Driven Power Plays

The history of American power is, in many ways, the history of reinventing rules – or designing new ones – to fit US strategic interests.
03.02.2026

After Iran, Next Target: Cuba

After Iran, Next Target: Cuba

We’re being asked to believe Cuba is Hamas, so the U.S. needs to strangle it to death in self-defense. That the U.S. has been pursuing regime change in Cuba for generations, we’re told, is mere coincidence.
03.02.2026

American Gestapo/American Psycho

American Gestapo/American Psycho

The U.S. has a government devoid of social virtue and bent primarily on demonstrating its power over persons, says Andrew Napolitano.
02.02.2026

Europe Cannot And Never Will Be Able To Compete With The United States

Europe Cannot And Never Will Be Able To Compete With The United States

For decades, Europe has pursued economic, social, and environmental policies that have degraded its material and human capacity, possibly beyond recovery.
30.01.2026

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

Greenland Is Not a Prize

Greenland Is Not a Prize

The U.S. has set its sights on Greenland due to its mineral wealth and strategic location. But its people — the Kalaallit — are an afterthought in Washington’s machinations.
29.01.2026

What if NATO Died?

What if NATO Died?

Forged under the pressure of the Cold War in 1949, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, or NATO, is in critical condition.
28.01.2026

Israel Replicating a Genocidal Mindset

Israel Replicating a Genocidal Mindset

Israeli culture mimics the genocidal mindset of Nazi-era Germans who once targeted them, explains Lawrence Davidson.
27.01.2026

‘Economic Statecraft’ Exposed: A Key Pillar of US Hybrid Warfare for All To See

‘Economic Statecraft’ Exposed: A Key Pillar of US Hybrid Warfare for All To See

It’s certainly not diplomacy and it’s not coercion. It is war conducted by economic means, all designed to produce an economic crisis and social unrest leading to a fall of the government.
27.01.2026

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

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

All Unquiet on the Ukrainian Front

All Unquiet on the Ukrainian Front

The Europeans have run out of postures and gestures in the way of performative statecraft, and the Russians see no point in indulging them any further.
22.01.2026

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