In September 2022, the Nord Stream gas pipelines exploded in one of the most spectacular political and environmental acts of terrorism in history. In the days immediately following the attack, which cut Germany and Europe off from its gas supply and released enormous...
Why Is the US So Unhappy That China Offered a Peace Proposal?
On February 24, China published its "Position on the Political Settlement of the Ukraine Crisis." The US reacted very negatively very quickly. They reacted more negatively even than Ukraine. What is it about the Chinese proposal that so unnerves the US? It...
The US Is in Conflict With Countries for Doing Things We Know They’re Not Doing
China, Balloons, and Spying On February 4, the US military shot down a Chinese balloon they claim was a surveillance balloon spying on US territory. The unprecedented "kinetic action against an airborne object . . . within United States or American airspace"...
The Coming Battle for the Liberation of Cuba
The US loudly proclaims that large, belligerent powers should listen when the world is united against their hostility toward their smaller neighbors. The world is united against the US. In thirty consecutive votes since 1992, the UN General Assembly has overwhelmingly...
Public Versus Private: Managing Perceptions of the War in Ukraine
"I want Russia to be defeated in Ukraine," French President Emmanuel Macron publicly told the media. But it’s not what he privately told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. He also said that now is not the right time for dialogue with Moscow and that...
Ukraine: The Violence Before the Violence
The violence in Ukraine is unimaginable. But before the violence, there was violence. The military conflict in Ukraine has received an unprecedented amount of media coverage. The major US networks have given more coverage to Russia’s war in Ukraine than they did to...
When Biden Says ‘As Long As It Takes,’ What Does Ukraine Hear?
In his State of the Union Address on February 7, President Joe Biden once again told Ukraine that "America…will stand with you as long as it takes." In case the world didn’t hear, Biden moved to a more dramatic stage and repeated the words. Speaking from...
Is China Considering Supplying Russia With Weapons?
On February 3, following the balloon incident, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken canceled his trip to China. On February 18, he got a second chance on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference. It didn’t go well. After reprimanding China over the balloons...
Who Really Started the Ukraine Wars?
Though they are being fought in the confusion of one catastrophic conflict, there are four closely related, but distinct, wars being fought in Ukraine. The first is the war within Ukraine. The second is the war between Russia and Ukraine. The third is the proxy war...
US-China: How the News Distracts From the News
The news over the past several days has been dominated by the shooting down by the US and Canada of four objects over their airspace. Despite widespread assumptions, US officials are still trying to identify what the last three objects are. They were "not able to...