This article was extended and updated on 11/10/23, including to reflect the latest tolls of death and destruction in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. Intifada On October 7th, a large group of armed Hamas fighters broke out of the Gaza Strip to launch an unprecedented attack – by air, land, and sea – … Continue reading “Netanyahu’s Support for Hamas Backfired”
Connor Freeman
Netanyahu’s Support for Hamas Backfired
On October 7th, a large group of armed fighters broke out of the Gaza Strip to launch an unprecedented attack – by air, land, and sea – in southern Israel, thousands of rockets were launched, military bases as well as kibbutzim were targeted and briefly seized. During the operation, dubbed Al-Aqsa Flood, over a thousand … Continue reading “Netanyahu’s Support for Hamas Backfired”
As General Milley Retires, His Legacy Is Brinkmanship with Russia and China
Gen. Mark Milley retired on Friday as the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and handed over command to Air Force chief Gen. Charles Q. Brown. In 2019, Milley took up the post after being nominated by President Donald Trump. He oversaw massive escalations in the buildup for war with China, the Ukraine proxy … Continue reading “As General Milley Retires, His Legacy Is Brinkmanship with Russia and China”
Influential Foreign Policy Thinkers in the US and Russia Advocate Nuclear Escalations
Sergei Karaganov, who has served as a presidential adviser in the Kremlin both under Boris Yeltsin as well as Vladimir Putin, is making the case that Russia should lower the threshold for nuclear weapons use. His reasoning stems from the perspective that intellectual and moral degradation has Western elites dead set on escalation in its … Continue reading “Influential Foreign Policy Thinkers in the US and Russia Advocate Nuclear Escalations”
Best-Selling US Author Cancels Her Own Book in Response to Anti-Russian PR Campaign
Elizabeth Gilbert, the best-selling American author, announced last week that she would soon be publishing a novel set in Russia. In light of a Russo-phobic public relations campaign unleashed against her, the Eat, Pray, Love author has since rescinded those plans. In a "massive outpouring of reactions," Ukrainian readers expressed "anger, sorrow, disappointment and pain," … Continue reading “Best-Selling US Author Cancels Her Own Book in Response to Anti-Russian PR Campaign”