In the latest display of how low the so-called Western values in Europe have deteriorated, the EU leadership is urging the heads of this block's states against participating in Moscow's May 9 celebrations of the 80th anniversary of the Allied victory over Nazi Germany...
Trump’s Mixed Feelings Team
The list of Trump's team members is long, so let's concentrate on a short list of "troika" candidates who deal with foreign affairs and national security, starting with Secretary of State Marco Rubio. As vice chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and...
Two Men Who, if Allowed, Could Decide Humanity’s Fate
Reprinted with permission from Consortium News. We are on the eve of the possible final act of the tragicomedy that is Ukraine. It could come at the end of the month during the general debate at the U.N. General Assembly when the odd couple of the lame-duck and...
The Odd Couple To Decide the Fate of Humanity
US State Secretary Antony Blinken and UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy hinted during their recent joint trip to Kyiv that the US would lift restrictions on Ukraine using long-range missiles to strike deep into Russia. Still, when both men added that their bosses would...
The War in Ukraine and Judeo-Christian Values
Mixing religion with politics is generally not a good idea. Still, it looks like it is one of the few remaining options to avoid what then-Senator Sam Nunn and his colleagues described in 2020 as continuing to sleepwalk towards a nuclear WWIII. According to a YouGov...
‘Mother of Maidan’ To Resign
The common opinion, at least in the West, about the starting date of the current crisis that might escalate into nuclear WWIII is February 24, 2022, with Putin's "unprovoked" invasion of Ukraine. However, many unbiased observers believe that it began with the...
Fake Threats, Fake News, Fake Panic
On Wednesday, February 14, Ohio Republican Rep. Mike Turner from Ohio, the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, said in a statement that his panel had "made available to all Members of Congress information concerning a serious national security threat." This...
Indispensable Nation or One Obsessed with Hegemony
An Internet search shows journalist Sidney Blumenthal and historian James Chace as the first to coin the term “indispensable nation," which is appropriate for describing the United States. This happened in 1996 during Bill Clinton’s presidency and Madeleine Albright's...
Who Lost the Peace Dividend After the End of the Cold War?
The end of the first Cold War in the late 80s gave Americans a unique historical chance to stop worrying about nuclear war and get a well-deserved Peace Dividend. Instead, not only they lost it, but the talk about the inevitable nuclear WW3 became a routine discussion...
Ukrainian Tragedy That Might Escalate Into Armaggedon
The war in Ukraine is about to enter its 3rd year with no signs of ending, meaning more deaths and destruction for this unfortunate country. It was provoked by those in the U.S. who decided to use Ukrainians for their geopolitical gains which is sort of innovation in...