Washington’s Fear of Non-Existent Chinese Bases
Eric Miller wants to sound the alarm about future Chinese bases in Africa, but mostly he just recycles the same unpersuasive claims we have been hearing for months: Chinese military basing efforts abroad have become a topic of great international interest and...
American Hegemony and the Politics of Provocation
American hegemony is now on life support. Intensive care specialists are still scurrying about trying to resuscitate the patient. Family and friends are saying he’s still putting up a fight. However, the undertakers of this dying order have already arrived, and are...
We Always Knew the Dangers of NATO Expansion
In 2008, William Burns, who is now Biden’s director of the CIA but was then ambassador to Russia, warned that "Ukrainian entry into NATO is the brightest of all redlines for the Russian elite (not just Putin)." He warned Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice...
In Rebuke of the Dishonorable David Petraeus
In a recent article for The Atlantic David Petraeus came to the conclusion that American soldiers should still be in Afghanistan today. Two thousand, three hundred twenty-four American servicemen killed, $2.3 trillion dollars and over 20 years later convicted criminal...
How Many Ukrainians Will Die Before Ottawa Seeks Peace?
By restarting Operation UNIFIER Canada is ramping up its war with Russia. The military training mission had been Ottawa’s principal contribution to a seven-year-old proxy war, which appears likely to continue for years. Last week Defence Minister Anita Anand announced...
The Ukrainian Boondoggle as a Black Hole
Back on June 1st, I noted that Ukraine couldn’t possibly absorb more than $54 billion in U.S. aid, most of it related to weaponry and munitions, given the country’s lack of infrastructure as well as the chaos inherent to a shooting war. As I wrote back...
Will China Mess With US Warships Headed for Taiwan Strait?
The US has thrown down the gauntlet. A showdown may come "in the coming weeks," if sanity does not prevail. White House and Pentagon spokesmen keep insisting, as Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Colin Kahl did on Aug. 14: "What's important for us...
Iraq Daily Roundup: Six Killed
Nuclear Catastrophe Is Gaining Momentum in Ukraine
It is beginning to appear that beyond the increasingly likely exchange of nuclear weapons strikes between the US and Russia there is yet another scenario for a nuclear catastrophe that in recent days has presented itself in Ukraine. According to the Director General...


