India’s parlays with Russia point to middle power pushback on Ukraine
If Washington is wise, it won’t punish its friends for acting in their own interests.
If Washington is wise, it won’t punish its friends for acting in their own interests.
For the last 20 years the US has treated the sovereignty of states as conditional, reserving the right to attack when it chooses.
As with Iraq, there seems to be a coordinated mainstream media effort to drag America into a new war. Don’t let them.
It is no exaggeration to say that through his own hubris, Putin has created a united Ukrainian nation. Not quite what he was aiming for.
All the cards have been tossed in the air — including the Vienna talks over the JCPOA — and it is unclear how they will land now.
For the 19th anniversary of the Baghdad invasion, over a dozen journalists and critics compare coverage then, and today.
Increasingly, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Israel, Turkey, Iran, and others are realizing their ability to hedge for their own interests is narrowing.
So let’s hope our leaders will have the foresight to begin the process of constructing a new, consensual security architecture in Europe.
Biden ordered the warplanes to Europe, but a peek at hidden performance tests show they’re not ready for any real combat.
Don’t repeat the shameful history of Georgia in 2008, where Washington made quasi-promises of military aid it had no intention of fulfilling.
Proposals floating around Washington could backfire at a time when Russia is already digging itself a hole.
Analysts scoffed when the EU’s Josep Borrell said ‘it must be China.’ But he’s onto something — and Biden should take notice.
The absence of US and allied forces in the conflict has highlighted that Putin is his own worst enemy.
Has the Russian invasion opened space for intensive negotiations to diminish tensions over Taiwan and Asia-Pacific territorial issues?
The president’s red line on direct US intervention is reassuring, but signals that he has given up on diplomacy are not.
Moscow is playing hardball, but the question remains: do they mean to make the others sweat or scuttle the deal completely?
Critics would rather that the US be seen ‘doing something bold’ but useless, rather than providing Ukraine with effective assistance.
During the Cold War, events didn’t unfold the way U.S. policy makers expected. They never do.
Imposing it would be akin to declaring a war with Russia, they write, and it “strains credulity” to think this would make America, or the world safer.
Putin and his cronies still find financial safe haven in the Emirates, which was recently added to a money laundering ‘gray list.’
In response to Western sanctions after the Ukraine invasion, Moscow has turned to the JCPOA talks to seek relief.