The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Summit, held in Vilnius, Lithuania, on July 11 and 12, provided a showcase for an imperialist alliance that has been a major source of war for decades. Committing to a major NATO force buildup, world leaders at the conference pledged fealty to Ukraine, which...
Like the proverbial cat, some concepts have several lives. Or, like the mythological phoenix, they can be reborn from the ashes. This is certainly the case of the Intermarium, a geopolitical concept that envisaged an alliance of countries reaching from the Baltic Sea over the Black Sea to the...
Will a formidable peace movement ever emerge that can succeed in stopping it? This past week, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) celebrated its 75th anniversary by hosting a summit in Washington, D.C., where its founding treaty was signed. A declaration issued at the summit made clear NATO’s intent to continuously...
On August 15, 2020, the Trump administration announced that it was sending 1,000 troops to Poland as part of the new defense cooperation agreement signed on the anniversary of the victory of Poland in the Polish-Soviet war of 1920. The new troops added to the 4,500 that were previously deployed...
Biden at NATO: Ready to talk China, Russia and soothe allies
Biden calls support for NATO a “sacred obligation” as he raises false alarms about alleged military threats from Russia and China.
30% of Rim of the Pacific Naval Forces Are from NATO Europe As the United States increases its military confrontation with China through new military bases on Guam and the Philippines and more land, sea and air exercises with countries in the Asia-Pacific, the world’s largest naval war exercises are...
NATO held its 2025 Parliamentary Assembly in Dayton, Ohio between May 22 and 26. Though it promotes itself as a force in defense of peace and security, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s history exposes its true purpose: propping up Western imperialism and hegemony...
Regardless of what Bernie Sanders says, Denmark is not a socialist country: it does not refrain from imperialistic wars; it fails to subject its bankers and billionaires to the same laws that "ordinary" citizens must obey; and it decreases social welfare benefits. Bernie Sanders has apparently convinced much of the American...
Rethinking NATO Article 5: Challenges to Collective Security in the Cyber Era
The NATO proclamation—promoted at its annual summit this week—that a cyber attack could trigger Article 5 of the NATO treaty heightens the risk of military confrontation with Russia or China.
Belarus is looking like a new Cold War battleground since protests broke out following the disputed election of Aleksandr Lukashenko on Sunday, August 9th. Lukashenko won the election with 80 percent of the vote, though his opponent, Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, who garnered 10 percent of the vote, stated that she had...