Tag: Europe
As Cold War 2.0 heats up and places the world in peril of nuclear war, it is worthwhile to look back at the history of the original Cold War where Russophobia began to metastasize like a cancer in U.S. society.
A new book by Gabriela Gavrilov, U.S.-Russian Commercial Relations 1763-1933:...
On March 4, 2018, Sergei Skripal, a 66-year-old former Russian intelligence officer turned British defector was allegedly poisoned with Novichok nerve agent in Salisbury, England, along with his 33-year-old daughter Yulia.
The two were admitted to a hospital after they were allegedly found unconscious on a public bench in the...
Over the past 30 years, the proponents of the Unipolar World have proceeded to methodically dismantle the norms, principles and diplomatic usages to such an extent that contemporary international relations are characterized by social media postings.
First, UN resolutions have been construed to provide a veneer of legality to wars...
How Ukraine’s illegitimate leadership passes laws in violation of national and international law
The failure of diplomatic attempts to reach peace agreements in Ukraine amid increased military support from the United States and the European Union has led to a major reshuffle in the government.
The large-scale political maneuvering is taking...
In mid-July, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard released a trove of documents that, she said, showed evidence that Obama administration intelligence officials “manufactured and politicized intelligence to lay the groundwork” for investigation into alleged Russian election meddling during the 2016 presidential campaign and Russia’s alleged support for Donald...
From Tahiti to New Zealand to New Caledonia to Palau, the U.S. and France unleashed a reign of terror against the Nuclear-Free and Independent Pacific movement in 1985.
The Pacific Islands have often been depicted as idyllic in Western fiction, paintings and movies. But there is another side to “paradise,”...
Important Implications for U.S. Foreign Policy
Calling things by the wrong name adds to the affliction of the world.- Albert Camus
There is the American official story regarding Srebrenica. In addition to that story, any descriptions, explanations and/or fiction have not only been allowed but encouraged. Anything but the truth!
From sinister...
From 2011 to 2016, demonstrations in Syria against the Ba’athist government headed by Bashar al-Assad escalated into an armed insurgency and large-scale pitched battles, sieges and counter-sieges in and around major Syrian cities such as Aleppo and Damascus. During that time, agents of U.S. diplomacy, soft power, defense and...
I have made more than several trips to Iceland over the past several months. I genuinely love the place. The population is small, highly educated, friendly, and welcoming to outsiders. I have been consistently surprised at the number of Syrian, Kurdish and Ukrainian refugees that I have met, all...
In the fall, of 2024, I spent a day with the Kyvonos Detachment in the Donbas. This is a volunteer military unit made up entirely of Ukrainian troops who went over to the other side and are now fighting for Russia. Many Westerners would be surprised to learn of...
