Tag: Europe
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...
The events of recent months in Ukraine have in many ways marked a shift in priorities in international politics. Despite the horrific consequences of this conflict, many European leaders are eager for the continuation of the war and more bloodshed of Ukrainian soldiers.
According to various Ukrainian, European and American...
Part II: “Humanitarian Aid”
In February, corporate media went ballistic when the new administration of U.S. President Donald Trump announced the dismantling of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
The uproar claimed the dismantling of the foreign aid agency would not only result in massive government layoffs but cause...
Why? Because I’m a human rights activist and I get in the way of U.S. foreign policy.
Your tax dollars well spent.
And you thought that USAID’s purpose was foreign aid and humanitarian assistance.
Then again, Americans are used to pumping money into the U.S. foreign interventionist and war machine and not...
On May 8, 2025, I was honored to speak at the Oxford Union debates on the topic: “This House Would Hold The Arms Industry Responsible For War Crimes.” My partner speaking in favor of the motion was Katie Gallagher, an excellent attorney with the remarkable Center for Constitutional Rights in...
Donald Trump held phone calls with both Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday, then announced that the two countries will “immediately start negotiations toward a ceasefire” in the 3-year-long conflict between the two...
Website accused Andriy Portnov of being a traitor
On May 22, Andriy Portnov, 51, was assassinated in Madrid, just after dropping off his children at the American School.
A lawyer by training, Portnov was a leading opposition figure in Ukraine who was forced to flee the country after the February 2014...