Diplomacy Watch: Ukraine nears a breaking point
The window for peace talks is closing as Western support dries up.
Did the West Deliberately Prolong the Ukraine War?
"Mounting evidence proves that we cannot believe anything our officials say about the futility of negotiations." - Branko Marcetic
Michael Brenner: Defeat
"The illusion of eventual success on the battlefield is founded on a mistaken idea of how to measure winning and losing."
How America’s Wars Become ‘Invisible’
Media critic Norman Solomon on how the U.S. media keeps the human consequences of the country’s foreign policy out of view.
Chris Hedges: They Lied About Afghanistan. They Lied About Iraq. And They Are Lying About Ukraine
The U.S. public has been conned, once again, into pouring billions into another endless war.
Governing a Post-Western World
"To paraphrase India’s foreign minister, the West’s problems are no longer the world’s problems."
Reconciling Rivalries: The Momentum towards Disaster Diplomacy
"Disaster diplomacy may offer countries an opportunity to strategically shift their focus without facing significant domestic consequences for their leaders."
The War We’re Finally Allowed to See
For now, the first thing to note is that, after 15 months of conflict, their work suggests Western media may at last begin to cover the Ukraine war properly.
Canadian Foreign Policy Journal: Who Will Provide Security Guarantees to Russia?
This commentary examines the issues surrounding Western policy and Russia’s distrust of Western negotiations.
How America Took out the Nord Stream Pipeline
The New York Times called it a “mystery,” but the United States executed a covert sea operation that was kept secret—until now