The decision to go-ahead with NATO’s biggest-ever war games in Europe at a time of heightened fears over the coronavirus sure raises questions about the
Tag: Cold War
A New Year’s Fantasy
History is indeed little more than the register of the crimes, follies and misfortunes of mankind– Edward Gibbon Counterfactual history is generally a waste of
What’s Really Behind Estonia’s ‘Border Dispute’ With Russia?
The tiny Baltic nation of Estonia is attempting to revive a so-called “border dispute” with Russia in order to position itself as one of NATO’s
The Oligarch Who Financed Neo-Nazis Said Ukraine Could Join A New Warsaw Pact
Igor Kolomoysky, the Ukrainian oligarch who financed Neo-Nazi death squads in Donbas, told the New York Times last month that Ukraine could potentially join a
China Escalation Assures America’s Unmitigated March in the Direction of Stupidity Will Continue
Since a few things became clear to me last year, I’ve consistently forecasted a significant worsening in U.S.-China relations and remained adamant that all the
Capitalism’s Suicidal Trajectory
If we make it out of the climate emergency, we may come to view the few decades usually described simply as the Cold War that
Donald Trump Was Right, NATO Should Be Obsolete
The three smartest words that Donald Trump uttered during his presidential campaign are “NATO is obsolete.” His adversary, Hillary Clinton, retorted that NATO was “the
Is Macron Right? Is NATO at 70 Brain Dead?
A week from now, the 29 member states of “the most successful alliance in history” will meet to celebrate its 70th anniversary. Yet all is
