There is something of the theater of absurd in American and European posturing. But it’s far from funny. It’s menacingly deranged. The United States Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin this week performed impressive, albeit pathetic, mental gymnastics. In a press conference, the Pentagon chief called on Russia to be more transparent about troop movements “on…
Observers should acknowledge the shortcomings inherent in both the Alt-Media and Mainstream Media’s latest near-identical predictions about Russia supposedly preparing for an imminent military intervention in Ukraine. There’s been a lot of chatter lately about the possibility of Russia militarily intervening in Ukraine sometime in the near future. The Saker, a celebrated Alt-Media analyst, published…
European leaders have eyes wide open but simply are too cowardly to see and act. Shame on them! Europe’s complacency on a vital matter of its own security is damnable. The situation over Ukraine is becoming increasingly combustible, and yet the European Union is doing nothing to avert the danger. Indeed, it can be said…
The rules-based liberal order was always, in part, an illusion – albeit one that gripped much of the world, for a period of time. George Kennan’s famous 1946 ‘long telegram’ from Moscow was primarily a piercing analysis of the inherent structural contradictions within the Soviet model, leading to its analytical conclusion that the USSR would…
The Central & Eastern European (CEE) leader can’t by any stretch of the imagination be accused of ‘pushing Russian propaganda’ which is why it’s so significant that the Deputy Foreign Minister’s report vindicated Moscow’s claims over the years. The Western Mainstream Media falsely claimed for years that post-Maidan Ukraine is a paradise of ethno-religious harmony,…
The United States consciously sent someone who is a living embodiment of Russophobic Soft Power to Moscow to somehow “improve” relations, Tim Kirby writes. “This time, it’s going to happen, they’ve amassed their forces like never before, if Biden wins they’re going to launch the big attack.” These apocalyptic words were uttered to me (in…
